Sustainable.now, Online teaching (5 cr) 2.3.–17.4.2026 (5cr)
Code: C-01914-BH60A6801-r1
General information
- Enrollment
- 30.11.2025 - 23.02.2026
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 02.03.2026 - 17.04.2026
- Implementation is running.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Institution
- LUT University
- Teaching languages
- English
- Course
- C-01914-BH60A6801
Unfortunately, no reservations were found for the realization Sustainable.now, Online teaching (5 cr) 2.3.–17.4.2026 C-01914-BH60A6801-r1. It's possible that the reservations have not yet been published or that the realization is intended to be completed independently.
Objective
After successfully completing the course, students:1) Understand the intersectional, partly contradictory, goals and interdimensionality of the climate challenge and the challenges of sustainable development.2) Are familiar with the multidisciplinary links between climate change and different goals of sustainable development, and will identify different tools for solving problems.3) Outline the importance of positivity and solution orientation both through the global responsibility of individuals and through the transformation of existing structures.
Content
Sustainable.now is a basic course for anyone interested in sustainable development and climate change. The principles of sustainable development will be linked to the 1.5 degree climate target.- Ecological sustainability- Social sustainability- Economic sustainability- Cultural sustainabilityThe course provides a solid knowledge package on the concept of sustainable development and its ecological, social, economic and cultural dimensions, as well as the connections and tensions between them. The ethical perspective that runs through the course provides a basis for considering sustainable development also as a political and normative concept. The course also emphasizes the importance of agency and the different roles of the individual. Students will be given the opportunity to look at the sustainability of their own lifestyle in terms of individual choices, but on the other hand, sustainability and climate challenges will also be presented as a structural and systemic problem.