Illinois Sustainability MOOC

How do you think global population affects climate change?

Did you know the University of Illinois has a large variety of online courses you can take? Check them out at https://www.coursera.org/illinois! Demographic Transitions are among the topics for this week! Like and share please!

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What are your thoughts on the new On-Demand platform? How can we improve the experience to make learning better? We appreciate your feedback! https://www.coursera.org/learn/sustainability/home/welcome

Introduction to Sustainability - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Coursera Introduction to Sustainability from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This course introduces the academic approach of Sustainability and explores how today’s human societies can endure in the face of global change, ecosystem degradation and resource limitations. The course focuses on key k…

Check out what the U.S. government & the EPA are doing to support sustainability in its methods: http://www2.epa.gov/sustainability/learn-about-sustainability

Learn About Sustainability | Sustainability | US EPA Sustainability is based on a simple principle: Everything that we need for our survival and well-being depends, either directly or indirectly, on our natural environment. To pursue sustainability is to create and maintain the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony t…

A new offering of the course is now available! The course is now running on Coursera's new on-demand platform. What is means for you is you can take and complete the course at ANY time! Try it out! https://www.coursera.org/learn/sustainability/outline

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Thanks for participating in the course! How will you apply what you learned to your life?

A final reminder that the final exam closes today at 11:55 PM CT.
Don't forget to complete it.
Good Luck!

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Take a look at this article shared by a fellow learner. What does this mean for sustainability in the future?

Global CO2 emissions 'stalled' The growth in global carbon emissions stalled last year, according to data from the International Energy Agency.

How does this impact sustainability?

If we paid for the hidden cost of emissions, gas would be $6.25 a gallon The cost of exhaust is steep.

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign made Mother Nature Network's list of 17 amazing green college campuses!
Check out the other colleges that made the list.

16 green colleges: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The state's flagship public university is aggressively setting and meeting sustainability goals including a commitment to carbon neutrality by 2050. The campus features nine LEED-certified buildings (three platinum) with eight more seeking certification. In spring of 2015, construction will star…

Take a look at this study posted by one of your fellow students. How will river salinity impact our water resources?

Salinity Intrusion in a Changing Climate Scenario will Hit Coastal Bangladesh Hard Recent studies suggest that the coastal population in Bangladesh will become more vulnerable to salinity intrusion in a changing climate.

Check out this interesting article that one of the students in Introduction to Sustainability shared on the forum. http://climate.nasa.gov/news/2218/
Comment or share an article that you think pertains to the class here: https://class.coursera.org/sustain-007/forum/list?forum_id=37

Global is the new local: Pollution changes clouds, climate downstream Asian air pollution doesn't stay in Asia. It can cross the Pacific Ocean and affect not only air quality elsewhere, but also global climate and weather.