This unit covers the principles, theory and actions of environmental sustainability. Using an interdisciplinary approach, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of sustainability and the global challenges of population growth, climate change, energy supply, agriculture, development and environmental pollution and degradation, as well as a Christian worldview perspective on environmental sustainability. You will explore the inseparable connections between environment, equity and social justice issues, and will evaluate domestic and international initiatives to promote environmental sustainability. Using knowledge gained in the unit, you will explore the most pressing issues of the 21st Century. This unit will equip you to apply principles of sustainability to your future careers and wherever sustainability ideas and actions are needed.
Topics:
* What is environmental sustainability
* Principles, theories and actions of environmental sustainability
* Challenges to environmental sustainability
* Population growth and environmental sustainability
* Climate change and environmental sustainability
* Energy supply, agriculture, development and environmental pollution and degradation
* Connections between environment, equity and social justice
* International and Australian initiatives to promote environmental sustainability
* 21st Century contexts and environmental sustainability
* Promoting environmental sustainability in work places
* Christian response to environmental sustainability