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Social Foundations for Planetary Boundaries

This chapter discusses the social foundations for the planetary boundaries. This goes back to the Brundtland Report of 1987, which defined sustainability as a relationship between humans and nature. At the Rio+20 conference in 2012, Oxfam proposed the Oxfam Doughnut, in which they recognized the importance of the planetary boundaries as setting the environmental ceiling for a safe Earth operating space, but which also argued for a fair and just world to recognize the social foundations of that…

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Collective vs. Individual Rights

International human rights law focuses on the rights of individuals, and emphasis is on the protection of the individuals inherent dignity and worth. Collective discrimination is the root of a lot of inequality, however, and tools in law are skewed towards understanding the rights of the individual. Initially, there were three separate categories, or generations, of rights that are now considered obsolete: civil and political as the first; economic, social, and cultural rights as the second;…

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Teleconnections and Inconvenient Feedbacks

In the Anthropocene, we are entering a realm where interconnectedness translates into teleconnections, in which changes in one part of the world impact other parts of the world and can trigger surprises and inconvenient feedbacks. This interconnectedness means that events that occur based on global drivers can have unexpected outcomes; these can be seen in the global energy, transport, and economic systems. The internet is a good example of the hyper-connectivity of the world; but the key…

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Why Sustainable Development is Important: Happiness and Wellbeing

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, social fairness, and environmental sustainability.

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Is Sustainable Development Feasible?

This lecture explores the timeline of the Sustainable Development Goals and the challenges that the SDGs aim to tackle as they relate to the current issues of climate change.

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From Mine to Mobile Phone: Market, Players, and Extraction Process in Mining

This video explains the differences between mining and oil and gas extraction notably that extraction of oil (hydrocarbon exploitation) produces water as waste, while mineral extraction results in the removal/waste of the matrices in which minerals are embedded. Mined products also vary in value. The chapter also addresses why mining companies diversify their portfolio and exploit different minerals. Finally, it provides an overview of the start and the end of the most recent commodity…

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Engaging Online: Teaching and Learning with the SDG Academy

This webinar introduces the free online resources available through the SDG Academy and ideas on how to integrate those resources into online lessons. This is a recording of a live webinar that took place on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. The webinar presents two key resources: The SDG Academy Library (where you are viewing this video) and our collection of online courses on the edX platform. You can find all our courses here: https://www.edx.org/school/sdgacademyx

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Traditional Empires

This chapter begins the discussion of the Faustian bargain by returning to the traditional economy and focusing on the concept of traditional empires.

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Six Sources of Wellbeing

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 the structure of society.

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Measuring Well-Being

Measuring Well-Being

From SDG Academy on 27 August, 2019

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This lecture examines the different ways to measure well-being in a country, introducing the Human Development Index as an alternative as well as subjective well being.…
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Six Sources of Wellbeing

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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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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Thinking about Alternatives

Thinking about Alternatives

From SDG Academy on 18 August, 2020

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In the first video of his series Freedom Now: The Economic and Political Alternative, philosopher Roberto Mangabeira Unger argues that traditional progressive politics…
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The Scope of a Progressive Program

The Scope of a Progressive Program

From SDG Academy on 18 August, 2020

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In the second video of Roberto Mangabeira Unger's Freedom Now series, Professor Unger lays out the three axis points of his progressive alternative: democratization…
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The New Dilemma of Development

The New Dilemma of Development

From SDG Academy on 18 August, 2020

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In the third video of Roberto Mangabeira Unger's Freedom Now series, Professor Unger explains that traditional means of promoting economic…

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How a Company Decides to Invest in a Project

How a Company Decides to Invest in a Project

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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This chapter overviews investments in oil, gas and mining projects. It includes a comparison of private and state ventures. Sources of income include: cash from existing…
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Virtue Ethics as a Multi-Religious Consensus

Virtue Ethics as a Multi-Religious Consensus

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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In this chapter, William Vendley finds the points of consensus between religious traditions, and shows how religious communities are well-positioned in terms of both…
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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,…