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On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
- Understand how real value is analysed, created and shared (or destroyed) by studying the stories of successful green/sustainable ventures from around the world.
- Appreciate how sustainability is enhanced through integrating natural, financial, cultural and social resources.
- Realise the critical role that identity, culture, local communities and place play in green ventures.
- Be adept, through working with group colleagues, at conceptualising and planning an imaginative and regenerative green venture to create real value.
- Have reflected on how they can build a good life, driven by deep meaning and purpose, and founded on green principles, by either working for others or setting up their own venture .
Topics such as purpose, real/shared value, common good, consumerism, materialism, self-limits, cooperatives, community-led ventures, circular economy, natural capital, regenerative innovation, waste minimisation, eco-design, sense of place, rootedness, and more are explored.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 24 |
Specified Learning Activities | 30 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 60 |
Total | 114 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Group Project: Green Project | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | Yes | 40 |
Assignment: Individual Assessment | Week 12 | n/a | Graded | Yes | 60 |
Remediation Type | Remediation Timing |
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In-Module Resit | Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
Not yet recorded.