The university’s short courses are free to join online and designed to spread awareness of environmental issues
Enhance your understanding of climate change and sustainability with these free courses offering topics for both individuals and organisations that can help you to:
- Investigate the impact of climate change, the research being done to tackle it, and what you can do to take meaningful action
- Discover how switching to a systems mindset could help overcome the global environmental challenges we face today
- Understand and explore the physical processes behind the weather
- Build your confidence teaching climate and sustainability outdoors and develop ideas to implement in your school
- Build climate resilience in your business as you learn how climate intelligence helps make decisions that mitigate risks
- Gain an understanding of sustainable food production and the challenges that farmers face to offer a sustainable food supply
- Discover the causes and impact of food waste, and learn how you can tackle it on a personal, community, and national level
- Explore how innovative, digital technologies can help achieve sustainable intensification of arable farming systems
- Find out more about food supply systems, safety, sustainability, nutrition, and food quality
- Learn how to interpret food labels so you can make informed food choices and buy food that supports your health and wellbeing
You can participate free of charge but have a limited time to complete each course before a subscription to the learning platform becomes necessary, so you may wish to study one at a time rather than several at once. You can access the courses at this link: https://www.reading.ac.uk/planet/climate-resources/short-online-courses
