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3b. Limits to Growth
Lesson 3b Limits to Growth – How long will the World’s natural resources last? 1968, after the awakening of environmental awareness in the 1960s, the Club of Rome, a Club of 100…
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3a. History of Resource Flows
Lesson 3a History of resource flows Sustainable development is about how we – humanity – can live on the resources that our planet provides for us. Therefore, the study and understanding of…
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2d. Energy Management Strategies
Lesson 2d Energy management strategies Main users of energy in our societies are the transport sector, the building sector and food production. Several countries have in addition some energy intensive industries. Our…
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2c. Climate Policies
Lesson 2c Climate policies The general understanding that the global climate will be influenced by emissions of carbon dioxides from combustion of fossil carbon is old, and a first estimation of the…
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2b. Energy Use and Climate Change
Lesson 2b Energy use and Climate change The large scale combustion of fossil fuels, which have been going on since the beginning of industrialization around 1750, has led to massive emissions of…
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2a. Energy Supply and Use
Lesson 2a Energy supply and use Chicago by night. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Photo: Lionel Tinchant. Energy is fundamental in our lives. Development and energy consumption in a society is typically parallel up to…
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1d. What we believe in
Lesson 1d What we believe in – Our values and sustainable development Professor Arne Næss founder of the deep ecology philosophy campaigning for the Norwegian Green party in 2003. Sustainable development is…
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1c. Understanding Sustainable Development
Lesson 1c Understanding sustainable development The meaning of “sustainable development” should be kept simple: sustainability is a state which may continue in the long term, in fact forever. Sustainable development is…
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1b. The UN Process
Lesson 1b The UN process – from Stockholm to Johannesburg The global society has been concerned about the development and how it relates to the state of the environment since the Stockholm…
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1a. Stories of Societies which Succeeded or Collapsed
Lesson 1a Stories of societies which succeeded or collapsed Sustainable development deals with the long-term prosperity or collapse of societies. Why is this a concern for us? The societies and countries we…
