Sustainability and New Zealand

You will explore the concept of sustainable development in depth and analyse the impact of production and consumption patterns on New Zealand’s environment. You will also critically evaluate responses to issues surrounding unsustainable patterns of resource use.

Topics covered include:

• sustainable development debates
• the interrelationships between economic growth, environment quality and social well-being
• production and consumption patterns in New Zealand
• responses to sustainable development issues; and
• approaches used to measure progress towards sustainability.

Assessment

This course is 100% internally assessed.

Computer and internet requirements

This course is delivered online, so you will access the course and do your study online, which generally includes reading and doing activities, watching videos, downloading content, and writing and submitting assessments online.

For online learning you need:

• Access to a laptop or desktop computer
• Reliable broadband internet and a data plan

Find out more about online learning

If you are unsure if your current computer or internet access will allow you to study online please contact us.