Sustainable Environmental Development and Peace

1. Define key concepts related to sustainable environmental development and peace.
2. Analyze the relationship between environmental factors and conflict.
3. Evaluate strategies for environmental conservation and protection.
4. Apply ecological economics principles to development planning.
5. Assess the impact of human activities on the environment.
6. Develop solutions for promoting sustainable entrepreneurship and gender equality.

13 weeks, about 54 hours in total. Yours will differ.

1. Week 1Module 1:

   • Unit 1: The concept of sustainable environment · 3 hours

     Define sustainable environment and its components.. Discuss the Brundtland Commission definition.. Analyze the relationship between development and environmental needs..

   • Unit 3: Biodiversity · 2 hours

     Explain the importance of biodiversity.. Describe the role of biodiversity in ecosystem functioning.. Discuss the coexistence of plant and animal life..

2. Week 2Module 1:

   • Unit 4: Ecological theory · 3 hours

     Define ecological theory and its implications.. Discuss the limiting similarity and competitive exclusion principles.. Explain the cumulative effect of species in an ecosystem..

   • Unit 5: Climate change · 2 hours

     Describe climate change and its causes.. Discuss the impact of human activities on climate.. Explain the difference between weather and climate..

3. Week 3Module 2:

   • Unit 1: Preservation, Conservation and Protection · 4 hours

     Differentiate between preservation, conservation, and protection.. Identify modern and traditional methods of environmental preservation.. Explain the values of modern environmental conservation practices..

4. Week 4Module 2:

   • Unit 2: Attitudinal Imperatives for Sustainable Living · 4 hours

     Describe the relationship between learning experience and sustainable living.. Explain how attitudes affect the quality and state of environmental resources.. Discuss the influence of environmental policy on alternative livelihoods..

5. Week 5Module 2:

   • Unit 3: Environment Education for Peace · 4 hours

     Demonstrate understanding of the meaning of environmental education.. Give reasons to support green literacy as a strategy for peace.. Plan strategies for educology in the community..

6. Week 6Module 2:

   • Unit 4: Coping with Environmental Change · 4 hours

     Discuss the meaning of environmental change.. Describe factors which produce environmental change in the tropics.. Explain the relationship between urbanization and environmental change..

7. Week 7Module 2:

   • Unit 5: Biodiversity and Ecological Balance · 4 hours

     Explain the three main stays of Sustainable Environment. Understand Institutional, the work model or the environment. Discuss the consequences of unsustainable environment.

8. Week 8Module 4:

   • Unit 1: Rural/Urban Sustainability for Peace · 4 hours

     Differentiate between rural and urban life.. Examine the specific characteristics of the rural environment.. Identify the features, which make the urban area an environmental concern..

9. Week 9Module 4:

   • Unit 2: Environmental Causes of Conflict and their Resolution · 4 hours

     State the difference between a dispute and a conflict.. Identify and comment on causes of environmental conflicts.. Present a reasoned strategy for resolving environmental conflicts..

10. Week 10Module 4:

    • Unit 3: Ecological Economics and the Millennium Development · 4 hours

      Explain the environmental justification of ecological economics.. Describe steps to maximize the use of ecological resources.. Identify measures to reduce environmental resource depletion..

11. Week 11Module 4:

    • Unit 4: Development and Underdevelopment; The Human · 4 hours

      Discuss the meaning of development.. Differentiate between development and underdevelopment.. Show the relationship between human security and development..

12. Week 12Module 4:

    • Unit 5: Inter-dependence and Distributive (In-Justice and Peace) · 4 hours

      Describe the international arena to justify the need for interdependence.. Explain the connections between dependence and interdependence.. Discuss the need for re-distributive justice in the world..

13. Week 13Module 5:

    • Unit 1: Conservation Strategies for Peace · 4 hours

      Examine ways that educational intervention approaches can be used for conservation.. Describe the role of the multi-media in conservation for peace.. Discuss the contributions of eco-tourism..