SDG 12: Consumption Courses

UCT

Becoming a changemaker: Introduction to Social Innovation

36 reviews

This free 6 week course is for anyone who wants to make a difference. Whether you are already familiar with the field of social innovation or social entrepreneurship, working for an organization that wants to increase its social impact, or just starting…

• Coursera
• 20 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• 20th Jun, 2022
• Free Online Course (Audit)

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The Age of Sustainable Development

13 reviews

The Age of Sustainable Development" gives students an understanding of the key challenges and pathways to sustainable development - that is, economic development that is also socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable.

• Coursera
• 30 hours worth of material, 14 weeks long
• tomorrow (27th Jun)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The Challenges of Global Health

11 reviews

Taught by Dr. David Boyd, an award-winning professor at Duke University’s Global Health Institute the course combines lectures with videos shot around the world and interviews with some of the world’s foremost Global Health experts.

• Coursera
• 20 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• tomorrow (27th Jun)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Health and Society

7 reviews

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the major social variables that affect population health.

• edX
• 4 weeks long
• Self paced
• Paid Course

The Challenge of World Poverty (Spring 2011)

This is a course for those who are interested in the challenge posed by massive and persistent world poverty, and are hopeful that economists might have something useful to say about this challenge.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• 25 hours worth of material
• Self paced
• Free Online Course

Introduction to Sustainability

16 reviews

This course introduces the academic approach of Sustainability and explores how today’s human societies can endure in the face of global change, ecosystem degradation and resource limitations.

• Coursera
• 25 hours worth of material, 8 weeks long
• 2 weeks from now (11th Jul)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

America's Poverty and Inequality Course

1 review

It’s a special moment in U.S. history in which income inequality has reached unprecedented levels, poverty remains extreme, and racial and gender inequalities are intransigent. Why is there so much inequality and poverty? How might they be reduced? Find…

• edX
• 2-4 hours a week, 9 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Country Level Economics: Policies, Institutions, and Macroeconomic Performance

1 review

This course examines macroeconomic performance in the short and long run based on the economy’s institutional and policy environment.

• Coursera
• 17 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 3 days from now (29th Jun)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Global Health: An Interdisciplinary Overview

3 reviews

This course proposes an overview of current global health challenges drawing on the insights of several academic disciplines including medicine, public health, law, economics, social sciences and humanities. This interdisciplinary approach will guide the…

• Coursera
• 19 hours worth of material, 8 weeks long
• tomorrow (27th Jun)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

International Water Law

2 reviews

In recent decades, international law has undergone a series of major developments in order to accommodate the many new facets of freshwater management and protection. This course aims to provide the necessary background to understand and examine the reg…

• Coursera
• 10 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 1 week from now (4th Jul)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Water Resources Management and Policy

2 reviews

Water management today is faced with new challenges such as climate change or the effects of human activity. Public and private stakeholders who are active in this field must develop new ways to better manage the water cycle "as a whole".

• Coursera
• 10 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• tomorrow (27th Jun)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

EUR

Driving business towards the Sustainable Development Goals

2 reviews

This course has been developed by Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University (RSM). It focuses on the role of businesses in achieving the SDGs. You will gain insights from leaders of international companies and academics in business and managem…

• Coursera
• 15 hours worth of material, 7 weeks long
• 1 week from now (4th Jul)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Sustainable Development in the 21st Century with Ban Ki-moon

The course is designed for people that want to learn about the latest development agenda the international community agreed to achieve by 2030. Structured around the five pillars of Agenda 2030 – people, prosperity, planet, peace and justice, and partner…

• Coursera
• 16 hours worth of material, 7 weeks long
• tomorrow (27th Jun)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

EUR

Planning for Climate Change in African Cities

The Course on Planning for Climate Change in African Cities provides the foundation for understanding cities’ exposure and sensitivity to climate change, and how cities can manage these impacts in the face of growing uncertainty.

• Coursera
• 22 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• tomorrow (27th Jun)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

MSD-017: Challenges to Sustainable Development

The Course “Challenges to Sustainable Development” provides an overview of the challenges faced by the world in achieving sustainable development. It stresses the importance of balancing the social, environmental and economic cost of development not only…

• Swayam
• 12 weeks long
• 4 days from now (30th Jun)
• Free Online Course