Sustainability in action

​​This course is part of the Sustainability Certificate and focusses on translating the insights gained from foundational sustainability courses into action and reflective practice. This course adds an action-oriented component to sustainability courses included in the Sustainability Thematic Learning Area, in particular 0SK40, 0SV10, 0SV40, which are also core components of the certificate.

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​Sustainability in Action focuses on developing transdisciplinary competencies, including systems and futures thinking, problem framing, futures literacy and communicating with different stakeholders about sustainability. These are key skills in today’s fast-evolving labour market and in industries aiming at improving their sustainability strategy.

​The course is structured around three main components: (i) attending, preparing and conducting one Climate Fresk workshop; (ii) your sustainability action of choice; (iii) reflection on learnings.

​Previous foundational knowledge on sustainability is required for this course, and it can be attained by focusing on the mandatory courses required for the sustainability certificate.

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​After attending the kick-off of the course, students are required to attend the workshop & reflection sessions and give a workshop themselves. The rest of the course is based on individual assignments that the student can structure in their own time.

​​After this course, students are able to:

• ​Explain key causes and consequences of Climate Change and their relations to other Sustainability challenges,
• ​Implement a Climate Fresk workshop in an educational context using evidence-based and participatory facilitation methods;
• ​Design and implement a real-life sustainability action, tailor-made to own interests,
• ​Critically appraise lessons learnt during sustainability program, including their own role.

You must meet the following requirements

• Enrolled for a degree programme of faculty Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences
• Completed all course modules listed below
• Sustainable development (0SV00)

• Sustainability in CBL Starter Pack to gain foundational knowledge on the main Sustainability frameworks. https://drive.tue.nl/
• students need to get acquainted with the format of the Climate Fresk workshop. https://climatefresk.org/world/