University of Michigan - Sustainable Consumption and Health
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Sustainable Consumption and Health at Coursera Overview
Duration | 17 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
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Sustainable Consumption and Health at Coursera Highlights
- Earn a Certificate upon completion
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Sustainable Consumption and Health at Coursera Course details
- This course is an introductory and foundational course on sustainable consumption and health
- In the first part of this course, learner will get briefly review definitions of sustainability and the relationship between the three dimensions of sustainability and the UN-Environment Sustainable Environment Goals (SDGs), target and indicators
- Learner will then have a look at frameworks, indicators and footprint requirements to adequately measure sustainability, offering the opportunity to the participants to assess their own carbon and environmental footprint and make recommendation on how to reduce it
- The course then address the theme of sustainable consumption, looking at our main domains of consumption and at the key conditions to reach sustainable consumption and avoid rebounds effects that tend to reduce the benefits of increased product efficiency
- In the second part focusing on health, the course will first identify the main factors affecting health, define DALYs (disability-adjusted life years) as a key metric to measure health burden, and use the rich information made available by the Global Burden of Disease (GBD)
- The course will then use the GBD visualization tool to quantify and compare the respective burdens associated with 70 risks factors and numerous disease causes, in every country of the world and even at the state level for the US
- Finally learner will able analyze the health impact associated with global trade, evaluating the fraction of the health impacts due to fine particulate in Asia, that are induced by Western consumption
Sustainable Consumption and Health at Coursera Curriculum
Introduction to Sustainable Consumption
Meet Your Instructors
Course Introduction
How Do We Define Sustainability?
How Do We Measure Sustainability?
Sustainable Consumption - Part A
Sustainable Consumption - Part B
Sustainable Consumption - Part C
Course Syllabus & Roadmap
Pre-Survey
Week 1 Slides
Exploration of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Activity: Aligning SDGs to Sustainability Pillars
DPSIR Framework Applied to Water Use
Activity: My Personal Footprint
Your Interests and Expectations
DPSIR Framework Practice
Knowledge Check: Sustainable Consumption
Week 1 Assessment
Consumption Environmental Impacts vs Costs, and Absolute Sustainability
Environmental Impacts and Costs - Part A
Environmental Impacts and Costs - Part B
Rebounds Effect
Decoupling Growth and GHG Emissions - Part A
Decoupling Growth and GHG Emissions - Part B
Concept Definition - What is good enough?
Week 2 Slides
Activity: Impacts vs. Costs
Luderer et al. 2019 and UNECE, 2016 (Optional)
Absolute Sustainability Practice
Knowledge Check: Impacts, Costs, and Trends
Knowedge check absolute sustainability practice - protein example
Week 2 Assessment
Main Risk Factors Affecting Health
Main Factors Impacting Health
Introduction to the Global Burden of Disease (Part A) - Purpose of the GBD
Introduction to the Global Burden of Disease (Part B) - Metrics and main results
Interesting Findings and Limitations of the GBD: Which Impacts are Missing?
Global Trade - Part A
Global Trade - Part B
Week 3 Slides
Knowledge Check: GBD Review
GBD Optional Readings
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Particulate Matter (PM) Primer
Introduction to Develop an Action Plan Task
Post-Course Survey
Activity: Ranking of Global Burden of Disease Risk Factors
Knowledge Check: Global Burden of Disease
Activity: Exploring the Global Burden of Disease Visualization
Knowledge Check: Findings and Limitations of the GBD
Knowledge Check - Global Trade
Week 3 Assessment
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