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Aug 16, 2025
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RL E101 - Energy And Sustainability
The Energy Basis of Humans and Nature
Credits: 4
Delivery mode: On-Campus and Online
This course explores the role energy plays in sustainability and in the development of complexity and order in nature and in the human economy. Anything of economic value comes from nature or from humans, and both require energy. Therefore, energy is critical to the economy. Energy inevitably loses usefulness as it flows through human-made and natural systems. Sustainability is about regeneration and renewal of opportunity for future generations. Therefore, renewable sources of energy are essential for sustainability. Students learn basic energy concepts and their application to sustainability and renewable energy systems. The course will include lectures, readings, films, guest speakers, field trips, and hands-on work.
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