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Environmental Gamechanger – Lead the Way to Sustainable Development

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  • 7 weeks, 2-4 hours per week
  • Online course - MOOC
  • Starts directly

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Introduction

Do you wish you could have an actual, tangible impact on global challenges, like climate change and pollution? Do you know of concrete issues in your community that need to change for the better, but no-one is taking on the challenge? Then let this online course empower you to ‘be the change you want to see in the world’. Join gamechangers from all over and start creating that sustainable environment now, right where you are.

Directly apply what you learn to your own business

De campus met bomen in geel-oranje herfstkleuren

Study at the best agricultural university in the world from the comfort of your own home

Plenty of opportunities to ask questions and to interact with other learners

A woman making notes, while sitting in a field filled with flowers and a shovel in the background

Explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life

Why follow this course?

Skill set for sustainability
Nowadays there is a lot of talk about environmental sustainability, yet it has come to mean different things in different contexts. Although defining sustainability is complicated, understanding it is crucial in helping us solve urgent global issues. The newly emerging field of ‘sustainability science’ has identified a set of skills, critical to analysing and solving sustainability problems.

In this online course we will introduce you to these essential skills in an applied and interactive way. Through assignments, real-world inspirational cases of sustainability leaders, self-reflection and discussions with fellow learners, you will sharpen and personalise your skills. It will empower you to start your journey as an agent of sustainable change.

Personal sustainability project
As the course progresses, you will be able to directly set off sustainable development by applying these newly acquired skills to a real-world problem in your own living environment. You will choose a project of personal relevance to you, which can be any sustainability issue - big or small – that you wish to effect and change!

For example:

  • start a weekly community to limit food waste or recycle
  • promote a plant rich diet by raising awareness at your work, or
  • set up a project for renewable energy and insulation in your neighbourhood.

It’s up to you!

Start today
So, are you eager to see a solution to the complex issues our world faces? Sustainable development can happen today, if you it want to. Join the growing force of environmental gamechangers and pick up the sustainability challenges you see near you. Take the lead, enrol now!

Highlights of this course

Learning outcomes

What you will learn

  • Tools to understand the concept of sustainability
  • To reflect on the use of sustainability by different actors in society
  • To develop essential skills to achieve sustainable change
  • To directly apply these skills to a sustainability issue in your own environment
Top-ranked University
According to influential university rankings and citation indexes, Wageningen University & Research ranks world’s best in the field of Agriculture & Forestry.

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Organisational unit

Wageningen Academy

Educational type

MOOC

Duration description

7 weeks, 2-4 hours per week

Accreditation

Certificate

Format

Online

Course starts immediately

Yes

Language of instruction

English