ENV015 Sustainable development I - Introduction and global chalenges

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium), z (credit).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Mgr. Michal Bittner, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Ivan Holoubek, CSc.
RECETOX – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: RNDr. Mgr. Michal Bittner, Ph.D.
Supplier department: RECETOX – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Mon 14:00–15:50 D29/252-RCX1
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
- understand and explain concept of sustainable development as a strategy of development of post-modern society, including indicators of sustainability and factual applications in political and legal environment EU and Czech Rep.
- interpret the approaches of cleaner production and their scientific technical, technological, economic, legal, and governing tools
- submit reasonable recommendations how to implement concept of SD and where are the limits of the enforcement at global, national, regional and local scale
Syllabus
  • 1) Global social and environmental issues, evolution of the economy and the environment
  • 2) All the aspects of the sustainable development (SD) concept
  • 3) Indicators of sustainability
  • 4) Important international documents; international obligations of the Czech Rep.
  • 5) National environmental policy of the Czech Rep. and its development
  • 6) Environmental policy of EU a OECD.
  • 7) Principles and the structure of Czech environmental legislation
  • 8) Local Agenda 21
  • 9) Principles and strategy of cleaner production
  • 10) Examples of cleaner production introduction in various industrial sectors.
  • 11) Environmental management of companies and the tools
  • 12) Economical and legal tools of cleaner production
  • 13) Trip to "eco-village" Hostětín. Date will be set based on agreement with students.
Literature
  • BITTNER, Michal. Úvod do udržitelného rozvoje: souvislosti environmentálního pilíře. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, 250 pp. Edice RECETOX. ISBN 978-80-210-6622-9. info
  • MOLDAN, Bedřich. Podmaněná planeta. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 2009, 419 s. ISBN 9788024615806. info
  • MOLDAN, Bedřich. (Ne)udržitelný rozvoj : ekologie, hrozba i naděje. 2. vyd. V Praze: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2003, 141 s. ISBN 8024607697. info
Teaching methods
Education is performed as lectures with Powerpoint presentation. Students are encouraged to ask questions and to interact with the lecturer. Part of the education is also scientific tour to "eco-village" Hostětín.
Assessment methods
Attendance of the lectures is not mandatory but strongly recommended for full understanding of the educated subjects. For this reason, attendance is graded by points. Final assessment (at the end of semester) is by written examination. It is combination of multiple choice test and questions, which frequently require description, explanation or schematization of asked topic. Each question is for four points. Total count is 100 and to pass at least 50 points are needed. If the student don't agree with the result of the test, there is possibility to pass additional oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2014, recent)
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