Fundamentals of Sustainable Living

Overview — Course No. 9483

Fundamentals of Sustainable Living offers practical strategies for reducing your ecological footprint while enhancing your quality of life. Award-winning Professor Gamble guides you through 12 lectures, covering everything from sustainable energy and building choices to cultivating your own food and embracing green economics. Learn how to harness solar energy, design green buildings, grow winter produce, and make eco-friendly consumer choices. This course bridges disciplines like engineering, physics, biology, and economics to provide actionable steps towards a more sustainable lifestyle.

Video Lessons

01: Making Your Lifestyle Footprint Regenerative

Understand the concept of sustainable living and how it applies to various aspects of daily life, including energy, food, and transportation.

Duration: 30 min

02: Sustainable Energy Options

Discover solar energy’s potential and learn how to use it efficiently to reduce or eliminate your electric bill.

Duration: 28 min

03: Sustainable Building Choices

Explore green building designs that enhance thermal comfort and air quality, using natural daylight and non-toxic materials.

Duration: 32 min

04: Cultivating Sustainable Landscapes

Learn about sustainable landscaping and the benefits of local food production, including revolutionary gardening philosophies.

Duration: 32 min

05: Fresh Food from Your Own Garden

Find out how to grow your own produce year-round, even in urban settings, and learn about the Slow Food movement.

Duration: 28 min

06: Winter Gardening

Discover methods for off-season gardening, including microclimate creation for winter harvests.

Duration: 29 min

07: Sustainable Water Use

Examine sustainable water sourcing and usage, including ecological stormwater management and green consumer choices.

Duration: 30 min

08: Transportation Alternatives and the Ecocity

Investigate sustainable transportation options and the design principles behind ecocities that support green travel.

Duration: 35 min

09: Sustainable Products for the Home

Learn to make eco-friendly home choices, from organic groceries to homemade cleaning products.

Duration: 29 min

10: Green Economics: Living Well

Consider the economic dimensions of sustainability, including steady state economies and the degrowth movement.

Duration: 30 min

11: Inner Dimensions of Sustainability

Integrate outer sustainability practices with inner dimensions like spirituality and holistic health, examining indigenous customs and biomimicry.

Duration: 29 min

12: Shifting to a Sustainable Worldview

Synthesize course learnings with a review of permaculture ethics, Tlingit customs, and biomimicry’s role in sustainable design.

Duration: 34 min