Sustainability Courses and Certifications

Healthy and Sustainable Foods

Explore the impact of food on health and environment in this 3-week course by the University of Michigan. Learn to evaluate nutritional values, make sustainable diet choices, and analyze complex dishes.

• Coursera
• 16 hours 10 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Sustainable Consumption and Health

Explore sustainable consumption and health with the University of Michigan's 3-week course. Learn to measure sustainability, assess carbon footprints, and understand health impacts of global trade.

• Coursera
• 13 hours 55 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Microcredential

Sustainability and Development

Explore sustainability and development challenges with the University of Michigan's 16-24 week program. Gain hands-on experience through real-world projects, critically analyze UN's SDGs, and develop effective solutions.

• Coursera
• 16-24 weeks, 6-8 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Microcredential

Sustainable Cities

Johns Hopkins University offers a 17-week course on creating sustainable cities, covering urban planning, green construction, and sustainable transportation.

• Coursera
• 17 weeks, 2 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Paid Course
• 4 courses

Sustainable Neighborhoods

38 ratings at Coursera

Explore sustainable neighborhood concepts with Johns Hopkins University's 3-week course. Learn to balance open space and housing density, apply case studies, and understand zoning's role in sustainability.

• Coursera
• 4 hours 56 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs

1 review

Join Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs as he interviews renowned authors about groundbreaking work that examines the most important topics for humanity.

• edX
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The Science Advisory Toolbox for Environmental Management

6 reviews

Develop your own science and management strategy while viewing the environment through a multicultural lens. Learn how science advocacy can drive effective environmental and sustainability decision-making.

• edX
• 5 weeks, 5-8 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

D-Lab: Energy (Spring 2011)

Project-based approach that engages students in understanding and addressing the applications of small-scale, sustainable energy technology in developing countries where compact, robust, low-cost systems for generating power are required.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• 16 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Impact Measurement & Management for the SDGs

530 ratings at Coursera

Learn to incorporate sustainability and social impact factors into management decisions with Duke University's 5-week course. Master core concepts and practices in impact management for the SDGs.

• Coursera
• 9 hours 8 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Hamad Bin Khalifa University

Sustainability & Major Sport Events: Implementation

6 reviews

Learn the best practices and tools you need to plan and implement a sustainable major sport event.

• edX
• 8 weeks, 1-2 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Urban Water - Innovations for Environmental Sustainability

2 reviews

Learn about innovative urban solutions to the global water crisis, with inspiring real-life examples from architects, engineers, planners, ecologists, and artists.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 3-4 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

Global Environmental Management

5 reviews

Explore sustainable development and environmental management techniques worldwide in this 5-week course by the Technical University of Denmark.

• Coursera
• 13 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Sustainable Business Enterprises

137 ratings at Coursera

This course will explore current challenges and opportunities facing firms in the area of environmental sustainability. It will begin with an introduction to sustainability, with a particular focus on how environmental sustainability is relevant to busin…

• Coursera
• 20 hours 59 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Zero-Energy Design: an approach to make your building sustainable

2 reviews

Learn to design sustainable, zero-energy buildings with Delft University's 7-week course. Explore passive and active measures, analyze case studies, and apply concepts to real buildings.

• edX
• 7 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Management of Urban Infrastructures – part 1

765 ratings at Coursera

Learn the principles of urban infrastructure management for sustainable, resilient, and efficient cities in this 5-week course by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.

• Coursera
• 12 hours 23 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)