Course Details
Country:
Germany
Institution:
Freie Universität Berlin (FUBiS) Summer School
Course Title:
Pathways to Sustainability: Frameworks for a Great Transformation
Course Number:
Course Description:
The course introduces students to the grand challenges of today’s world (for example planetary boundaries) and the necessity for a “Great Transformation” toward a sustainable development of our societies. So far, since the 1990s a great many projects, policies and regulations (e.g. national and regional Sustainable Development Strategies, circular economy, urban agriculture, ecovillages, co-housing, renewable energy projects) have been introduced and tried, experiences got started and innovations realized in all communities, organizations and countries. Nevertheless, the major trends and policies in most societies are still not sustainable and are destructive in nature, despite symbolic actions and many declarations. The reasons for this self-destructive development, caused by specific structures, patterns and processes of our various societies such as unlimited economic growth, over-consumption, environmental pollution, CO²-emmissions, exploitation of people and resources will be analyzed.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
Pending For Approval
Attachment Files:
Goell_Pathways-to-Sustainability_B-Track_term_III_2025.pdf
