Environment and Society

There is no basic knowledge that students should have before taking this course.

To achieve the curricular unit’s objectives and attain the expected competences, the teaching-learning process is based on the organization of content in theoretical and theoretical-practical classes, and on individual and group work, within the scope of the course modules, in order to attain the skills and competences of the course.

The objectives aim to acquire the following skills:

1.Knowledge of global change and its main trends;

2. being able to develop mitigation strategies for the effects of tourism on the environment;

3. identifying sustainability practices and futures;

4. develop skills and abilities to promote attitudes, motivations and commitment in order to make responsible decisions and environmentally sustainable actions in tourism activities.

1. Global change and key trends: Main signs of global change; The world energy crisis and its evolution; The depletion of non-renewable resources; The degradation of ecosystems; Pollution and waste; Poverty and the food crisis

2.Sustainability practices and futures: Adaptation, mitigation, conservation and restoration measures in the face of global change; Managing conflicts over renewable resources; Social technologies; Food sovereignty and security; Rational use of energy and renewable energy sources; Eco-design and the life cycle; The ecological footprint

3.Environmental Education: The environmental impacts of tourism activities; How to increase environmental awareness in tourism activities: methods and techniques of environmental education.

Continuous assessment:

Theoretical work on global change and its main trends, weighting 50% of the final grade.

Practical work on sustainability trends, practices and futures, with a weighting of 50% of the final grade.

Assessment by exam:

The exam consists of a written test covering all the subjects taught

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