Environmental Management

Course summary

Environmental issues are both local and global in their extent. We all live on one planet Earth, yet use much more than one planet Earth’s worth of resources. This is obviously not sustainable and this course attempts to discuss the issues surrounding resource use at various scales, from that of the individual to that of the global community. The aim of the course is to provide an understanding of the interrelationships between environmental systems and societies; one that enables pupils to adopt an informed personal response to the wide range of pressing environmental issues that they will inevitably come to face. The teaching approach will focus on the evaluation of the scientific, ethical and socio-political aspects of these issues, rather than just providing a journalistic appreciation of them.