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Sustainable Food Security: The value of systems thinking
Food Security and SustainabilityCost $199 · . Course Length: 3 hours estimated
Systems thinking and environmental sustainability: solve the Rubik 's cube Have you ever considered how many aspects of food production affect the natural environment? Every aspect needs to be considered in attaining the future goal to produce enough food for the...
Offered through edX | and created by Wageningen University & Research, WageningenX | Taught by Dr. I.J.M. de Boer, Carolien Kroeze, Gerrie van de Ven and others
Food Security and Sustainability
A MicroMasters from edXCost $537 · . Contains 2 courses · . Course Total length: 96 hours estimated
What are the biggest environmental issues we face? Pollution? Climate change? True. But among these environmental topics, feeding the growing population, 9 billion in 2050, is one of the most pressing issues we have to find a solution for. To solve this problem,...
Offered through edX | and created by Wageningen University & Research, WageningenX | Taught by Dr. I.J.M. de Boer, Carolien Kroeze, Gerrie van de Ven and others
Sustainable Food Systems
Cost $49 · . Course Length: 45 hours estimated
Throughout this course, you will delve into the intricate details of the food production system through a system-thinking lens. You will examine the grand challenges faced by the food, fiber, and natural resource industries, and their repercussions on people, the...
Offered through Coursera | and created by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Taught by Anna Ball
Public Health Perspectives on Sustainable Diets
Cost $29 · . Course Length: 10 hours estimated
What we eat and how we produce that food have significant effects on human health and the sustainability of our planet. But what is a ‘sustainable’ diet? A sustainable diet, as defined by the FAO, promotes health and well-being and provides food security for the...
Offered through Coursera | and created by Johns Hopkins University | Taught by Roni Neff, Becky Ramsing, Brent Kim and others
Sustainable Agribusiness Comprehensive Exam
Sustainable AgribusinessCost $300 · . Course Length: 24 hours estimated
This course is part of the Sustainable Agribusiness MicroMasters program which consists of 6 courses and a capstone exam. After completing the program, you can also apply to Doane University to complete your MBA online for approximately $10,500 (learn more about...
Offered through edX | and created by DoaneX, Doane University | Taught by Debora Sepich
Global Food Futures and Agri-food Systems Solutions
Sustainable AgribusinessCost $199 · . Course Length: 24 hours estimated
"The challenge is to deliver nutritious, safe and affordable food to a global population of over 9 billion in the coming decades, using less land, fewer inputs, with less waste and a lower environmental impact. All this has to be done in ways that are socially and...
Offered through edX | and created by DoaneX, Doane University | Taught by Dr. Kathleen Kevany, Sarah Pittoello, Chaiti Seth
Sustainable Agri-food Supply Chain Management
Sustainable AgribusinessCost $199 · . Course Length: 24 hours estimated
Sustainable agri-food chains should operate in a manner that exploits and optimizes the synergies among environmental protection, social fairness and economic growth. Today, societal stakeholders demand the management of a sustainable agri-food supply chain to...
Offered through edX | and created by DoaneX, Doane University | Taught by Tasha Richard
Agri-Food Systems Analysis
Sustainable AgribusinessCost $199 · . Course Length: 24 hours estimated
Agri-Food systems are at the heart of at least 12 of the 17 United Nations’ 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The wide scope of the SDGs call for holistic approaches that integrate previously “siloed” food sustainability assessments. It recognizes that...
Offered through edX | and created by DoaneX, Doane University | Taught by Katherine Yamamoto, Amanda McKinney, Amanda McKinney, MD, FACLM
Sustainable Food Security: Crop Production
Cost $49 · . Course Length: 42 hours estimated
Crop production: learn about agriculture and food production for the future How much food will be available for humankind in the future? Feeding nine billion people in 2050 without exhausting the planetary reserves is perhaps the greatest challenge humanity has...
Offered through edX | and created by Wageningen University & Research, WageningenX | Taught by Ken Giller, Gerrie van de Ven, Harrie Lovenstein
Working for a sustainable future: concepts and approaches
Cost $49 · . Course Length: 0 hours estimated
In this course, participants are introduced to key notions and concepts evolving in sustainability science that are relevant to all, independent to one's work or field of interest. After having completed the course, participants will have a better understanding of...
Offered through Coursera | and created by Lund University | Taught by Ali Mansourian, Jean-Nicolas Poussart, Markku Rummukainen and others
Sustainable Food Security: Food Access
Food Security and SustainabilityCost $199 · . Course Length: 48 hours estimated
Food access: Learn about food supply and food security Have you ever considered that you’re not the only one who decides what food ends up on your plate? In this environmental studies course, you’ll explore how key actors at household, local, national and...
Offered through edX | and created by Wageningen University & Research, WageningenX | Taught by Dr. ir. Marrit van den Berg, Prof. dr. Hilde Bras, Dr. Jeroen Candel and others
Environmental Gamechanger – Lead the Way to Sustainable Development
Cost $139 · . Course Length: 28 hours estimated
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...
Offered through edX | and created by WageningenX, Wageningen University & Research | Taught by Tossa Joan Harding, Robin van der Sluijs, Judith Lesschen and others
Sustainability through Soccer: Systems-Thinking in Action
Rated 2.0★ stars based on | 2 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 0 hours estimated
This course takes learners on a journey through a progression of systems-thinking and sustainability concepts. Using the beautiful game of soccer (also known as football in many parts of the world) as an analogy, we'll work together to illuminate real-world...
Offered through Coursera | and created by University of Virginia | Taught by Leidy Klotz
Plant Based Diets: Food for a Sustainable Future
Cost $139 · . Course Length: 21 hours estimated
Global issues Global challenges, like the environment and the pandemic, may seem like overwhelming and distant problems, uninfluenceable by any one person. Thankfully, sometimes the answer is surprisingly simple, the solution right in front of us. The MOOC Plant...
Offered through edX | and created by Wageningen University & Research | Taught by Eva Everloo, Ella Stephens
Solving the Energy Puzzle: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Energy Transition
Cost $69 · . Course Length: 0 hours estimated
Today, energy systems are confronted with pressing global challenges
Offered through FutureLearn | and created by University of Groningen | Taught by Tom Spits, André Faaij, Gerard P.J. Dijkema and others
Sustainable Urban Environments
Cost $50 · . Course Length: 24 hours estimated
How can we strengthen sustainability? By empowering individuals and communities to transform and balance dynamic natural resources, economic prosperity, and healthy populations. In this course, you’ll explore productive and disruptive social, ecological, and...
Offered through edX | and created by Trinity College, TrinityX | Taught by Garth Myers, Mary Rickel-Pelletier
Sustainable Supply Chain Planning, Sourcing, and Procurement
Sustainable Supply Chain Professional Certification Exam PrepCost $399 · . Course Length: 32 hours estimated
SCCP02 is designed to further your understanding of advanced Supply Chain concepts and practices. As a current or future professional in either the Supply Chain or Sustainability sector, the course will build upon your background on both Sustainability and Supply...
Offered through edX | and created by International Supply Chain Education Alliance | Taught by Jorge Morales, Mike Sheahan, Justin Goldston, PhD
Introduction to Sustainability
Rated 4.7★ stars based on | 225 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 81 hours estimated
This course introduces the academic approach of Sustainability and explores how today’s human societies can endure in the face of global change, ecosystem degradation and resource limitations. The course focuses on key knowledge areas of sustainability theory...
Offered through Coursera | and created by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Taught by Dr. Jonathan Tomkin
Introduction to Environmental Science
A Specialization from Coursera. Contains 3 courses · . Course Total length: 60 hours estimated
To understand current environmental problems, we need to consider physical, biological & chemical processes that are often the basis of those problems. This course will give you the skills necessary to address the environmental issues we are facing today by...
Offered through Coursera | and created by Dartmouth College | Taught by Andy Friedland
Planetary Boundaries
Rated 5.0★ stars based on | 5 ratings · . . Course Length: 32 hours estimated
A thriving global society relies on the stability of the Earth and its resilience across oceans, forests, waterways, biodiversity, the atmosphere and more. So how do we shape sustainability at a global scale? The boundaries set by the planet’s natural resources,...
Offered through edX | and created by SDGAcademyX, SDG Academy | Taught by Johan Rockström, Sarah Cornell, Garry Peterson and others