Pre-requisites

None.

Co-requisites

None.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, the student will be able to:

• Communicate broad and cohesive knowledge and understanding of environmental sustainability

• Analyse and synthesise understanding of sustainability and the global challenges of population growth, climate change, energy supply, agriculture, development and pollution

• Analyse and evaluate the interconnections between environment, equity and social justice, including a Christian perspective

• Critically review national and international initiatives to promote environmental sustainability

• Analyse prominant issues in the 21st Century context and their impact on environmental sustainability

Unit Description

This unit covers the principles, theory and actions of environmental sustainability. Using an interdisciplinary approach, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of sustainability and the global challenges of population growth, climate change, energy supply, agriculture, development and environmental pollution and degradation, as well as a Christian worldview perspective on environmental sustainability. You will explore the inseparable connections between environment, equity and social justice issues, and will evaluate domestic and international initiatives to promote environmental sustainability. Using knowledge gained in the unit, you will explore the most pressing issues of the 21st Century. This unit will equip you to apply principles of sustainability to your future careers and wherever sustainability ideas and actions are needed.

Topics

• What is environmental sustainability
• Principles, theories and actions of environmental sustainability
• Challenges to environmental sustainability
• Population growth and environmental sustainability
• Climate change and environmental sustainability
• Energy supply, agriculture, development and environmental pollution and degradation
• Connections between environment, equity and social justice
• International and Australian initiatives to promote environmental sustainability
• 21st Century contexts and environmental sustainability
• Promoting environmental sustainability in work places
• Christian response to environmental sustainability

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Unit offerings

Independent/Flexible: Semester 1, 2025 (Every 2nd Year (Odd), Semester 1)

Please note

The Unit Offerings listed above are a guide only and the timetable for any year is the final authority. The College may vary offerings based on demand, regulatory requirements, continual improvement processes or other conditions.

This unit may be available in different modes of delivery i.e. online and face-to-face as listed above. The unit content will not differ between these modes of delivery. There will possibly be a difference in the schedule and/or the prescribed assessment tasks, however both will cover and assess the same content.