Our surroundings, the place we live, are our environment. However, in recent and coming times, many issues will and have arose such as energy crisis, pollution, waste management, deforestation, urbanization and a lot more. To address and properly tackle these issues and to gain an understanding on how to further develop and preserve our environment we need to study it. Here are some free online courses to get you proficient in the subject.

MIT OpenCourse Ware; Environmental Studies

MIT Opencourses are an excellent way to get started. These are actual courses which were conducted in universities and are now available here. You can choose from the list of courses something which suits you. The topics may cover the entire subject or focus in-detail on a specific topic.

Diploma in Environmental Science

This diploma will cover the physical, chemical and biological aspects of environmental science and is excellent for someone wishing to pursue a career in this subject. It aims to teach you how to build and maintain a sustainable existence on Earth. You learn of different processes, it’s effect on humans and much more.

University of Exeter; Online Environmental Studies Courses

These courses are part of a University’s online program. The courses provided are quite helpful and cover their specific topic quite well. E.g. this course on Environmental Politics and Policy teaches you of political movement and how it affected global society and the environment.

Atmospheric, Ocean and Environmental Change

This course covers the atmosphere, it tells you why it holds importance, about laws on gases, the green house effect and how it contributes to global warming and a lot more. The course is mainly theoretical in nature.

Global Warming

This course looks upon the alarming issue of global warming. It’s duration is 10-weeks and it covers the risks and different issues raised by global warming. You learn of where this issue stems from in terms of physics, chemistry and other views going on to economical changes and so on.

Environmental Struggles

In this course you learn of the different issues our environment is faced with and how it affects humans. Conflicts and other challenges are discussed and solutions and possible plan of actions formulated. You get an idea about nature in different parts of the world.

Sustainable Living: Environment – Part -1    —    Click here for Part-2

This course is provided through the ESLP or Education for Sustainable Living Program. This course covers topics like food systems, organic gardens, sustainable living, green economies, environmental justice, climate change and a lot more.

Global Population Growth

This course has been derived from a survey taken with the aim of finding out about population growth, human fertility, the demographics involved, population policy and so on. The different factors involved such as political, religious, ethical issues are also addressed and analyzed.

Essential Study Partner; Environmental Science

This site is online course software run on your browser. To run the software you will need to install some plug-ins to view this course.

Environmental Effect of Transportation Policies

This course examines the role of different factors on the environment. Mainly it covers the governance and policies involved. Pollution from vehicles is becoming a major contributing factor. This course used lectures, cases and discussions.

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