Are you feeling overwhelmed?
If you’re an architect, planner or other built environment professional, you know that sustainability has risen to the top of the agenda. And you might be noticing that the weather in the last few years has been getting more extreme and unpredictable.
The good news is you’re motivated to integrate sustainability into your work and make a positive difference through your projects. The bad news is: it’s hard to know where to start!
If you’re like me, you might have started reading books or attending events about climate change and sustainable design. But the flood of information can just leave you feeling more anxious and scattered.
I can relate! I spent the last 5 years studying the climate and biodiversity crises - and more importantly - how we as built environment professionals can respond effectively. I’ve interviewed over 85 experts on my podcast and went back to university to study a Masters degree in Sustainability and Ecology.
Now I want to save you the hassle and time by packaging up the essential information you need to know to kickstart your own sustainability-focused career. This course is what I wish I had when I first started my sustainability journey.
Go from overwhelmed to empowered
Sustainability Essentials for Built Environment Professionals is a concise online course that will take you from feeling overwhelmed to empowered. Through a series of short and compelling video lessons, the course will clarify key concepts like Net Zero Carbon, Circular Economy and Regenerative Design, and give you the confidence to move forward with implementing sustainability into your work.
The course won’t make you an expert. It will give you a holistic and generalist understanding of sustainability so you can understand the big picture and figure out where you can have the most impact.
It’s for architects, planners, landscape professionals, developers and other built environment specialists who do not have a background in sustainability but who want take meaningful climate action in their career.
There is endless content on the web about these topics. This course distils down the essential information, tailored specifically for urbanists and designers like you, to save you time and stress.
You don’t need to have a science or technical background. The course is delivered in plain English and all terminology is explained clearly.
I know you’re busy! That’s why the course is split up into short video lessons, totalling less than 2 hours. You can complete it in one sitting or spread it out over a few days when you have free moments to spare.
Course Curriculum
The course is made up of short video lessons covering the following topics:
- Climate Change: What it is, what's causing it and how bad things will get
- Net Zero Carbon made simple
- Regenerative Design: Beyond sustainability
- Climate Adaptation explained
- The Biodiversity Crisis and urban ecosystems
- Circular Economy in the built environment
- How sustainable change happens in the real world
- How we're winning: Stories of hope
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Summary and next steps
How to Join
This course is currently being recorded and edited. It will be available in a few short weeks.
The full price for the course will be €105 / £90 / $120
When the course launches it will be available for a ridiculous 50% discount for a limited time only.
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Your Instructor: Ross O'Ceallaigh
Hi, I'm Ross. I'm an urban designer, sustainability generalist and host of the Green Urbanist Podcast.
Back in 2019, I realised I needed to shift my career focus to sustainability. The problem was, I didn't know where to start. Sustainability is such a huge topic and I the information I needed was spread out across the web and in books and lectures.
I've spent the last 5 years reading books, research papers and industry reports. I've interviewed over 85 experts on my podcast. I even went back to university to study a Masters degree in Sustainability and Ecology!
Now I'm packaging up all the essential information about sustainability that I wish I had access to back when I was starting out. I want to save you the hassle and time and help you jumpstart your sustainability-focused career with this course.
