SCIE 420 Undergraduate Course: Sustainability for Community and the World

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SCIE 420—Sustainability for Community and the World 

Winter Term 2 (January-April 2019), Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:00am

Location: Orchard Commons

Use your thoughts, approaches, and solutions pertaining to sustainability to facilitate the application of that understanding to a real problem in the community. There are two components to this course: (1) lecture and discussion and (2) a community project. In SCIE 420, students will attend lecture and discussion and then use what they’ve learned to undertake a project with community partners. The intention of the project component is to bring people together to work on sustainability, enrich the learning experience by allowing you to explore sustainability theory in the real world, and allow you to contribute your knowledge and skills to address community-identified priorities and make a positive impact.

Course topics: 

  • What do we mean by complex systems? If they’re so complex, how can we understand them? 
  • What does systems thinking have to do with sustainability?
  • Does the “3 pillars” model of sustainability make sense? When does it work and when does it fail? How do we value things that are difficult to monetize?
  • What does sustainability look like in a Canadian context? What can I do to help secure a more sustainable future?

This course is open to upper-level undergraduates in any Faculty, however space is limited due to the project-based nature of the course. For more information, please contact the instructor, Dr. Hannah Wittman (hannah.wittman@ubc.ca

SCIE 420 – Sustainability for Community and the World

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