Human Prosperity and Sustainable Development

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Taught by GTU Online. This online course takes a critical look at a variety of vital topics through the interplay between the spiritual and material dimensions of sustainability systems approaches; science and religion as coherent knowledge sources; reciprocity and restorative justice for the land; profit motive and consumer culture; climate; equity and the human face of sustainability; food, agriculture and animal welfare; and the "green" future. This course will home in on two discourses around sustainability and development: 1) The United Nations 2030 Agenda, a "blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all", through the 17 Sustainable Development Goals; 2) a Bahá'í inspired framework that fosters human prosperity holistically with various actors on local, national and international levels as protagonists of their own development. [30 max enrollment]