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Introduction to Sustainability - SUST 101

Covers sustainable development, energy, resources, climate, waste, food systems, economics, environmental justice, and sustainability frameworks.

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09 Environmental Justice and Equity

Explore how environmental justice connects fair distribution of environmental risks and resources with recognition, participation, and access to remedies.
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10 Sustainability Policy and Action

Learn how coordinated policies, organizational strategies, fair implementation, and measurement can support sustainability transitions.
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08 Economics and Sustainability

Learn how economic concepts and policy tools can address environmental impacts, assess well-being, and frame economic activity within ecological limits.
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03 Energy and the Energy Transition

Learn how energy sources are converted into useful services, how energy choices affect emissions and other impacts, and what a reliable, accessible, and fair transition to low-carbon energy involves.
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05 Natural Resources and Biodiversity

Learn how land, water, biodiversity, and material resources support people and ecosystems, and how coordinated, fair management can help sustain them.
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07 Food Systems and Agriculture

Explore how food production, supply chains, access, diets, and waste interact to shape the environmental, economic, and social sustainability of food systems.
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06 Materials, Waste, and the Circular Economy

Understand how life-cycle thinking, the waste-management hierarchy, circular design, and pollution prevention can reduce resource use and preserve materials’ value.
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02 Sustainability Frameworks and Systems Thinking

Explore how systems thinking connects sustainability goals, ecological limits, resilience, and the evaluation of proposed actions.
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04 Climate Change

Learn how human activities influence climate, how climate risks arise and affect communities unequally, and how mitigation and adaptation address those risks.
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01 Foundations of Sustainability

Explore sustainability, the principles and milestones that shaped sustainable development, and how the 17 Sustainable Development Goals connect across environmental, social, and economic priorities.
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Quizzes

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10 Sustainability Policy and Action

A medium-difficulty quiz on applying sustainability policy tools, organizational strategies, fair transitions, and accountability measures.
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05 Natural Resources and Biodiversity

A medium-difficulty quiz on applying principles of sustainable management to land, water, biodiversity, and material resources.
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06 Materials, Waste, and the Circular Economy

A medium-difficulty quiz on materials management, waste prevention, recycling, the circular economy, and pollution reduction.
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07 Food Systems and Agriculture

A medium-difficulty quiz on how food production, supply chains, food security, environmental and social effects, food loss and waste, and sustainable diets interact.
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09 Environmental Justice and Equity

A medium-difficulty quiz on environmental justice, including fair distribution, recognition, participation, access to resources, and applying these ideas to decisions.
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04 Climate Change

A medium-difficulty quiz on climate science, climate risks, mitigation, adaptation, and equitable climate action.
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08 Economics and Sustainability

A medium-difficulty quiz on how economic tools and frameworks relate to environmental limits, human well-being, and policy choices.
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02 Sustainability Frameworks and Systems Thinking

A medium-difficulty quiz on systems thinking, ecological limits, resilience, and applying sustainability frameworks to decisions.
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03 Energy and the Energy Transition

A medium-difficulty quiz on energy systems, low-carbon technologies, and the energy transition.
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01 Foundations of Sustainability

A medium-level quiz on sustainability concepts, guiding principles, international milestones, and the Sustainable Development Goals. Questions progress from applying foundational ideas to evaluating a policy decision.
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Flashcards

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09 Environmental Justice and Equity

Learn how environmental justice addresses the fair distribution of environmental harms and benefits, recognition of community knowledge, and meaningful participation in decisions.
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10 Sustainability Policy and Action

Learn how sustainability policy tools, organizational strategies, fair system transitions, and outcome measurement work together to support accountable action.
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05 Natural Resources and Biodiversity

Learn how land, water, biodiversity, and material resources support people and ecosystems, and how they can be managed sustainably.
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07 Food Systems and Agriculture

Learn how food production, supply chains, food security, environmental effects, and dietary choices shape sustainable food systems.
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08 Economics and Sustainability

Review how economic concepts and alternative models connect human well-being, environmental costs, and ecological limits.
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03 Energy and the Energy Transition

Review how energy is produced and used, the impacts of different energy sources, and the technologies and priorities involved in the transition to low-carbon energy.
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06 Materials, Waste, and the Circular Economy

Learn how life-cycle thinking, waste-management priorities, circular design, and pollution prevention help conserve materials and reduce waste.
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04 Climate Change

Learn how human activities drive climate change, how climate risks differ among communities, and how mitigation and adaptation can address them.
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01 Foundations of Sustainability

Learn the core meaning, principles, and international milestones of sustainability and sustainable development.
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02 Sustainability Frameworks and Systems Thinking

Learn how systems thinking, ecological limits, and resilience help evaluate sustainability decisions and their trade-offs.
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