Lectures related to Human Needs and Sustainability

Sustainable Development Goals: Individual and Collective Actions

Emphasizes the role of individual and collective actions in achieving sustainability through the Sustainable Development Goals and the successes of the Millennium Development Goals.

Climate Change: Understanding Trends and System Structures

Examines the relationship between climate change events and underlying trends, emphasizing the importance of understanding system structures and feedback loops.

Human Needs and Wellbeing

Delves into human needs, satisfiers, sufficiency, and wellbeing within planetary boundaries, emphasizing the importance of meeting needs for sustainable development.

Climate & Sustainability Action Week

Delves into EPFL's Climate & Sustainability Action Week, a collaborative 5-day program focusing on methods, outcomes, emotional expression, and team work.

Numerical Methods for Boundary Value Problems

Covers numerical methods for solving boundary value problems using finite difference, FFT, and finite element methods.

Sustainable Materials: Lifecycle, Properties, and Design

Explores material lifecycle, properties, sustainability, and design, emphasizing the importance of auditing products for sustainability and discussing the evaluation of consumer products like LEGO.

Limits to Growth: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives

Delves into the theoretical and practical perspectives on limits to growth and technology.

Limits of Growth: Technological Progress and Sustainability

Examines the limits of growth concerning technological progress and sustainability, emphasizing energy consumption and ecological constraints.

Global Challenges: Understanding Sustainability and Human Impact

Covers global sustainability challenges, focusing on planetary boundaries and the impact of human activities on the environment.

Wellbeing and Human Needs: Exploring Sustainable Satisfaction Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Examines the relationship between wellbeing, human needs, and sustainable satisfaction through the lens of sufficiency.

Energy, Human Needs and Wellbeing Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Delves into the interplay between energy, human needs, and sustainability, emphasizing sufficiency and social wellbeing.

Sustainable Development: Social Progress and Collective Action Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Examines sustainable development, emphasizing the interplay between individual and collective actions in achieving social progress.

Systems Thinking: Addressing Complex Environmental Challenges Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores systems thinking as a vital approach to tackle complex environmental challenges and promote sustainability.

Energy Governance: Markets and Human Needs Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Examines the limitations of markets in energy governance and advocates for a hybrid approach to ensure sustainability and equity in energy access.

Ecological Economics: Human Needs, Sustainability, and Societal Transitions Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Discusses the importance of social sustainability in meeting human needs while ensuring future generations' ability to meet their own needs.

Urban Sustainability Assessment Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores urban sustainability assessment, focusing on decision-making for sustainable cities through approaches, solution spaces, and indicator selection.

Public Policies and Sustainability Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores the role of public policies in promoting sustainability and addressing market failures and externalities in the context of ecological transition.

Sustainability Assessment of Urban Systems Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Covers sustainability assessment in urban systems, exploring origins, key events, eco-efficiency, ethical relationships, and sustainability principles.

Sustainability Assessment of Urban Systems Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores sustainability assessment for urban systems, focusing on key issues and indicator frameworks.

Sustainability Assessment: Multi-Criteria Analysis Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores Multi-Criteria Analysis for sustainability assessment in urban systems, emphasizing stakeholder involvement and practical applications.