Sustainable Development Course

Description

Using the World Summit on Sustainable Development and the Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) as an underlying basis, the course examines government environmental policy, as well as the intersection between business, environmental NGOs, and communities in developing sustainable partnerships to deal with environmental issues and challenges in South Africa.

Training outcomes

• Develop knowledge and understanding of key sustainable development concepts

• Gain an in depth understanding of the application/implementation of sustainable development in the South African context.

• Critically analyse current South African environmental challenges from an environmental-justice perspective

Content

Students will be provided with a core reading that provides a context for sustainable development in South Africa.  Other relevant readings will be provided at the beginning of the course and students are expected to source other reference material as part of their fieldwork and assignments. The course focuses on:

• Introduction to sustainable development
• Legal and institutional context of sustainable development in South Africa
• Environmental management in South Africa
• Environmental ethics
• Public participation
• Marine ecosystems and artisanal fisheries
• Water management in South Africa (quantity and quality)
• Energy and climate change
• Land and biodiversity
• Food security
• Waste and pollution
• Environmental Economics

During the course, there are 3 fieldtrips:

• Bus tour to provide students with broad sweep of diversity of communities and the environmental challenges they are faced with

• Conduct basic energy audit for households in low and/or high income area households in low and/or high income area

• A fieldtrip to Robben Island

At the end of the course there is an Evaluation of the course.

Length

The course is run over 6months

Price

R2800.00 (course R2300.00, entrance and transport costs R500.00)

( minimum of 15 persons per class)

FOR BOOKINGS CONTACT:

info@thegreenconnection.org.za