Green Living
Personal Achievement
By successfully completing this course, you could:
- Understand Green Living for personal interest or as a foundation for further study
- Be awarded the BSY Certificate of Competence
You can study this course from the comfort of your own home; in your own time and at your own pace; with helpful support and encouragement from our friendly tutors.
Green living is a way of living which minimises damage to both our planet and those creatures living on it. It is about consuming fewer resources and living sustainably. It is also about trying to repair our planet where we have caused it harm and trying to minimise harm to the humans and animals with whom we share our lives.We live in a wasteful world, yet we cannot continue to waste our world’s raw materials, energy and other resources.This course looks at a wide range of both green and ethical issues so that the student can make well-informed decisions to minimise their impact and have the potential to make substantial savings.
Syllabus
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Lesson One
- Introduction
- Climate Change
- Human Influence
- What Can be Done
- The Kyoto Protocol
- Carbon Footprint
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Lesson Two
- Renewable Energy Sources
- Fossil Fuels
- Nuclear Power
- Wind Power
- Solar Power
- Hydroelectric Power
- Biomass Energy
- Energy Saving on an Individual Level
- Carbon Offsetting
- The Future
- Renewable Energy Sources
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Lesson Three
- Sustainable Homes
- Calculating Heat Loss
- Insulation
- Draught Proofing
- Floors, Doors and Windows
- Sustainable Materials
- Water Management
- Sustainable Homes
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Lesson Four
- Sustainable Gardens
- Peat
- Composting
- Worm Farms
- Mulch
- Watering
- Pest Control
- Sustainable Gardens
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Lesson Five
- Waste Production and Reduction
- Landfill
- Incineration
- Ocean Dumping
- Recycling
- Waste Production and Reduction
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Lesson Six
- Food
- Ethical Issues
- Organic Food
- Genetically Modified Food
- Organic Farming
- Buying Local Food
- Fairtrade
- Green Purchasing
- Food
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Lesson Seven
- Green Cleaning
- Sick Building Syndrome
- The Dangers of Chemical Cleaning Agents
- Green Cleaning at Work
- Green Cleaning in Schools
- Conventional Products
- Natural Alternatives
- Essential Oils and Herbs
- Cleaning Cloths
- Recipes for Green Cleaning Products
- Green Cleaning
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Lesson Eight
- Green Tourism
- The Birth of the Package Holiday
- Damage Caused by Tourism
- Green Transport
- Biofuels
- Sustainable Development of Tourism
- Green Tourism
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Lesson Nine
- Ethical Fashion
- Child Labour
- Ethical and Fair Trade Bodies
- RecyclingTextiles
- Ethical Fashion
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Lesson Ten
- Green Business
- Ethical Banking
- The Equator Principles
- Pension Plans
- Green Mortgages
- Green Working Environments
- Electromagnetic Fields
- Green Schooling
- Green Business
No practical training is required to complete this course.
There are two ways you can enrol on this course. You can:
- Pay with a deposit of £70 £50, followed by 8 monthly instalments of £25
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- Pay the total course fee in one sum of £270 £250 and also receive a special complimentary gift
To enrol by phone, please call our friendly course advisors on Freephone 0800 731 9271.
