Learning Outcomes

Introduction to Environmental Sustainability

Energy and Resources

Environmental Impacts

Transport

Sustainable Communities

Globalisation

Lesson Summary

In this module you will learn about environmental sustainability. Learn also about energy and resources, environmental impacts, transport, sustainable communities and globalisation.

Introduction to Environmental Sustainability - Assessment

Learn about the basic necessities of life, environmental sustainability, and sustainable and non-sustainable materials.

This free online Environmental Sustainability course will teach you about the basics of environmental sustainability. Everything we do affects our environment and the people that live in it. This online course teaches about the varieties of energy and resources found around the world, environmental impacts, transport, sustainable communities, globalization, and fair trade along with highlighting the behaviours  that have the most impact.

Environmental Science

Matter, Energy, and Life

Ecosystems and the Biosphere

In this module, you will be introduced to environmental science concepts, starting with basic scientific enquiry. It will teach the essentials of ethics and justice before moving on to the foundations of matter and life science. You will also understand the composition of our biosphere and its ecosystems.

Community & Population Ecology

Conservation & Biodiversity: Origin and Importance

Conservation & Biodiversity: Threats and Preservation

Environmental Hazards & Human Health

This module will focus on the human population, its dynamics, and community ecology. It will also delve into the concepts and concerns surrounding biodiversity. You will gain an understanding of environmental health, including risks and contaminants, as well as the principles of environmental toxicology.

Water Availability and Use

Food and Hunger

Conventional & Sustainable Agriculture

Air Pollution, Climate Change, and Ozone Depletion

Conventional & Sustainable Energy

Course assessment

A free online course that teaches you the fundamentals of the environment and contemporary issues affecting it.

Diploma in Environmental Biology

This free course explores the most pressing environmental issues. It will cover the fundamental principles of environmental science to help you understand the concepts of ecosystems and the biosphere. Starting with the biodiversity on Earth, this course examines the ecological threats to the environment and our health. It delves into the adverse impacts of various elements and possible alternatives to protect our Earth and its living species.

What is an Earthquake?

Why Earthquakes Occur

How Earthquakes are Measured

This module defines an earthquake before delving into various scientific facts on why and where they occur before clarifying how an earthquake is measured using different scales.

How to Plan for an Earthquake

What to Do During an Earthquake

What to Do After an Earthquake

Emergency Responders and Healthcare Facilities

This module explains how to prepare for an earthquake, the critical steps to take when one occurs, and what to do in its aftermath, whether at home, work or other locations.

Earthquake Precautions and Safety Measures - Course Assessment

This free online earthquake awareness course explains what to do during an earthquake and discusses their causes.

Earthquake Precautions and Safety Measures

Earthquakes can occur at any time of day or night at various depths and locations. They can be gentle, which causes minor damage, or violent, which can be catastrophic. This earthquake awareness course explains how and why earthquakes occur. We then provide detailed safety strategies to show you know what to do before, during and after one of these natural disasters. Sign up to learn how to be prepared for earthquakes and their consequences.

Introduction to the Course

A Historical Overview of Ecology

Ecology and Evolution

The Levels of Organisation

Species Abundance and Composition: Biodiversity

Biodiversity - II

In this module, you will be introduced to evolution and ecology. You will look at what are the interactions that are driving the abundance and distribution of individual animals? You will study the essential concepts of an ecosystem, biogeography evolution, modern population and community ecology. It will then discuss the role of fitness in evolution. Along with this, you will look at the emergent principle, the levels of organization in the biological world, and measures of biodiversity.

Positive Interaction

Negative Interaction

Study of Behavior and Behavioral Ecology

Food Chains, Food Webs & Trophic Levels

Primary Production

Nutrient Cycle

In this module, you will be introduced to ecological interactions. You will learn the difference between intraspecific and interspecific synergies. Along with this, you will explore the differences between exploitative competition and interference competition. You will look at different kinds of behavioural ecologies, such as foraging behaviour and anti-predator behaviour. This module will also cover primary production, the efficiency of production, and biogeochemical cycle.

Population Parameters and Demographic Techniques

Population Growth and Regulation

Population Studies and Applications

Community Nature and Parameters

Community Changes and Ecological Succession

Community Organisation

In this module, you will learn about population studies and applications. This includes the study of theories of population growth and regulation. You will also look at population parameters and demographic techniques. Then, this module will help you learn the specific traits that we can discern from a community. You will look at how the changes happen in community and how a community forms? This module will also discuss the relationship between biodiversity and stability.

Diploma in Wild Life Ecology - First Assessment

You must score 80% or more to pass this assessment.

Biography: Analysis of Geographic Distribution

Why are things Where they are?

Push and Pull Factors in Greater Detail

Threats to Species

In-situ Conversation

Ex-situ Conversation

Distribution, Abundance and Threatened Species - Learning Summary

In this module, you will be introduced with distribution, abundance and measurement of threatened species. This includes analysis of geographic distributions, dispersal and anthropogenic factors, and some push and pulls elements. You will look at population dynamics and extinction. It will then follow into characteristics of population dynamics, such as stochastic factors and deterministic factors. You will also study the ecological processes, that is in-situ and ex-situ conservation.

Introduction and Impacts

Human Population Growth and  Food Requirements

Sustainable Development

Oil Spills

Plastic and Biodiversity

Impacts of Climate Change

In this module, you will be introduced with human ecology and the ecology of change. You will study the impacts of human beings on ecology, human population growth, food requirements, and sustainable development. It will then follow into a study of how the oil spill brings out a change in the ecology? This module will help you understand plastic and biodiversity, components of climate change and the working of the climate system in detail.

Optimum Yield Problem

Biological Control

Ecotoxicology, Pollution Management and Restoration Ecology

Revision: 01 - Wild Life Ecology

Revision: 02 Wild Life Ecology

Revision: 03 Wild Life Ecology

In this module, you will be introduced with applied ecology in greater detail. You will learn about optimal yield problem and numerical analysis of population size and the weight of stock. Then, you will look at the differences between controlled and uncontrolled pests. It will then follow into the study of different pest control methods in detail. This module will also help you learn about ecotoxicology, pollution management, and restoration ecology.

Diploma in Wild Life Ecology - Second Assessment

Final Assessment

Study the essentials around the concepts of ecosystems, evolutionary biogeography and ecotoxicology in this free course.

Advanced Diploma in Wildlife Ecology

Delve into evolution and ecology in this free course on wildlife ecology. You will study the essential concepts of an ecosystem, evolutionary biogeography, modern population theory and community ecology. With this, you will learn about the impacts of humans on ecosystems, human population growth, sustainable development, plastics and biodiversity, and the components of climate change. You will then be introduced to the study of ecotoxicology.

Introduction to Oceanology

Human-Ocean Interactions

Marine Ecosystems and Biodiversity

Marine Conservation Principles

Pollution and Ocean Health

Ocean Technologies and Research Methods

Climate Change and Oceanography

In this module, we learn about oceanology, biodiversity, and its significance to the global environment. Additionally, we discover how pollution affects marine biodiversity as well as policy's role in protecting it. Further, we study what causes ocean pollution, how plastic impacts the oceans, and some techniques to reduce ocean pollution.

Discover the geological components of oceans and the fundamentals of marine biology in this free online course.

Basic Concepts of Oceanology

This course focuses on learning about ocean life, its effects, impacts, and more. We gain a comprehensive understanding of the environmental consequences of coastal development, including its impact on the ocean and the greenhouse effect. Moreover, we gain valuable knowledge about the mutually beneficial partnership between coral and algae. We also identify how the ocean climate changes and what causes marine pollution.

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