Introduction to Sustainable Development

This course is designed for students who are keen to deepen their understanding of sustainability. It caters to those who are frustrated with learning about theories that seem irrelevant to the current global situation, as well as those who aspire to develop their critical thinking skills in the context of solution-finding. In today’s world, sustainability is pervasive and encompasses a broad range of topics. Therefore, this course aims to provide students with a comprehensive vision of sustainability concepts and theories. Moreover, it seeks to equip students with the necessary tools to critically assess everyday challenges and devise sustainable solutions, considering social, economic, and environmental dimensions. During this course, we will learn about climate change through a card game and discussions, we will learn about economy in form of doughnut, we will comprehend what de-growth really means, we will understand how inequalities, may they be of gender or of social status, disturb a sustainable approach,… But the most important is that as a young adult, the student will come to the class to share their experience and debate about the most relevant issues that the world faces.