A free online course on how humanity has interacted with nature across history and our impact on the environment. Many believe that we are living in an era of ecological crisis. This free online course looks at how human societies have interacted with their natural environments across history and the impact they have had on these ecosystems. Understanding what has led up to this modern-day crisis will help create more sustainable solutions for a better future. This course will be helpful to anyone wanting to make a difference to the human-ecology dynamic.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 201701 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Diploma |
| Course Duration | 15-20 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | What You Will Learn In This Free Course • Define Cartesian anxiety • Describe the ideas of Orientalism, paternalism and communalism • Discuss the emergence of religion in human evolution • Recall the role of Christianity in the ecological crisis • Indicate conservation ethics in Buddhism • Explain the views of Hinduism in nature conservation • Recall environmental philosophies • Explain the concept of deep ecology, social ecology and ecofeminism • Outline the difference between indigenous knowledge and scientific knowledge • Identify how indigenous knowledge is passed on • Analyze the impact of indigenous knowledge on development projects • Summarize the work entitled, 'An Ecological Journey |
| Course Code | 2789 |

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