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Preparing
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MNG01:
EcoPreneur Starter
Unlearning and
relearning; improving personal and social skills; enhancing your natural
learning aptitude; identifying true priorities, setting new goals; managing your
time and life successfully.
-
Profiling
and Personal Stocktaking (Your strengths and weaknesses)
-
Deciding
your concentration area
Integrating EcoPreneur program into your life objectives
-
How
to read a book; how to write a paper
- Creativity
- Critical
Thinking
- Logic
and Fallacies
Designing
A New Value System
CSM01:
Seeing the Big Picture
Seeing
the Big Picture and designing your value system according to the Big
Picture.
Understanding
the Social and Global Crisis
SGC01:
Understanding the Social and Global Crisis
Analyzing
the sources of human conflict: Why is the industrial civilization destroying
itself and the fabric of life on Earth in the process?
- The
adverse effects of industrial civilization on the ecosystem.
- The
impact of globalization on the life community.
- Ecological
footprint: human impact on Earth
- Global
Warming
Preventing
Total Collapse
RSM01:
Restorative
Management
According
to the
UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment report (MA) human race faces a major
environmental catastrophe soon.
MA
says 15 of the 24 ecosystems vital for supporting life are in danger of
collapsing.
- Restoring
the planet's ecosystems
- Protecting
biodiversity
- Preventing
the total collapse of life support systems
- Case
studies
Building
Small Local Communities
CMU01:
Building Sustainable Communities
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- Planning
and Building small local communities
- Philosophy
- Welfare
- Economy
- Security
- Governance
Achieving
Financial Security through Voluntary Simplicity
FIN01:
Voluntary Simplicity & Financial Independence
Simplicity
is about living within natural limits, sustainable boundaries set by the
ecosystem;
simplicity is not about poverty. Discovering a true value system and
opting for a fulfilling lifestyle enhanced by financial independence.
Individual needs and ecological sustainability: Every human being alive
or yet to be born has a right to an equal share of space and resources
on this planet.
- Defining
simple living
- Your
life, time, and finances: What is your time worth? How much have you
got to show for it?
- Counting
your money's worth, Keeping track of your finances
- Enjoying
plain living: Reversing Consumerism
- Minimizing
your expenditure and fostering a "culture of permanence"
- Making
the transition into sustainability without making any
"sacrifice"
- Maximizing
your life value and enjoying your life
Why
Switch to Renewable Energy
NGY01:Generating Renewable Energy
Why
generate renewable energy. Humans
use about 150 times more energy now than in the pre-industrial times. In
2006 we consumed 481 exajoules of energy - equivalent to the energy
released by about 8 million Hiroshima bombs.
- Why
renewable and energy?
- Analyzing
Alternative energy sources: solar, wind, geothermal
- Energy
and Society: Competition and
war
- Energy
and Economy: Peak Oil,
end of cheap oil
- Energy
and Technology: Technological limitations to energy conversion and
consumption
- Generating
renewable energy
- Case
studies: Denmark, Germany, Holland, India, Japan, United States
A
New Look
at the Economy
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EEC01:
Ecological
Economy
The
economy is a subsystem of the ecosystem. The ecosystem is not growing.
The economy, therefore, cannot grow bigger than the ecosystem, but it
is. The economy has become an enemy of life destroying both the human
community and the ecosystem. How to change it to a friend by imposing
sustainable limits as a boundary on the market economy.
- Old
economy: The toxic path to self-destruction; preventing the
ecocide:
- A
new world order: Placing people and life communities above
production and corporations
- Internalizing
costs: Building a sustainable economy for the planet (climate,
fisheries, forests, croplands, rangelands, wetlands, rivers,
aquifers, lakes, oceans)
- Switching
from the depleting "cheap oil" to a renewable energy
policy and a sustainable economy
- Artisans replacing machines; crafts
replacing mass-production.
Managing
Earth's Precious Resources
RCY01:
Recycling
and Resource Management
Eliminating
waste. Employing zero-waste production methods based on nature's
economy. Creating an intelligent management macro-plan for sustainable
use of Earth's precious natural resources.
- Innovating
environmentally friendly products and services
- Managing
Earth's natural resources: Doing more with less
- Eliminating
waste and pollution: changing the design and production techniques
- From
a mining breed to a recycling culture
- Progressive
design for sustainability
- Case
studies
Agroecology
& Food Production for 21st Century
AGR01:
Agroecology & Food Production
Humanity
is one harvest away from starvation. Ironically, about 40 percent of the world’s grain
is fed to livestock. Designing a food policy that is
less dependant on animals. Growing crops for direct human consumption.
- Permaculture
- Agroecosystems:
sustainability, strategies, biodiversity, pest management,
allelopathy
- Reuniting
food systems with ecosystems: Local food production
- Energy
needed for food production
- Environmental
factors in agroecology: soil, humidity, rainfall, soil moisture,
temperature, irrigation, wind, light, pollution, erosion
- Role
of greenhouses and hydroponics
- Case
studies
Life
Long Learning
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EDU01:
Managing Education
Adopting
the concept of life-long learning and learning for life. Mapping
new learning models and enhancing natural skills. Managing education and
making learning fun and an integral part of intelligent living for all
ages.
- Life
long learning
- Learning
for life: The role of learning in creating healthy communities
- Leading
a new vision for learning
- How
to respond to changes in technology
- New
thinking for managing new schools
- Extending
The School Into A Learning Community
Building
with Vision
ARC01:
Eco-Architecture,
Low Energy Technologies
Planning
and building within the principles of ecological design. Adopting the
synergetic rules employed by Evolution. Integrated designs: Site and
synergy, flux optimization, thermal comfort, low energy, low cost. Changes
needed in lifestyle and design.
- Eco-architecture:
green building and landscaping
- Sustainability:
definition, design, strategies
- Using
green building materials
- Natural
space: a place to Live, work, reflect and entertain
- Energy:
using renewable sources, flux optimization, thermal comfort
- Saving
energy: new designs for lighting, heating, cooling, and ventilation
- Recycling
water and waste treatment
- Designing
products that don't cost the earth
- Case
studies
End
of Cheap Oil
PPF01:
Post-Petroleum
Future
Peak Oil
and the society: ending human addiction to oil. How would the end of cheap oil
affect the food production, transportation, manufacturing,
entertainment... How will it affect your lifestyle? How to Create a
sustainable energy policy based on renewable sources.
- Peak
Oil: a change of lifestyles
- Food
production
- Education
- Transportation
- Manufacturing
- Entertainment
Notes:
1. EcoPreneur program includes various core subject areas. Each subject area
includes one recommended course. The complete program comprises of 12 courses.
However, your study program may include any number of
courses in any subject areas. Each course requires
approximately 50 hours of study.
2. You may design own course(s) based on your professional requirement or personal
interest. For more information on how to design a course, please contact Admin
at: admin
(at) restorative-business.org
Other Courses
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Understanding
the Social and Global Crisis
SGC02:
Ethical Foundations
- Moral
foundations of the society
- Why
ethics matter: right versus wrong, the core values
- Communication
Ethics: technology, global Change, and universal values
- Ethics
in sales and marketing, socially responsible investing, bank lending
practices
- Ethical
foundations of economics, corporations, banking, financial markets,
management, research, and teaching
- Personal
morality in institutional environment: ethics of individuals versus
organization
- Ethics
in 21st century
- Ethics
in organizational setting: Self (ideology, values, expression);
morality (obligation, implication, action); organization,
(practices, procedures, rules); power (hegemony, rights, resistance)
- Absolute
Honesty: a new roadmap for organization cultures
- Corporate
greed breeds poverty: why corporations are failing communities
- Ecological
perspective on communication ethics
- The
rise of capitalism and the social consequences: Global markets
destroy local markets
- A
study of alternative systems
SGC03:
The New Economic Order
- The
new economic order: trends in globalization
- Environmental
globalization
- Liberalization
of agricultural trade: impact on sustainable agriculture
- Domestic
governance, public policy, information policy
- International
political economy: governance, economic activities, wealth
distribution
- GNP
and GDP- Alternative indices
- Oligopoly,
nation-state, international regimes, governance
- MNCs
and the role of the state and international institutions
- Globalization
and political economy
- WTO:
fair trade versus "free trade", the decline of democracy,
the third world
- Might
versus Right
- The
international monetary system
- The
international financial system: crisis, corruption, lending and mortgage fraud
Case
studies:
- Poverty
in Nigeria despite the oil reserves
- New
Zealand: real estate and bubble economy
SGC04:
Ruled by Corporations: Changing the Rules
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- The
fallacy of GDP
- Overconsumption:
the enemy of sustainable community
- The
all-out attack on the planet and its resources
- Corporate
Warfare on human welfare
- Case
study: DELL Computers
- Bretton
Woods Institutions: World Bank, IMF, WTO (GATT & NAFTA)
- Localization
versus Globalization
- Stopping
the downward spiral of ecology: sustainable livelihoods
- Reclaiming
our futures: toward a civil society
- Corporations
beyond national interest: Decline of
democracy
Renewable Energy
NGY02:
Switching to Renewable
Energy
- An
overview of coal, oil, natural gas, and nuclear energy
- Management
techniques for preventing and reducing pollution
- The
case for switching to renewable energy: from carbon to hydrogen
- The
role of technology on providing renewable energy
- The
economic and political issues arising from the unequal distribution
of global energy resources
- The
role of energy in globalization
- The
international oil trade
NGY03:
Virtual transport
- The
new communication technology: computer, Internet, cable TV,
satellite
- Information
technology: e-commerce, democracy and inequality
- Telecommuting/teleconferencing/teleshopping/
- Distance
learning, home schooling
- Impact
of traveling and tourism
- Cars
destroy the environment even when they run on hydrogen
- Urban
planning: transportation, local industry, renewable energy,
- The
impact of car on human society: people-centered communities versus
car-centered cities
- Case
studies
Ecological
Economy
EEC02:
Natural Capital
- What
is Natural capital?
- How
much are the ecological systems worth in monetary value?
- Why
is natural capital diminishing?
- Redefining
wealth: investing in nature
- Designing
a new model for creating sustainable business opportunities
- Maximizing
return on natural wealth capital: new production, Innovative design,
green technology
- Mimicking
biology: eliminating waste
- Delivering
services instead of products
- Protecting
natural capital
- Joining
the winners: moving toward sustainability
EEC03:
Restructuring the economy
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- Restructuring
the economy: Building a sustainable economy for the planet
- Changing
from a throwaway economy to a recycling economy
- Redesigning
urban centers: from a car-centered economy to a people-based economy
- Stabilizing
population: education and planning
- Eradicating
famine, poverty and disease
- A
new world order: placing people and communities above production and
corporations
- The
role of a smart fiscal policy: how to leverage change
- The
role and responsibility of corporations, the media, governments, UN,
NGOs, academia, educators, individuals
- The
deadline
EEC04:
Environmental Accounting - 21st
Century
- The
Limitations of Traditional Accounting
- The
Global Agenda: Economy, Development, and the Environment
- Costing
Natural Capital: Transforming Natural Capital into Products
- Green
GDP, Materials Flow and Spatial Accounting
- Environmental
Impact Assessment (EIA)
- Lifecycle
EIA
- The
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
- Post-Project
Analysis (PPA)
- The
Cost Assessment and Tax Relief
- Cost
Benefit Analysis (CBA)
- Cost-effectiveness
Analysis (CEA)
- Ecological
Evaluation
RSM02: Restorative Business Plan
- Identifying
a restorative business opportunity
- Turning
your idea into a viable business: your advantages, strengths, and
weaknesses
- Assessing
your marketplace: addressing a need, customer problems, available
technology
- Evaluating
your business idea: will you succeed?
- Preparing
for business for the first time: ideas, research, rules, guides and
parameters
- Business
plan
- Making
your business plan compelling
- Reevaluating
your business idea: is this what you really want to do?
- Testing
your business plan
Managing
Earth's Precious Resources
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RCY02:
Zero-Waste
Production
- Mapping
from nature: biomimicry
- Green
engineering principles and applications of ecological engineering
- Closing
the industrial loop: zero waste industrial clusters
- Designing
for easy disassembly and reuse
- Recycling,
reconstituting, downcycling, regenerating, reprocessing, recovery
- Minimizing
waste by reuse, recovery, external sale
- Environmentally
centered product development strategies: planning pollution-free
environment
- Switching
to green power
- Policymakers
and consumer trends
- Case
studies
RCY03:
Decontaminating Toxic Waste
- Principles
and applications of bioremediation
- Radioactive
and hazardous waste treatment
- Remediation
of contaminated soil
- Medical
(and infectious) waste management
- Remediation
of petroleum contamination
- Phytoremediation
of toxic metals: cleaning up the environment with plants
- New
technologies in toxic waste management
- Air
management
- Industrial
wastewater treatment infrastructure management
- Recovering
precious metals
- Applying
renewable energy solutions to industrial problems
- Industrial
waste treatment
- Reducing
carbon emission
RCY04:
Water
Management
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- Urban
water management: collection, distribution, maintenance, laws and
regulation
- Asset,
risk, and quality management
- Stormwater
management
- Municipal
wastewater treatment
- Water
sanitation and waste service for buildings
- Planning,
constructing and managing the infrastructure
- Micro-level,
small, and macro-level systems
RCY05:
Dealing with Municipal waste
- Environmental
management: pollution prevention
- Recycle,
recover, reuse
- Solid
waste management and waste minimization technologies
- Impact
and geotechnical aspects of landfills
- Recycling
paper
- Running
a community recycling center
- Recycling
plastic, glass, and metal
- Impact
of waste incineration on public health
- Municipal
sewage sludge management
- Profiting
from pollution prevention
RCY06:
Restoring Ecosystems
-
Ecological Natural support systems: aquifers, croplands, coral
reefs, fisheries, forests, rangelands, wetlands, biodiversity
- Understanding
the fragile biosphere: water, soil, air, atmosphere
- Pollution:
acid rain, coal, cyanide, dioxins, fertilizer runoff, mercury, oil,
pesticides, toxic waste (DDT, DES, PCB, radioactive waste, DU),
urbanization
- Desertification:
topsoil erosion, droughts, dust storms
- Weather
systems: global heating, El Nino effects, destructive storms
(hurricanes & typhoons), ice melt, floods
- Ecological
footprint: human impact on earth
- Biodiversity
in forest ecosystems
- Restoring
life to rivers
- Managing
wetlands: environment, ecosystems, hydrology, biogeochemistry,
restoration, and the value as a life-support system
- Groundwater
and soil cleanup
- Water
management: collection, purification and conservation in arid
climates
- Methane
Generation
- Sequestering
carbon to mitigate the greenhouse effect
Agroecology
& Food Production for 21st Century
AGR02:
Small Scale
Farming
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- Alternative
methods of Agriculture
- Origins
of Organic Agriculture
- Environment
and food safety
- Community
supported Agriculture
- Developments
in Soil and Plant Sciences
- Sustainable
Agriculture
- Integrated
Farming Systems
- Sources
of Organic Fertilizers
- Biodynamic
Farming
AGR03:
Food
Production
- Perils
of Modern Agriculture: Chemical fertilizers, Biotechnology
- Ethics
in Agriculture
- Feeding
the world in the 21st century
- Achieving
a sustainable food policy
- Intensive
farming
- Effects
of biotechnology on people and wildlife
- Factory
farming, animal welfare, and the meat industry
- A
health diet for the world: Meat v. Vegetarian diet
- GE
and Food Security
- Global
Agribusiness and Human Values
- How
much should the poor be penalized?
Managing
Education
EDU02:
Creating A New Vision For Schools
- Schools
that work for communities and nations
- Treating
children as community leaders
- Developing
educational Leaders
- Transforming
Teaching and changing the future of education
- Effective
strategies for school reform
- Developing
the best practices for teaching and learning
- Honoring
Diversity, Identity and Equality
Ecological
Design
ARC02:
Eco-Design - Designing for
Environment
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- New
century, new opportunities
- Innovating
environmentally friendly products
- Design
parameters and strategies: energy and material
- Integrating
production systems with ecosystems
- Energy
needed for production
- Case
studies
ARC03:
Virtual transport
- The
new communication technology: computer, Internet, cable TV,
satellite
- Information
technology: e-commerce, democracy and inequality
- Telecommuting/teleconferencing/teleshopping/
- Distance
learning, home schooling
- Cars
destroy the environment even when they run on hydrogen
- Urban
planning: transportation, local industry, renewable energy,
- The
impact of car on human society: people-centered communities versus
car-centered cities
- The
fallacy of ecotourism: environmental impacts of traveling and
tourism
- Earthkeeping
- Case
studies
ARC04:
Zero-Waste
Production
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of Page
- Mapping
from nature: biomimicry
- Green
engineering principles and applications of ecological engineering
- Closing
the industrial loop: zero waste industrial clusters
- Designing
for easy disassembly and reuse
- Recycling,
reconstituting, downcycling, regenerating, reprocessing, recovery
- Industrial
and commercial waste management
- Minimizing
waste by reuse, recovery, external sale
- Environmentally
centered product development strategies: planning pollution-free
environment
- Switching
to green power
- Policymakers
and consumer trends
- Case
studies
Notes:
1. EcoPreneur program includes various core subject areas. Each subject area
includes one recommended course. The complete program comprises of 12 courses.
However, your study program may include any number of
courses in any subject areas. Each course requires
approximately 50 hours of study.
2. You may design own course(s) based on your professional requirement or personal
interest. For more information on how to design a course, please contact Admin
at: admin
(at) restorative-business.org
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