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ES 201 - The Mediterranean: A Plastic Sea

The primary aim of this course is to provide a current and comprehensive overview on issues related to plastic pollution at a global level, focusing on plastic accumulation in the Mediterranean Sea. The course explores the many open questions...

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ES 201 - The Mediterranean: a Plastic Sea

The primary aim of this course is to provide a current and comprehensive overview on issues related to plastic pollution at a global level, focusing on plastic accumulation in the Mediterranean Sea. The course explores the many open questions...

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ES 302 - The Environmental Diversity of Ecuador

This course provides a general introduction to the rich Ecuador´s environmental diversity and its main associated problems. It explores Ecuador´s ecological regions, gives an introduction to the major groups of plants and animals of the region...

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ES 305 - Technology of Renewable Energies

This course gives a general introduction of renewable energy technologies for non-engineers. The basic conversion technologies applied for turning different renewable energy sources into useful forms of energy are explained. Basic engineering...

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ES 360 - Designing the Sustainable City

Cities are not only where most of the world’s population now lives, they also use 78% of the world’s resources and produce more than 60% of greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, innovating cities around the world are leading the way in...

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ES 360 - Ecuadorian Ecosystems

Students will examine the main ecosystems of Ecuador—tropical rain forests, the Páramo, cloud forests, tropical dry forests, mangroves, and the Galápagos Islands. They will study their physical environments, including animals and plants, evolution...

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ES/AT/US 315 - Urban Design and Sustainability

Four momentous changes occurring within the first two decades of the 21st century are having a lasting effect on our planet: More people now live in cities than in the countryside, unprecedented in human history; there is now a consensus that human...

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