Carbon Literacy: Taking Action for a Sustainable Future
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Carbon Literacy: Taking Action for a Sustainable Future at FutureLearn Overview
Duration | 5 weeks |
Total fee | ₹11,044 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Credential | Certificate |
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Carbon Literacy: Taking Action for a Sustainable Future at FutureLearn Highlights
- Earn a certificate upon completion
Carbon Literacy: Taking Action for a Sustainable Future at FutureLearn Course details
- On this five-week course, you’ll be introduced to key concepts in climate literacy, covering carbon footprints, carbon neutrality, greenhouse gas emissions, and how they contribute to the current climate emergency
- You’ll learn to communicate climate change issues to various audiences, raise awareness, and reduce individual and collective carbon footprints
- By discovering who produces the most greenhouse gases and who suffers most from the effects, you’ll develop an argument for climate justice, justified by up-to-date facts and figures
- You’ll delve into each sector, identifying how they contribute to climate change and discussing how industries can take action
Carbon Literacy: Taking Action for a Sustainable Future at FutureLearn Curriculum
Introduction to basic concepts
Welcome to the course
Introduction to the basic concepts
Beginning the reflection for change
Revisiting your understanding
From international commitments to local actions
Mapping greenhouse gas emissions
Matching beliefs with reality
The UK as a case study
Revisiting your understanding
Taking action to reduce carbon footprints
Taking action in the food area
Taking action on energy and transport
Taking action in housing and building
Taking action with clothing
Revisiting your understanding
Communicating climate change
How to communicate about climate change
Encouraging to take action
Appealing to reputational effects
Summary of learning - weeks 1 to 4
Reducing your carbon footprint individually and collectively
The purpose of this week
Choose your individual action for carbon footprint reduction
Choosing your group action for carbon footprint reduction
Planning your actions
Finishing the course
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