Sustainable Development Leadership
Learn practical skills and tools to drive sustainable change in your community through this comprehensive course on environmental leadership.
Learn practical skills and tools to drive sustainable change in your community through this comprehensive course on environmental leadership.
This transformative course empowers participants to become agents of sustainable change in their communities. Through a combination of theoretical understanding and practical application, learners develop essential sustainability skills and competencies. The course covers key concepts in sustainability science, systems thinking, and problem-solving approaches. Students work on personal sustainability projects, applying their learning to real-world environmental challenges. The curriculum includes understanding complexity, challenging norms and values, collaboration techniques, future thinking, and action planning. Whether tackling climate change, waste reduction, or community initiatives, participants gain the tools and confidence to lead meaningful environmental change.
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What you'll learn
Master essential tools for understanding and implementing sustainability concepts
Analyze complex environmental problems using systems thinking approaches
Develop effective strategies for sustainable change in your community
Create and implement practical action plans for environmental projects
Learn to collaborate across different cultural perspectives
Gain skills in future scenario planning and strategic implementation
Skills you'll gain
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There are 7 modules in this course
This comprehensive course equips learners with essential skills for driving sustainable environmental change. Through seven modules, participants explore sustainability concepts, systems thinking, and practical problem-solving approaches. The curriculum combines theoretical understanding with hands-on application through personal sustainability projects. Topics include complexity analysis, cultural perspectives on sustainability, collaborative approaches, future scenario planning, and action plan development. The course emphasizes practical implementation and real-world impact, enabling participants to become effective agents of environmental change in their communities.
Dissecting sustainability
Module 1
Understanding Complexity
Module 2
Challenging Norms and Values
Module 3
Collaboration for Sustainable Change
Module 4
Thinking about the Future
Module 5
Making your plan work
Module 6
Wrapping up: Being an Agent of Sustainable Change
Module 7
Fee Structure
Instructors
9 Courses
Learning Design and Sustainability Education Expert
Tossa Harding serves as Learning Design Advisor at Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation, where she combines her background in environmental systems analysis and social sciences to develop transformative learning experiences. Her work focuses on creating educational programs that foster systems thinking and strengthen the relationship between people and nature. She has played a key role in developing several influential MOOCs for Wageningen University, including "Environmental Gamechanger - Lead the Way to Sustainable Development," which empowers learners to become agents of sustainable change through interactive assignments and real-world applications. The course introduces essential sustainability skills and guides participants in applying these to personal projects in their communities. Through her work on courses like "Climate Action in Biodiverse Landscapes" and the Professional Certificate Programme in Sustainable & Inclusive Landscapes, she demonstrates her commitment to using online education as a tool for building capacity in sustainable development. Her approach emphasizes the importance of systems thinking and stakeholder engagement in addressing complex environmental challenges, reflecting her belief in education's power to drive positive global change.
3 Courses
Environmental Science Educator and Sustainability Advocate
Robin van der Sluijs is pursuing her Master's degree in Environmental Sciences at Wageningen University & Research, focusing on the social dimensions of environmental challenges including policy, sociology, and environmental education. As Education and Research Coordinator at Green Office Wageningen, she works to promote sustainable practices and education within the university community. Her experience includes developing educational materials and teaching sustainability concepts to high school students. Through her work with the Green Office, she contributes to making WUR's campus and educational programs more sustainable, while helping to facilitate dialogue between students, researchers, staff, and policy makers. Her research interests include sustainability education and transformative learning, demonstrated through her thesis research on sustainability education at WUR. As an instructor for environmental education programs, she aims to empower others to recognize their potential for contributing to environmental change.
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