Remote Northern Sustainable Systems

3 credits · Undergraduate Programs

Learn key ideas and strategies related to environmentally sustainable community development with a focus on food, water, and energy. Through pattern and data mapping, research and data analysis, and site visits, the course explores community needs and the challenges of environmentally conscious living. The renewable energy systems at the field station will be investigated along with energy usage. Learners delve into the common misconceptions that lead to unsustainable social practices and how to counteract these fallacies through community education and engagement. Antirequisite(s): Credit for Sustainable Systems Engineering 401 and 403 will not be allowed. Notes: This is a field camp held at the Arctic Institute of North America's Kluane Lake Research Station. Students will be assessed a supplementary fee to cover the costs of the field camp.