Sustainability concepts in science and practice
“Sustainability concepts in science and practice”, Munster University of Applied Sciences (since 2014)
- Lecturer: Sylvia Lorek
- Program: Masters degree in home economics; Non-mandatory
- Focus: Overview of sustainable consumption literature, politics and levels of activity, and gaining an understanding on the role home economists (Oecotrophologen) can play in the context of sustainability.
- Class size: up to 20 students
- Content:
- Recognizing core elements in different concepts of sustainability like:
- Integrated Product Policy
- Industrial Ecology
- Political ecology
- Environmental Economics
- Ecological Economics
- Degrowth
- Sufficiency
- Evaluation process:
- Oral presentation and essay – agreement on topics based on group interests developed during the kick-off session