The word sustainability is found in urban development plans, corporate, public and civil sector annual reports, academic curricula, stock market indices and myriad of other messaging and publicity sources. Many professionals working in in the field...
The current scenarios of accelerated climate and social change are demanding proactivity and innovative responses from businesses, which requires that professionals from various fields incorporate sustainability knowledge into their training. This...
This course offers a comprehensive introduction to principles and mechanisms of international environmental law, examining how legal tools and governance structures address environmental challenges at global, European and national levels. The course...
This course focuses on 21st-century nature writing, particularly on the variety of approaches through which contemporary literature represents and responds to nature in the era of the climate crisis. Its purpose is to demonstrate literature as a...
Sustainable Energy – renewable energy and energy efficiency solutions - is necessary to address energy needs and climate change today and in the future. This course introduces the challenges of energy demand and climate change, and presents...
IES ABROAD’S GLOBAL PILLARS – SUSTAINABLE LIVING, EQUITABLE LIVING, HUMAN WELL-BEING – INTEGRATE MOST OF THE UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDG'S). THE GLOBAL PILLARS COURSES USE THE PILLARS AS A REFERENCE FRAMEWORK, ADOPT A PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING...
This course will approach psychological factors that have an impact, positive or negative, on behaviors associated with environmental sustainability. These include behaviors related to recycling, mobility, food consumption, use of water, renewable...
This course explores the emerging reality of social innovation, social production and social businesses and their ability to generate social impact efficiently, effectively, and sustainably. We will explore this global phenomenon through...
“All the biggest problems that we face now (…) like global climate change or the pandemic, require collaborative efforts, not just the multiplication of the same sort of person a million times over.” - Peter Galison
Cities are not only where most of...
“All the biggest problems that we face now (…) like global climate change or the pandemic, require collaborative efforts, not just the multiplication of the same sort of person a million times over.”
Peter Galison[1]
Cities are not only where...