This course introduces key concepts of environmental awareness and sustainability, including climate change, carbon footprint, renewable energy, and natural resource use. Learners will explore how human activity impacts the environment, discover practical ways to live more sustainably, and understand the importance of choosing eco-friendly products and actions.

The course also looks at green strategies, waste management alternatives, and sustainable practices in industries, highlighting both the benefits and challenges of change. By the end, participants will be equipped with the knowledge and tools to make responsible choices that support a greener, more sustainable future.

Understand environmental awareness and sustainability terms

• Causes of climate change.

• Importance of natural resources and the sustainability issues related to them.

• Understand the importance of environmental sustainability awareness.

• Examples of human activity that negatively impact the environment.

• Why individuals should have an awareness of how human activity impacts the environment.

• Outline the importance of humans changing the way they use the environment and its resources.

• Current green strategies that support environmental conservation.

• Know how individuals can be environmentally sustainable in their everyday lives.

• Everyday products that are environmentally unsustainable & sustainable.

• Importance of using everyday products that are environmentally sustainable.

• Everyday actions that are environmentally unsustainable & sustainable.

• Importance of acting in an environmentally sustainable way.

• Understand the relationship between waste, the industrial sector and sustainability.

• Identify waste-management approaches that businesses can take that do not include landfill.

• The industrial sectors that have a large environmental impact.

• Sustainable practices in key economic sectors.

• Potential benefits and challenges of adopting sustainable practices in major industries.