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Subject:        “The Age of Sustainable Development” – A free online course
Date:   Fri, 17 Jan 2014 14:02:37 -0500
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The Age of Sustainable Development
<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=35477783&msgid=876109&act=QD6E&c=994479&destination=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.coursera.org%2Fcourse%2Fsusdev>

Sachs to Teach Online Course
on Sustainable Development

Earth Institute Director Jeffrey Sachs will launch a free, global,
online course next week titled “The Age of Sustainable Development.” The
course aims to spread to an international audience a broader
understanding of the need for economic development that is socially
inclusive and also protects the environment.

The 14-week, university-level course begins on Jan. 21 and will run
through the spring. It is being offered through Coursera, a company that
works with universities to make free courses available online. (Those
interested in joining the course can register here
<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=35477783&msgid=876109&act=QD6E&c=994479&destination=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.coursera.org%2Fcourse%2Fsusdev>.)
The course is open to anyone interested in the field of sustainable
development, including students and development professionals working in
government, corporations and non-profit organizations.

The course will be part of a more general education program of the
Sustainable Development Solutions Network
<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=35477783&msgid=876109&act=QD6E&c=994479&destination=http%3A%2F%2Funsdsn.org%2F>
(SDSN), an initiative launched by the UN secretary-general to mobilize
scientific and technical expertise from academia, civil society and the
private sector to support problem-solving for sustainable development.
Sachs directs the SDSN.

“As a method of helping to save the world, sustainable development
encourages a holistic approach to human well-being, one that includes
economic progress, strong social bonds, and environmental
sustainability,” Sachs said in an oped piece published on the website
Project Syndicate
<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=35477783&msgid=876109&act=QD6E&c=994479&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.project-syndicate.org%2Fprint%2Fjeffrey-d--sachs-proposes-a-new-curriculum-for-a-new-era>.
“The challenges are becoming more urgent as the large and rapidly
growing world economy causes massive environmental destruction, and as
new technologies demand new skills."

The course is designed as an advanced undergraduate-level introduction
to the most challenging question facing our generation: how the world
economy can evolve in ways that are socially inclusive and
environmentally sustainable. The course discusses the history of
economic development, patterns of growth, poverty in its different
forms, health and education, and the links with food systems, climate
change, and managing our ecosystems.

Thousands of individual students from around the world have signed up
for the course, and many universities are offering entire courses of
their own based on “The Age of Sustainable Development.”

For more information about the course, visit USDN.org
<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=35477783&msgid=876109&act=QD6E&c=994479&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.unsdsn.org%2F>.



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