New Environment courses in all departments from MIT OpenCourseWare, provider of free and open MIT course materials. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/environment/ 2022-02-11T17:21:24+05:00 MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu en-US Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course, which examines ways of resolving conflicts over the allocation of water resources, is designed to raise student awareness of the state of freshwater resources globally and the need for more effective water governance. It builds on several case studies of transboundary water conflicts in different parts of the world while also helping students develop the negotiation and mediation skills they will need to resolve water disputes. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-382-water-diplomacy-spring-2021 Spring 2021 Gain, Animesh Susskind, Lawrence 2022-01-20T19:11:37+05:00 11.382 en-US freshwater transboundary waters water resources resource allocation water governance mediation negotiation stakeholder engagement roleplaying IWRM Nile Brahmaputra Indus Jordan MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course covers fundamentals of thermodynamics, chemistry, and transport applied to energy systems. Topics include analysis of energy conversion and storage in thermal, mechanical, chemical, and electrochemical processes in power and transportation systems, with emphasis on efficiency, performance, and environmental impact. Applications include fuel reforming and alternative fuels, hydrogen, fuel cells and batteries, combustion, catalysis, combined and hybrid power cycles using fossil, nuclear and renewable resources. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mechanical-engineering/2-60j-fundamentals-of-advanced-energy-conversion-spring-2020 Spring 2020 Ghoniem, Ahmed F. 2021-07-19T19:48:27+05:00 2.60J 2.62J 10.392J 22.40J 10.390J en-US chemistry thermodynamics transport processes energy systems energy conversion power and transportation systems efficiency environmental impact fossil fuels fuel reforming hydrogen resources nuclear resources renewable resources fuel cells and batteries combustion hybrids catalysis supercritical and combined cycles photovoltaics energy storage and transmission Optimal source utilization fuel-life cycle analysis MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course explores the importance of public transportation to social and economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and seeks to identify approaches to restoring transit ridership, with a focus on Metro Boston. We will attempt to (1) understand whether and how the COVID-19 pandemic can advance sustainable mobility, and specifically the role(s) of public transportation in the COVID-19 recovery process, and (2) identify policies and/or interventions that may encourage pre-COVID transit riders to return to transit and attract net new transit ridership. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-s955-the-sustainability-response-to-covid-19-january-iap-2021 January IAP 2021 Aloisi, Jim 2021-06-14T15:45:20+05:00 11.S955 en-US transit coronavirus covid-19 pandemic public transportation mobility sustainability public health policy advocacy clean energy climate change MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course provides a broad overview of issues related to climate change, with an emphasis on those aspects most relevant to computer scientists. Topics include climate science, climate models and simulations, decision-making under uncertainty, economics, mitigation strategies, adaptation strategies, geoengineering, policy-making, messaging, and politics.The course will culminate in a presentation of a research project which might include a paper, a blog, software etc. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-s898-climate-change-seminar-fall-2019 Fall 2019 Edelman, Alan Fernandez, John Rivest, Ronald Drake, Henri 2021-05-10T19:37:47+05:00 6.S898 12.S992 en-US climate science climate change climate models decision making economics mitigation adaptation geoengineering policy politics computer science simulation MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course focuses on disseminating Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) or water/environment innovations in developing countries and underserved communities worldwide. It emphasizes core WASH and water/environment principles, culture-specific solutions, tools for start-ups, appropriate and sustainable technologies, behavior change, social marketing, building partnerships, and the theory and practice of innovation diffusion. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/edgerton-center/ec-715-d-lab-water-sanitation-and-hygiene-fall-2019 Fall 2019 Hsu, Libby Murcott, Susan 2021-03-29T14:43:00+05:00 EC.715 11.474 en-US water sanitation hygiene environment wastewater water quality public health handwashing developing world MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm The goal of the Climate Primer website is to summarize the most important lines of evidence for human-caused climate change. It confronts the stickier questions about uncertainty in our projections, engages in a discussion of risk and risk managment, and concludes by presenting different options for taking action. We hope that the facts prepare you for more effective conversations with your community about values, trade-offs, politics, and actions.    https://ocw.mit.edu/resources/res-env-005-climate-science-risk-solutions-a-climate-primer-fall-2020 Fall 2020 Emanuel, Kerry 2020-12-16T14:00:22+05:00 en-US climate change climate science sea level rise storms ocean acidification emissions carbon adaptation geoengineering MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This seminar introduces students to basic principles of environmental justice and presents frameworks for analyzing and addressing inequalities in the distribution of environmental benefits and burdens from the perspectives of social science, public policy, and law. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-368-environmental-justice-law-and-policy-fall-2019 Fall 2019 Steil, Justin Hall, Enjoli 2020-12-03T19:22:17+05:00 11.368 11.148 en-US environmental justice environmental justice analysis environmental policy and planning inequity injustice politics planning global environment sustainability environment green design anthropology ecology biological hazards Environmental Protection Agency MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm To inform and empower the public on the complex issue of climate change, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has created a Climate Portal, an online home for timely, science-based information about the causes and consequences of climate change—and what can be done to address it. Whether you are new to climate change or ready for a deeper exploration, the MIT Climate Portal offers a virtual place to ground your knowledge and ask your questions of experts. It also highlights MIT’s latest climate change research and initiatives for action.The MIT Climate Portal is managed by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, with support from the MIT Office of the Vice President for Research.   https://ocw.mit.edu/resources/res-env-004-mit-climate-portal-fall-2020 Fall 2020 Hesse Fisher, Laur 2020-11-20T22:00:08+05:00 en-US climate science climate change nuclear energy mining greenhouse gases carbon pricing carbon offsets energy storage hydrogen ocean acidification Paris Agreement fusion biofuel renewable energy carbon capture MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This reading seminar examines land, water, food, and climate in a changing world, with an emphasis on key scientific questions about the connections between natural resources and food production. Students read and discuss papers on a range of topics, including water and land resources, climate change, demography, agroecology, biotechnology, trade, and food security. The readings are supplemented by short lectures that provide context and summarize main points. The seminar provides a broad perspective on one of the defining global issues of this century. Students consider scientific controversies as well as areas of general agreement and examine practical solutions for addressing critical problems.  https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/civil-and-environmental-engineering/1-74-land-water-food-and-climate-fall-2020 Fall 2020 McLaughlin, Dennis 2020-09-21T19:25:09+05:00 1.74 en-US land resources water resources food security climate change food production natural resources agriculture agro-ecology biotechnology demography MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm The Climate 101 presentation was developed by Brandon Leshchinskiy in collaboration with Professor Dava Newman, MIT Portugal, and EarthDNA in an effort to mobilize young people as educators on the issue of climate change. The presentation addresses not only the science but also the economics and civics of climate change, incorporating a negotiation activity that brings key concepts to life. This resource includes the slides and instructions for the presentation, along with an introductory video from Prof. Newman, a video of Leshchinskiy actually delivering the presentation to a classroom full of students, and extensive supporting materials that will help users to become climate ambassadors and deliver the Climate 101 presentation themselves. https://ocw.mit.edu/resources/res-env-003-earthdnas-climate-101-fall-2019 Fall 2019 Leshchinskiy, Brandon Newman, Dava 2020-06-01T19:41:15+05:00 en-US climate change education public policy presentations global warming carbon emissions MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm D-Lab: Water, Climate Change, and Health is a project-based, experiential, and transdisciplinary course. Together with peers and experts, we will explore the vitally important interface of water, climate change, and health. This course addresses mitigation and adaptation to climate change as it pertains to water and health. Water-borne illness, malnutrition, and vector-borne diseases represent the top three causes of morbidity and mortality in regions of our focus. Students submit a term project, setting the stage for a lifelong commitment to communicating climate science to a broad public. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/edgerton-center/ec-719-d-lab-water-climate-change-and-health-spring-2019 Spring 2019 Murcott, Susan Simpson, Juliet 2019-12-13T16:01:40+05:00 EC.719 EC.789 en-US water climate change health climate models planetary health ocean acidification sustainability climate science global warming sea level rise public health MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course focuses on the thermal, luminous, and acoustic behavior of buildings, examining the basic scientific principles underlying these phenomena and introducing students to technologies and analysis techniques for designing comfortable indoor environments. Students are challenged to apply these techniques and explore the role light, energy, and sound can play in shaping architecture. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/architecture/4-401-environmental-technologies-in-buildings-fall-2018 Fall 2018 Reinhart, Christoph 2019-10-09T14:23:17+05:00 4.401 4.464 en-US heating cooling ventilation thermal comfort lighting daylighting thermal mass insulation shading solar energy efficiency MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm The Malaysia Sustainable Cities Practicum is an intensive field-based course that brings 15 graduate students to Malaysia to learn about and analyze sustainable city development in five cities in Malaysia. The students in the Practicum will help determine the extent to which these efforts have been successful. They will identify specific projects or policy-making efforts that the following year's cohort of International Visiting Scholars can examine more closely.  Lead Faculty Professor Larry Susskind Teaching Assistants Jessica Gordon Yasmin Zaerpoor Administrative Staff Takeo Kuwabara Selmah Goldberg   https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-384-malaysia-sustainable-cities-practicum-spring-2018 Spring 2018 Susskind, Lawrence 2018-09-15T01:07:53+05:00 11.384 11.385 11.386 en-US Malaysia practicum developing country sustainability policy sustainable development urbanization environment energy cultural awareness travel fieldwork MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm With increasing public awareness of the multiple effects of global environmental change, the terms water, energy, and food crisis have become widely used in scientific and political debates on sustainable development and environmental policy. Although each of these crises has distinct drivers and consequences, providing sustainable supplies of water, energy, and food are deeply interrelated challenges and require a profound understanding of the political, socioeconomic, and cultural factors that have historically shaped these interrelations at a local and global scale. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/science-technology-and-society/sts-032-energy-environment-and-society-global-politics-technologies-and-ecologies-of-the-water-energy-food-crises-spring-2018 Spring 2018 San Martin, William 2018-08-09T18:20:07+05:00 STS.032 en-US energy sustainability environment public policy society history global politics world development developing countries case studies technology food scarcity water crisis natural resources environmental governance food security MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course explores visualization methodologies to conceive and represent systems and data, e.g., financial, media, economic, political, etc., with a particular focus on climate change data in this version of the course. Topics include basic methods for research, cleaning, and analysis of datasets, and creative methods of data presentation and storytelling. The course considers the emotional, aesthetic, ethical, and practical effects of different presentation methods as well as how to develop metrics for assessing impact. Coursework includes readings, visualization exercises, and a final project. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/comparative-media-studies-writing/cms-631-data-storytelling-studio-climate-change-spring-2017 Spring 2017 Bhargava, Rahul 2018-05-02T17:59:22+05:00 CMS.631 CMS.831 MAS.784 en-US data visualization data analysis data cleaning statistics environment climate communications audience analysis mapping interactive MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course explores how citizen science can support community actions to combat climate change. Participants will learn about framing problems, design ways to gather data, gather some of their own field data, and consider how the results can enable action. Leaks in the natural gas system—a major source of methane emissions, and a powerful contributor to climate change—will be a particular focus. The course was organized by ClimateX and Fossil Free MIT, with support from the National Science Foundation for the methane monitoring equipment. It was offered during the Independent Activities Period (IAP), which is a special 4-week January term at MIT. https://ocw.mit.edu/resources/res-env-001-climate-action-hands-on-harnessing-science-with-communities-to-cut-carbon-january-iap-2017 January IAP 2017 Damm-Luhr, David Kasturirangan, Rajesh Magavi, Zeyneb Nidel, Chris Phillips, Nathan Schulman, Audrey Voss, Britta Warren, Jeff Zik, Ory 2018-04-30T16:24:42+05:00 en-US citizen science community science natural gas methane gas leak methane leak climate change global warming greenhouse gas GHG environmental data MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course explores the complex interrelationships among humans and natural environments, focusing on non-western parts of the world in addition to Europe and the United States. It uses environmental conflict to draw attention to competing understandings and uses of "nature" as well as the local, national and transnational power relationships in which environmental interactions are embedded. In addition to utilizing a range of theoretical perspectives, this subject draws upon a series of ethnographic case studies of environmental conflicts in various parts of the world. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/anthropology/21a-429j-environmental-conflict-fall-2016 Fall 2016 Walley, Christine 2018-01-16T17:20:21+05:00 21A.429J STS.320J en-US environmental conflict nature conservation toxic pollution health effects climate change natural gas the Anthropocene glaciers ecology agency humans non-humans ontology species ethnography toxics endocrine disruptors epigenics environmental health fracking MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This class is designed to expose you to the cycles of disasters, the roots of emergency planning in the U.S., how to understand and map vulnerabilities, and expose you to the disaster planning in different contexts, including in developing countries. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-027-global-cityscope-disaster-planning-and-post-disaster-rebuilding-and-recovery-spring-2017 Spring 2017 Abbanat, Cherie Miot 2018-01-09T19:45:49+05:00 11.027 en-US disaster planning rebuilding recovery cities natural disasters earthquakes floods tornados hurricanes blizzards climate change extreme weather oil spills disease terrorism emergency response sustainability mapping emergency management urban planning urban policy government GIS Chilé New Orleans Haiti MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm In this course we will read and write about works that explore symbolic encounters in the American landscape. Some of the assigned works look at uneasy encounters between ordinary individuals and animals—wolves, eagles, sandhill cranes—that Americans have invested with symbolic significance; others explore conflicts between the pragmatic American impulse to impose order on unruly nature and the equally American inclination to enshrine the unaltered landscape. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/comparative-media-studies-writing/21w-775-writing-about-nature-and-environmental-issues-spring-2017 Spring 2017 Taft, Cynthia B. 2017-12-13T17:05:50+05:00 21W.775 en-US writing American landscape wilderness symbolism humans animals non-fiction history ecology environmental policy anthropology MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course examines alternative conceptions and theoretical underpinnings of sustainable development. It focuses on the sustainability problems of industrial countries, and of developing states and economies in transition. It also explores the sociology of knowledge regarding sustainability, the economic and technological dimensions, and institutional imperatives, along with implications for political constitution of economic performance. 17.181 fulfills the undergraduate public policy requirement in the Political Science major and minor. Graduate students are expected to explore the subject in greater depth through reading and individual research. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/political-science/17-181-sustainability-political-economy-science-and-policy-fall-2016 Fall 2016 Choucri, Nazli 2017-08-22T13:27:36+05:00 17.181 17.182 en-US grwoth sustainability cyberspace social mechanisms cognitive factors production consumption technology firms markers climate change sustainable development solution stategies dilemmas global accord alternative futures MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm