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Needs updating
As a box-ticking exercise so that companies can add some sort of silly badge like a cub scout to 'certify' that their employees know something about the environment, it probably does its job. Let's imagine we were genuinely concerned about informing people about environmental issues, however. This course urgently needs updating beyond the 1990s thinking that it espouses. The idea that we can keep under 2C of warming by recycling, switching off appliances on stand-by, planting trees, and not running the tap while we are brushing our teeth is simply wrong. Though of course we should still do those things, far more radical changes are needed, both individually and societally. For example, scenarios keeping us under 2C generally imagine negative CO2 emissions using as yet undeveloped or unproven-at-scale technology. The course also fails to point out that 2C of warming is no picnic — it does not reflect 'balance' in nature at all. Every 0.1C of mean global temperature rise we can avoid will save lives and money. The point about population (now >8bn, which dates the course) is an (I hope) unintentional dog-whistle. In 1800, people didn't have cars, didn't take flights on holiday, and didn't heat their houses to 21C in winter; there was no intensive farming, no industrial electricity generation, no internet, no fast fashion, etc. There is simply no comparison with modern lifestyles in industrialized nations. Parts of the world that now have the highest and fastest-growing populations generally have lower per-capita emissions than we do — and much of their national emissions are associated with supplying goods to wealthier nations. The course could also do more to highlight the exacerbated inequalities that environmental harm causes: those who are less well-off (in any nation, including ours) are probably already doing everything possible to eliminate waste and save energy because they are living hand-to-mouth. However, they are also going to be those who are more exposed to the harmful effects of environmental damage.
Great training
This user gave this course a rating of 5/5 stars
very much informative and use full
This user gave this course a rating of 5/5 stars
I learnt alot and taught me with just a few changes we can change alot
I learnt alot enjoyed learning about our environment and I'm now alert at the changes I can now make to save our environment
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Interesting but a bit condescending
Interesting to understand the statistics, but some of the facts were a bit basic and obvious. I don't think it needed to be said that printing on both sides uses half as much paper. It also became annoying very quickly with the "butterfly effect" analogy, which seems more aimed at school-age children rather than working adults
more clarity less confusion
The purpose is very good, but I consider it to be a grain of sand. It is sad to see that we all should be aware, but it is not done, especially in offices that call themselves green. People do not wash the recycling. What I have seen is a real disaster, and it is in general.
Informative, eye opener, encouraging to do the right thing
The Environmental Awareness Training Module is easy to understand, precise in the content and should encourage anyone at work or outside work to do their bit for our planet.
Excellent environmental awareness training
I thought this training was very thorouogh but also applicable and accessible for most people. It gave a good overview of the issues of climate change and enviromental factors with handy facts and questions throughout to keep you engaged.
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