Sustainability Courses and Certifications

Ecosystems of Change - Partnering to Increase the Impact of Sustainability Efforts

Explore strategies for effective sustainability partnerships across sectors, focusing on systems thinking and real-world applications like the global palm oil industry.

• YouTube
• 53 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

How and Why Successful Organizations Embrace Sustainability - Julia Novy-Hildesley

Explore how successful organizations implement sustainability strategies, aligning operations with environmental goals to gain competitive advantages and improve their bottom line.

• YouTube
• 51 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Design to Disrupt

Explore sustainable innovation in the garment industry with Dan Widmaier, CEO of Bolt Threads. Learn about disruptive technologies, environmental impact, and maintaining focus on core goals.

• YouTube
• 37 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Beyond the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Addressing Sustainability and Development

631 ratings at Coursera

Explore pressing global challenges like climate change, poverty, and biodiversity loss. Learn to critically analyze the SDGs and develop innovative solutions for a sustainable future.

• Coursera
• 9 hours 19 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Sustainable Consumption and Health

Explore sustainable consumption and health impacts, analyzing environmental footprints, consumption patterns, and global health burdens. Learn to assess and reduce personal impacts while understanding key sustainability metrics and health risk factors.

• Coursera
• 13 hours 55 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Healthy and Sustainable Foods

10 ratings at Coursera

Explore the health and environmental impacts of food choices, learn to evaluate nutritional benefits, and discover how small dietary changes can lead to significant improvements.

• Coursera
• 16 hours 10 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Microcredential

Sustainability and Development

Design innovative solutions to pressing sustainability and development challenges

• Coursera
• 16-24 weeks, 6-8 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Microcredential

Sustainable Cities

Explore strategies for creating sustainable urban environments, covering regional planning, transportation, neighborhoods, and green construction to develop skills for building equitable and eco-friendly cities.

• Coursera
• 17 weeks, 2 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Paid Course
• 4 courses

Sustainable Neighborhoods

64 ratings at Coursera

Explore tools for sustainable urban neighborhoods, covering natural context, components, structure, and zoning. Analyze case studies from Houston, San Antonio, and Chattanooga to apply concepts for livable communities.

• Coursera
• 4 hours 56 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Sustainable Energy

27 ratings at edX

Learn to critically analyze modern energy technologies from engineering and socio-political perspectives, and gain the skills necessary to help the world meet rising energy demand while reducing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions driving c…

• edX
• 13 weeks, 8-12 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Built environment sustainability assessment

12 reviews

The course introduces the basic elements and trends for performing a through built environment assessment and develops the tools for urban sustainability policy impact analysis.

• edX
• 5 weeks, 3-4 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

D-Lab: Energy (Spring 2011)

Project-based approach that engages students in understanding and addressing the applications of small-scale, sustainable energy technology in developing countries where compact, robust, low-cost systems for generating power are required.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• 16 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Impact Measurement & Management for the SDGs

595 ratings at Coursera

Learn to measure and manage business impact on people and planet, aligning with SDGs and global standards. Master core concepts in impact management for sustainable development.

• Coursera
• 9 hours 8 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Global Environmental Management

5 reviews

Explore global environmental trends, management systems, and sustainable technologies for water, waste, and soil. Gain insights into effective approaches for a sustainable future.

• Coursera
• 13 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Sustainable Business Enterprises

138 ratings at Coursera

This course will explore current challenges and opportunities facing firms in the area of environmental sustainability. It will begin with an introduction to sustainability, with a particular focus on how environmental sustainability is relevant to busin…

• Coursera
• 20 hours 59 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)