Sustainability

"From buzzword to analysis & to option for action". 
Every day we are confronted with serious global, regional or local problems whose solution often seems impossible. Often the solution to one problem simply leads to the next. We are no different with the concept of sustainability, which is used in all possible and impossible places. The resisting arguments are often too complex. An introduction to help.

Overview

The 'Sustainability' block week is designed to provide opportunities to play a more active role in shaping the future.
AGENDA: 
Getting to know the concept of sustainability, its origin and its essential uses; insight into the economic, social and ecological dimensions of sustainability and their basic concepts; pro and con - discussions; instrument of life cycle analysis; assessment according to sustainability criteria; indications of optimisation possibilities with regard to sustainable development; reflection on the implementation of sustainability strategies using concrete examples.

Facts

Semester

Fall semester 2022

Anmeldeschluss

06.11.2022

Unterrichtssprache
  • Englisch
Zeitmodell

Block study-week
13.02.2023 - 17.02.2023

ECTS/Anerkennung

See ISA-Programme / ECTS-Points

Anbieter
Technik & Architektur
ISA
Andere
Leistungsnachweis

personal preparation work, group presentation, graduation work

Modulleitung
Dozent/in
Dozent/in (extern)

Martina Alig, MSc ETH Umweltnaturwissenschaften, treeze Ltd.

Eingangskompetenzen

Readings, written abstracts, introspections before the first day of the module.

Lehr- und Lernmethoden

Lectures, case studies, individual and group exercises, presentations

Lehrmittel

http://www.scnat.ch
http://www.bafu.admin.ch/klima
Daniel Wachter, Daniel (2012): Nachhaltige Entwicklung: das Konzept und seine Umsetzung in der Schweiz. 3. aktualisierte Auflage, Zürich/Chur: Rüegger Verlag, Reihe Kompaktwissen
Aktuelle Links und Publikationen

Programmart
ISA Modul
Durchführungsort

Horw