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Introducing Sustainable Development

From SDG Academy on 22 August, 2019

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

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Why Sustainable Development is Important:…

Why Sustainable Development is Important: Happiness and Wellbeing

From SDG Academy on 23 August, 2019

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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,…

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What is Urban Poverty?

From SDG Academy on 23 August, 2019

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This video is part of Module 3: How can we reduce urban poverty and make cities inclusive and safe? urban poverty and associated issues. This video is not available…

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Financing Sustainable Development

From SDG Academy on 23 August, 2019

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

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Six Sources of Wellbeing

From SDG Academy on 23 August, 2019

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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…

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Environmental Planning, Management and the…

Environmental Planning, Management and the Politics of Change

From SDG Academy on 23 August, 2019

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This video is part of Module 7: How can the urban environment be protected and cities be made resilient? environmental planning, management and the politics of change,…

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Growth on a Finite Planet: Is it Inherently…

Growth on a Finite Planet: Is it Inherently Impossible?

From SDG Academy on 23 August, 2019

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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…

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The Three Big Challenges: Climate Change,…

The Three Big Challenges: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Pollution

From SDG Academy on 23 August, 2019

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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…

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Cities as Centers of Cultural and Social…

Cities as Centers of Cultural and Social Transformation

From SDG Academy on 23 August, 2019

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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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The Market Economy: Specialization, Division of…

The Market Economy: Specialization, Division of Labor, Entrepreneurship

From SDG Academy on 23 August, 2019

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This chapter talks about the arrival of capitalist institutions which remade societies by creating market relations for labor, land, intellectual property, and other…

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Cities as Sites for Poverty Reduction

From SDG Academy on 23 August, 2019

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This video is part of Module 3: How can we reduce urban poverty and make cities inclusive and safe? role of cities in lifting masses out of poverty

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Building Urban Resilience

From SDG Academy on 23 August, 2019

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This video is part of Module 7: How can the urban environment be protected and cities be made resilient? urban resilience, several examples of cities, 12 essential…

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Education for Sustainable Development and Global…

Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship

From SDG Academy on 23 August, 2019

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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…

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The Challenge of Urban Politics, Planning and…

The Challenge of Urban Politics, Planning and Governance, Part I

From SDG Academy on 23 August, 2019

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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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Global Capitalism is a Faustian Bargain: Greed in…

Global Capitalism is a Faustian Bargain: Greed in return for prosperity

From SDG Academy on 23 August, 2019

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This chapter describes the issues with current-day capitalism, using Faustian logic, and explains why it is neccessary to devise new institutions of governance,…

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Using Goals to Motivate Social Change (The…

Using Goals to Motivate Social Change (The Moonshot and the SDGs)

From SDG Academy on 23 August, 2019

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This chapter discuses using the SDGs as a centerpiece of governance as a means of achieving the SDGs.

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