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Introducing Sustainable Development

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In this chapter, Professor Jeffrey Sachs introduces the course "Sustainable Development: the Post-Capitalist Order" and defines sustainable development. This…

Why Sustainable Development is Important:…

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Why Sustainable Development is Important:…

Why Sustainable Development is Important: Happiness and Wellbeing

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This chapter describes why the concept of sustainable development is so important, why it is so important that we orient towards the three objectives of prosperity,…

Environmental Planning, Management and the…

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Environmental Planning, Management and the…

Environmental Planning, Management and the Politics of Change

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This video is part of Module 7: How can the urban environment be protected and cities be made resilient? Learn how the government, the private sector, and other actors…

Financing Sustainable Development

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Financing Sustainable Development

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How are resources mobilized to achieve sustainable development? This question is addressed in this video about financing the SDGs. This video is licensed under the CC…

Education for Sustainable Development and Global…

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Education for Sustainable Development and Global…

Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship

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Education is crucial for global development and for the success of sustainable development, but this chapter discusses the content of learning to be good citizens in a…

The Three Big Challenges: Climate Change,…

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The Three Big Challenges: Climate Change,…

The Three Big Challenges: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Pollution

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This chapter focuses on the three main environmental challenges facing the world today: human-induced climate change, biodiversity loss, and the pollution caused by…

What is Urban Poverty?

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What is Urban Poverty?

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This video is part of Module 3: How can we reduce urban poverty and make cities inclusive and safe? In this course learn about the major challenges currently faced by…

Growth on a Finite Planet: Is it Inherently…

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Growth on a Finite Planet: Is it Inherently…

Growth on a Finite Planet: Is it Inherently Impossible?

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This chapter discusses two important questions: is it feasible to have economic growth from this point forward and does economic growth even make sense on a finite…

The Ethics of Sustainable Development

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The Ethics of Sustainable Development

From SDG Academy

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This chapter is the final chapter in the Sustainable Development: the Post Capital Order course, and looks at the ethics of sustainable development, looking at key…

Fairness, Understanding Factors of Inequality

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Fairness, Understanding Factors of Inequality

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This chapter explores inequality based on geographic factors, looking at the history of colonialism and slavery, discrimination, and indigenous populations. This video…

From Waste to Wealth

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From Waste to Wealth

From SDG Academy

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Webinar 6 Siena International School of Sustainable Development 2022

Challenges for Food Loss and Food Waste and…

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Challenges for Food Loss and Food Waste and…

Challenges for Food Loss and Food Waste and Opportunities for Reduction

From SDG Academy

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Every night, 795 million people go to bed hungry although we produce sufficient food to provide an average 2700 kilocalories every day per person. Four billion metric…

Education and Skills

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Education and Skills

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This video is part of Module 5: How can we improve human development in cities? How can we heed the call of Sustainable Development Goal 11 – “making cities…

Universal Access to Education

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Universal Access to Education

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In this chapter, Professor Jeffrey Sachs elaborates on a crucial SDG: SDG number 4, which calls for universal access to quality education for all. This video is…

Six Sources of Wellbeing

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Six Sources of Wellbeing

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This chapter focuses o the six sources of well-being, challenging the traditional capitalist idea that consumers will maximize their well-being and instead looking at…

Cities as Centers of Cultural and Social…

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Cities as Centers of Cultural and Social…

Cities as Centers of Cultural and Social Transformation Part I

From SDG Academy

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Many people see cities as primary places of economic activity, but cities are also sites of social, cultural, and religious relevance. Examples of cities and their roles…

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