Environmental Studies Online

Online educational courses are multiplying worldwide.

Ecology Studies are fast increasing in importance.

GreenPolicy360 surveys Internet offerings in the fields of:

• environmental/ecology studies

• bio-sciences

• earth sciences

• economics

• energy

• engineering

• sustainability

• technology and media related to green careers and public interest work

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Online Education

Academic Earth

http://academicearth.org/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_Earth

Coursera

https://www.coursera.org/

https://www.coursera.org/courses?query=environmental%20studies&categories=energy

Sustainable Development / Columbia

https://www.coursera.org/learn/sustainable-development --- https://www.coursera.org/instructor/jeffreysachs

Pathways to climate change adaptation: the case of Small Island Developing States / Université de Genève

https://www.coursera.org/unige

https://www.coursera.org/course/sids

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EdX

https://www.edx.org/

https://www.edx.org/course?search_query=environmental+studies

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Khan Academy

https://www.khanacademy.org/

Natural Science - https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/mit-k12/mit-k12-biology

California Academy of Sciences, Biodiversity - https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/CAS-biodiversity -- https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/CAS-biodiversity/biodiversity-protection/science-education

Environmental science / articles -- https://www.khanacademy.org/search?page_search_query=environmental+science&sort=rank&kind=Article

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Lynda

http://www.lynda.com/

http://www.lynda.com/press/pressrelease -- http://www.lynda.com/press/pressrelease?id=4563

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MIT OpenCourseWare

http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm

http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/environment-courses/

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Open Culture

Free Online University Courses - http://www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses

... "from recognized universities, incl Stanford, Yale, MIT, Harvard, Berkeley, Oxford and more"

"Download audio & video courses (often from iTunes, YouTube, or university web sites). Over 30,000 hours of free audio & video lectures..."

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Open Education Database

http://oedb.org/open/

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Open Learning Initiative / Carnegie Mellon

http://oli.cmu.edu/ -- http://oli.cmu.edu/learn-with-oli/see-our-free-open-courses/

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Skillshare

https://www.skillshare.com/

"dismantling the traditional barriers to learning so that anyone, anywhere in the world, can learn whatever they set their minds to..."

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Udemy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udemy

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Western Governors University

Siterunner: In the mid 1990's I was asked to join the working group that was charged with the task of establishing a 'virtual university' throughout the western United States. The governors of these states joined together, as the new internet spread and 'distance learning' became a possibility. Especially in rural counties with great distance between towns, and newly wired schools, the concept of learning programs delivered via computer became highly attractive.

Our working group responded expeditiously and established the "Western Governors University". As the representative of the state of New Mexico, I look back with a sense of accomplishment (and cartons of start-up memories and material!)

Our online U has become, over the years, very successful and one of the largest of distance learning institutions. The WGU is now in every state and providing education skill sets for the 21st century.

-- SJS

http://www.wgu.edu/

http://www.wgu.edu/about_WGU/WGU_story

http://www.wgu.edu/online_it_degrees/information_technology_degree

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Wikiversity

https://www.wikiversity.org/

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"Science is good, scientific thinking is essential these days." -- SJS

Dot Earth - knowosphere

An Exercise to Sift for Sources Amid a Blitz of Fake News

Tracking the Facts - Backtrack Journals

By Andrew C. Revkin / November 24, 2016

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References / Online Education

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_educational_resources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Educational_websites

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Online_education

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Reading List

http://www.powersofplace.com/new/pdfs/POLITICS-POLICIES.pdf

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Higher Education in the Digital Age by William G. Bowen / Hardcover/Paperback/Kindle – April 7, 2013

http://www.amazon.com/Higher-Education-Digital-William-Bowen/dp/0691159300

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Sustainable Management - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_management

Arizona State https://schoolofsustainability.asu.edu/

ASU Online https://asuonline.asu.edu/online-degree-programs/undergraduate/bachelor-arts-sustainability

Columbia http://ce.columbia.edu/sustainability-management

Harvard https://www.extension.harvard.edu/academics/professional-graduate-certificates/sustainability-certificate

St Petersburg College, Florida http://www.spcollege.edu/sustainabilityBAS/

University of Colorado https://sustainable.colorado.edu/

University of Wisconsin http://sustain.wisconsin.edu/degrees-and-certificates/masters/

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Idealist / Environmental Job Opportunities

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