GEOG345

Examines environmental, social, cultural, and economic dimensions of sustainability and sustainable development. Examinations into foundations and theories behind the concept of sustainable development, discussions and debates about its real-world applicability, and explorations into case studies addressing relationships and contradictions between human desires for material well-being, environmental protection, and maintenance of cultural and/or social traditions. Builds a sustainability worldview with systems thinking, justice, sustainability knowledge, integration, and acting for positive change as key components.