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New Course: Sustainability Science
As part of the COMPETENCE (Comprehensive Programme to Enhance Technology, Engineering and Science Education in Asia) project, UNESCO Jakarta together with Center for Sustainability Science (CENSUS), Hokkaido University, Japan, will deliver a new course, “Sustainability Science”.
This course is expected to provide a model for sustainability education among higher educational and governmental institutions. The course covers comprehensive framework of sustainability, such as concepts, sustainable resource use (energy, water, food, materials, etc), institution, economy, social capital and human capital.
Click here to download the leaflet. Certificate will be provided at the end of the course for participants who fulfill the requirements (submitting 7 out of 9 assignments and two final reports).
The course will be broadcast through CONNECT-Asia partner networks during January - February 2012 at 12:30 pm to 14:00 pm (GMT+9, Japan time). University/participants connected to our partner networks will receive the course through video conference. Meanwhile other participants can follow the lecture via live streaming.
The registration is now closed. Thank you for your interest.
Below is the updated schedule of the course (by February 13, 2012)
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| No | Date | Time (GMT+9) | Theme | Lecturer | Sub-theme |
| 1 | Jan 19, 2012 (Thu) | 12:30-14:00 | Introduction | Prof. Motoyoshi Ikeda, Hokkaido University | Overview of the current status, generation equity |
| Concept of sustainability science | |||||
| 2 | Jan 24, 2012 (Tue) | 12:30-14:00 | Water resources management | Prof. Sulmin Gumiri, the University of Palangka Raya | Hydrology and water resources, Water resource management and water issues |
| Water management in sanitation | |||||
| Water resources for ecosystem and food security | |||||
| 3 | Jan 26, 2012 (Thu) | 13:30-15:00 | Health and well-being | Dr. Zainal Abidin Sanusi, Universiti Sains Malaysia | Key issues in health and well-being |
| Challenges in developing countries | |||||
| Environment and health sciences in developed countries | |||||
| 4 | Jan 30, 2012 (Mon) | 12:30 - 14:00 | Food security | Anthony R. Chittenden, Hokkaido University | Introduction (what is food security) |
| Improvement of productivity and land management | |||||
| Fisheries and ocean governance | |||||
| Safety, availability and consumption | |||||
| 5 | Jan 31, 2012 (Tue) | 10:00-11:30 | Natural resources management | Dr. Gaku Ishimura, Hokkaido University | General concept of natural resources, Tragedy of commons |
| Dr. Dwikorita Karnawati | Case study carried for Indonesia, Impact assessment and evaluation | ||||
| 6 | Feb 1, 2012 (Wed) | 12:30-14:00 | Climate change | Prof. Young-Shin Park, Chosun University | Global climate change and public policy, Climate change and conflict, International relationship and global change |
| Climate change and mechanism | |||||
| Impacts of climate change | |||||
| 7 | Feb 6, 2012 (Mon) | 12:30-14:00 | Loss of biodiversity | Prof. Masahide Kaeriyama, Hokkaido University | Concept of biodiversity, Biomass and diversity in marine ecosystems with their services |
| Geographic pattern of terrestrial ecosystems and biodiversity | |||||
| 8 | Feb 14, 2012 (Tue) | 10:30-12:00 | Energy | Prof. Rowlands, Swinburne University of Technology | Nuclear energy; Solar energy; Wind, Water, Geothermal |
| 9 | Feb 9, 2012 (Thu) | 11:00-12:30 | Concluding ideas and additional themes | Prof. Motoyoshi Ikeda, Hokkaido University | Global climate change and public policy, Climate change and conflict, International relationship and global change |
| Governance for environmental sustainability | |||||
| Cultural value conservation |
