Are you passionate about sustainability?
The University of Edinburgh and Learning for Sustainability Scotland, in partnership with the British Council, have created two free short online courses on Coursera which will give you the chance to join a global professional and personal learning journey towards a sustainable future.
Learning for a Sustainable Future
The course running now is a five-week course with a focus on sustainability education and teaching; supporting those who want to bring some of the activities and issues covered into their own educational practice. Taking a personalised issue-based approach, You’ll learn more about current global issues and consider how we can all respond, personally or collectively. You’ll explore values and work with others to examine the ways in which local action can be taken on global-scale problems. Additionally, you’ll have the opportunity to discuss and share ideas, perspectives, and teaching and learning approaches as a part of the course community. Working in this way, starting from where you are, within your own context and educational spaces - and sharing this with others throughout the course - helps us to move towards a new and collective way of thinking and acting for sustainable futures.
Learning for Sustainable Futures: Live at COP30
The course will run during the United Nations COP30 Climate Change Conference which takes place in Belem, Brazil from 10 November to 21 November 2025. This two-week course, shows you what COP30 is, why it’s so important, and gives you the chance to reflect personally and with others on how you can take personal and local action towards for a sustainable future.
Throughout the course, we'll share ‘live’ insights into the issues being discussed at COP30, as well as responses to the conference themes from children, young people, community groups, and government bodies worldwide. Using these as conversation starters, we'll encourage you to reflect on what you have heard, watched and read, and think about what these conversations and issues mean to you.
Course content from Live at COP30 will remain open, free and accessible as a legacy resource for educators, community and individual use after the conference concludes.