Introduction to the Orbital Perspective
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Introduction to the Orbital Perspective at Coursera Overview
Duration | 16 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
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- Beginner Level
- Approx. 16 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: English
Introduction to the Orbital Perspective at Coursera Course details
- The goals of this course are to develop the student?s critical thinking skills, global awareness, and ability to work as an integral part of a team in an increasingly complex global job market. The course provides a foundation in such skills as team building, collaboration, and elevated empathy using real-world scenarios from some of world?s most effective collaborative projects including the Earthrise-2068 Project.
- Living on the International Space Station was a powerful, transformative experience?one that could hold the key to solving our problems here on Earth. On space walks and through windows, course instructor Ron Garan was struck by the stunning beauty of the Earth from space but sobered by knowing how much needed to be done to help this troubled planet. And yet on the International Space Station, Garan, a former fighter pilot, was working work side by side with Russians, who only a few years before were ?the enemy.? If fifteen nations could collaborate on one of the most ambitious, technologically complicated undertakings in history, surely we can apply that kind of cooperation and innovation toward creating a better world.
- In this course Garan will convey what it was like learning to work with a diverse group of people in an environment only a handful of human beings have ever known. But more importantly, the course will address how we can apply the orbital perspective here at home, embracing new partnerships and processes to promote peace and combat hunger, thirst, poverty, and environmental destruction. This course is a call to action for each of us to care for the most important space station of all: planet Earth.
- The course will also involve participation in the Earthrise-2068 project. Working with people from around the world, students will help craft a vision of our future in the year 2068. Students will also help craft a crowdsource strategy for both the co-envisioned future of the world in 2068 and a roadmap to get there. Students will also participate in the crafting of a ?call-to-action? to be delivered at the United Nations General Assembly in September 2017.
Introduction to the Orbital Perspective at Coursera Curriculum
The Orbital Perspective
Introduction to the Course - Ron Garan
Orbital Perspective
Overview
The Orbital Perspective ? Lessons in Seeing the Big Picture from a Journey of 71 Million Miles: Excerpts from Foreword, Preface and Introduction
UN Sustainable Development Agenda
UN Sustainable Development Goal 1- No Poverty
UN Sustainable Development Goal 2 - Zero Hunger
Looking Skyward - Part 1
Introducing Earthrise
Ron Ted with full tour-HD
Recording of Live Discussion 1
The Orbital Perspective ? Lessons in Seeing the Big Picture from a Journey of 71 Million Miles: Excerpts from Chapters One & Two
UN Sustainable Development Goal 3 - Good Health & Well Being
UN Sustainable Development Goal 4 - Quality Education
Looking Skyward - Part II
A Journey To Space
Pre-flight Remarks Before the Russian State Commission
Recording of Live Discussion 2
The Orbital Perspective ? Lessons in Seeing the Big Picture from a Journey of 71 Million Miles: Excerpts from Chapter Three
UN Sustainable Development Goal 5 - Gender Equality
UN Sustainable Development Goal 6 - Clean Water & Sanitation
1 - Looking Skyward
Looking Earthward - Part I
Seeds
Planetary
Recording of Live Discussion 3
STS-124 Postflight Presentation
Cupola Corner with Chris Ferguson
Cupola Corner with Alexander Samokutyaev
Cupola Corner with Satoshi Furukawa
The Orbital Perspective ? Lessons in Seeing the Big Picture from a Journey of 71 Million Miles: Excerpts from Chapters Four & Five
UN Sustainable Development Goal 7 - Affordable & Clean Energy
UN Sustainable Development Goal 8 - Decent Work & Economic Growth
Looking Earthward - Part II
Collaboration
We Want Peace
Conversations with Emmanuel Jal
The Orbital Perspective ? Lessons in Seeing the Big Picture from a Journey of 71 Million Miles: Excerpts from Chapter Six
UN Sustainable Development Goal 9 - Industry, Innovation, & Infrastrucure
UN Sustainable Development Goal 10 - Reduced Ineqalities
2 - Looking Earthward
Looking Forward - Part I
Sustainability from the Orbital Perspective
Recording of Live Discussion 4
The Orbital Perspective ? Lessons in Seeing the Big Picture from a Journey of 71 Million Miles: Excerpts from Chapter Seven and Eight
Interview: Between the Lines
UN Sustainable Development Goal 11 - Sustainable Cities & Communities
UN Sustainable Development Goal 12 - Responsible Consumption & Production
Looking Forward - Part II
CSR from the Orbital Perspective
Call to Earth - A Message from the World's Astronauts to COP21
Recording of Live Session 5
The Orbital Perspective ? Lessons in Seeing the Big Picture from a Journey of 71 Million Miles: Excerpts from Chapter Nine
UN Sustainable Development Goal 13 - Climate Action & Climate Action for Businesses
UN Sustainability Development Goal 14 - Life Below Water
Call to Action - Part I
Risk Mitigation from the Orbital Perspective
Home
What Kind of World Do You Want?
UN Sustainable Development Goal 15 - Life on Land
UN Sustainable Development Goal 16 - Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions
The Orbital Perspective ? Lessons in Seeing the Big Picture from a Journey of 71 Million Miles: Excerpts from Conclusion
Call to Action - Part II
Crowdsourcing the Earthrise-2068 Vision
UN Sustainable Development Goal 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
Ways you can Take Action to help achieve the SDGs
3 - Looking Forward
Call to Action - Part III
Carrying Earthrise-2068 Forward
The Future Starts Now
20 Big Questions about the Future of Humanity
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