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Global Postharvest Loss Prevention: Fundamentals, Technologies, and Actors
by Dr. Prasanta Kalita- 4.7
Approx. 13 hours to complete
This course provides an overview of the issue of postharvest loss of grains by exploring essential physical, technical, and social dimensions of postharvest supply chains and loss prevention methods globally. Each year, estimates suggest that 1/3 of all food produced is lost or wasted, making postharvest loss a critical global food security and sustainability issue of today....
Responsible Innovation: Building Tomorrow’s Responsible Firms
by Ibo van de Poel , Tom Sorell , Andrea Porcari , Maria Maia- 0.0
6 Weeks
Make the Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) approach the core of your company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and strategic policies. Responsible business practices are widely recognized as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). RRI enables companies to anticipate social and ethical issues and integrate them into the innovation and design processes and business strategy right from the start....
$50
The Science and Politics of the GMO
by Sarah Evanega , Ronald Herring , David Just , Jaron Porciello- 0.0
5 Weeks
Assess, understand and apply social science concepts as they affect the development and use of biotechnology products and processes Gain an understanding of how biotechnology intersects with globalization, trade, poverty, food security, and environmental sustainability Craft thoughtful and effective arguments, with supporting evidence at the intersection of science and social science on issues of public policy...
$49
Urban Upgrading for Inclusion, Sustainability and Resilience in a time of Global Pandemics
by OLC and SURR- 0.0
9 Weeks
This course is based on the World Bank’s Urban Upgrading for Inclusion, Sustainability and Resilience in a time of Global Pandemics. The e-learning course “Urban Upgrading for Inclusion, Sustainability and Resilience in a time of Global Pandemics” aims at supporting policy makers and urban practitioners to better respond to the challenge of slums, especially in a time of global pandemics....
$5
Business Models for Innovative Care for Older People
by Rudi Westendorp , Finn Valentin- 4.5
Approx. 12 hours to complete
These extra life years, also have a massive imprint on the organization of welfare institutions and the financial sustainability of the welfare system. The lectures will cover demographic, biological, economic, social and cultural aspects of active aging and healthy living, along with lectures on current innovation theories and methods....
Sustainable Urban Freight Transport: A Global Perspective
by Lóránt Tavasszy , Ron van Duin , Tharsis Teoh , Eiichi Taniguchi- 0.0
5 Weeks
However, with the increasing pressures of urbanization, this has to be balanced with the environmental and social impacts caused by transport activity. Our instructors, members of a renowned global expert network, will teach you the basics of this highly complex social system....
$50
Fashion as Design
by Paola Antonelli , Michelle Millar Fisher , Stephanie Kramer , Anna Burckhardt- 4.8
Approx. 20 hours to complete
Among all objects of design, our clothes are the most universal and intimate. Like other kinds of design, fashion thrives on productive tensions between form and function, automation and craftsmanship, standardization and customization, universality and self-expression, and pragmatism and utopian vision. It exists in the service of others, and it can have profound consequences—social, political, cultural, economic, and environmental....
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Building Inclusive Cities: Tackling Urban Inequality and Segregation
by Maarten van Ham , Igor Pessoa , Leo van den Burg , Rūta Ubarevičienė- 0.0
7 Weeks
Rising levels of segregation have major consequences for the social sustainability of cities and leads to unequal life opportunities depending on where in the city you live....
$99
Sustainability of Social-Ecological Systems: the Nexus between Water, Energy and Food
by Mario Giampietro , Andrea Saltelli , Tarik Serrano- 4.6
Approx. 23 hours to complete
You will learn to see your community or country as a complex social-ecological system and to describe its water, energy and food metabolism in the form of a pattern, as well as to map the categories of social actors. Welcome to our course on Sustainability Why frames matter; social construction of ignorance...
Sustainable Tourism: Society & Environmental Aspects
by Dr. Arjaan Pellis , Jonas Skutka- 0.0
6 Weeks
Ranked top 10 best online courses by Class Central, join us to gain an understanding of the scope next to the social and environmental implications of tourism. These include tourism's historical background and a variety of social science approaches will be looked at, with a special focus on the human geography of tourism....
$199