Certificate course in Environmental Sustainability

Week 1

 Introduction to environment and society

 Factors affecting environment and society-1

 Factors affecting environment and society-2

 Our Common Future

 Introduction to Terms of Significance -1

 Introduction to Terms of Significance -2

Week 2

 Trade & Environment- Concepts, issues and recent developments- part 1

 Trade & Environment, Part2- The Doha Round

 Legal Edifice of Environmental Protection

 Environmental Impact Assessment Norms and their application in India

 The Wild Life Protection Act, 1972

 Environmental Law and Coastal Regulation Zones

Week 3

 The Case of Western Ghats- The Gadgil Report

 The Kasturirangan Report

 The Forest Conservation Act, 1980

 The Water Act

 The Air –Prevention & Control of Pollution Act, 1981

 Seminal Cases in Environmental Protection

 The Environment Protection Act, 1986

Week 4

 Environmental Friendly Technologies- Concept and Need

 A Consumer Behaviour perspective to Environmental Sustainability

 Managing our environment for sustainability- Solar Energy part1

 Managing our environment for sustainability, Solar Energy part 2

 Managing our environment for sustainability, Wind Energy

 Managing our environment for sustainability- Geothermal, Hydro and Tidal Energy

 Sustainable Development and Environment friendly practices

Week 5

 Waste Management for Sustainable Development

 Environment Friendly practices and the use of Environment Friendly products

 Live Examples of Environment Friendly Technologies-1

 Live Examples of Environment Friendly Technologies-2

 Case Studies on environment and society-1

 Case Studies on environment and society-2

 Changing Interactions

Week 6

 Environment and the Constitution of India

 International Conventions and Treaties

 Sanitary and Phyto- Sanitary Agreement of the WTO

 Convention on biological Diversity

 Clean Development Mechanism

 Bonn Guidelines

Week 7

 Environmental Education- An Introduction

 Sensitivity towards environment and environmental issues-1

 Sensitivity towards environment and environmental issues-2

 Awareness through knowledge- part 1

 Awareness through knowledge- part 2

Week 8

Attitude towards protection of the Environment

 Critical thinking, utilization of skills and reflective solutions

 Local strategies and innovations in Environmental Protection- Part 1

 Local strategies and innovations in Environmental Protection- Part 2

 Active Participation in the resolution of Environmental Challenges-part 1

 Active Participation in the resolution of Environmental Challenges-part 2

Week 9

 Motivational Sustainability

Environmental Sustainability – the conclusion