Are you a student willing to improve your sustainable management competencies and considering a career in sustainability, or a business professional looking to benefit from the circular transition? Or maybe you are a teacher/trainer looking for interesting materials for your students in sustainable management. If your answer is yes, you are in a good place to broaden your knowledge and become an expert in sustainability, sustainable management, circular economy and sustainable production.
Nowadays, the world is facing a transition into sustainability and circularity. People are forced to seek more ecologically friendly, sustainable practices due to resource depletion and climate change. Due to this, we are pleased to present one of the TOO4TO project outputs: e-learning modules and materials, which aims to increase learners’ skills, competence and awareness of tools and methods that can provide sustainable management in an organisational context. They are prepared according to the framework presented in the TOO4TO Training Curriculum and based on recent information gathered and collected in the Dynamic Material Bank.
Module 1: Introduction to Sustainability and Sustainable Management
The purpose of this introductory module is to make students gain general knowledge and awareness on sustainability and sustainable management, and thereby help them become not only responsible individuals themselves but also change agents in their workplaces for sustainability.
Link to the module: https://shout-hub.eu/sfwd-courses/introduction-to-sustainability-and-sustainable-management/
Module 6: Circular Economy, Economics & Sustainability, Sustainable Production
This module will familiarize students with the new business models and strategies in the context of circular economy, economy and sustainability, as well as sustainable production. They will be provided with the materials and tools that can be used to design, implement and successfully manage the actions taken in the companies, cities and regions to become more sustainable. Students will get the knowledge in the context of circularity and sustainability. They will understand the needs, benefits, opportunities and challenges related to a circular and sustainable economy.
Link to the module: https://shout-hub.eu/sfwd-courses/circular-economy-economics-sustainability-sustainable-production/
The above modules and their learning contents have been piloted twice during the TOO4TO project’s implementation in 2022-2023 by its participating HEIs. Other HEIs are welcome to use both modules as a base to create their teaching materials for similar modules. Teachers interested in acquiring the modules’ Moodle versions can request them by email. In addition to the presentation materials, the Moodle versions contain infographics, quizzes, and other complementary teaching materials.
Contact the TOO4TO consortium: too4to.project@gmail.com
In addition to the above modules, teachers and self-learners can take advantage of the following unpiloted open-access materials available on SlideShare:
Module 2: Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility
Part 2: Creating and analysing CSER reporting
Module 3: Climate Change and Sustainability
Part 1: Background and history of climate change
Part 2: Present approaches to climatic change mitigation and adaptation
Part 3: Climate-related reporting and predicting the future
Module 4: Sustainable Energy Solutions
Part 1: Introduction to sustainable energy solutions
Part 2: Costs, emissions, and impact regarding sustainable energy
Part 3: The reliability and future of new energies
Module 5: Sustainable Resource Management
Part 1: Natural resources and socio-industrial metabolism
Part 2: Analysis of resource flows and management
Part 3: Strategies and visions for a sustainable resource management
Module 7: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Sustainability
Part 1: The concept of artificial intelligence (AI) and AI techniques
Part 2: Artificial intelligence applications and impacts for sustainable development (SD)
We also recommend getting familiar with our other output – How to lead virtual teams.