Example videos (Read the course description below):

SUSC1, Prof. Darryl  Macer, Ethics of Human Genetic Engineering and Planetary Sustainability https://youtu.be/QyKl2_BXQuc

SUSC2, Prof. Darryl Macer, People and water. Sights from Catanduanes & Surigao States, the Philippines  https://youtu.be/qMR0L40KFEo

SUSC3, Prof. Darryl Macer, Exploring Philadelphia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8rg_bJFX_w

SUSC4, Prof. Darryl Macer, Exploring the Beauty and Culture of Matsushima  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVHEi_OiQFI

SUSC5, Prof. Darryl Macer, Exploring Washington DC. Capitol Building, Smithsonian Museums, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, National Academy of Sciences, Whitehouse, Roosevelt Island. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxawO8m_W3A

SUSC6, Prof. Darryl Macer, Exploring Sapporo Clock Tower Museum, Prefectural Building, Gardens, Hokkaido University, and other central sights. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgTAPf3Vr98

SUSC7, Prof. Darryl Macer, Exploring Sendai City, Japan.   Includes former East Arahama Elementary School (Tsunami Memorial Site), Sendai Castle plus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH5udYxjmOQ

SUSC8, Prof. Darryl Macer, Exploring New York City, Includes Time Square, Central Park, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bus tour of NYC. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oqRWLjOqB8

SUSC9, Prof. Darryl Macer, SDG6 Clean water and sanitation; Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C93WIjOpE0E

SUSC10, Prof. Darryl Macer, SDG15   Life on land; Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkUrEDUMxG8

SUSC11, Prof. Darryl Macer, SDG16: Peace, justice and strong institutions - Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlB5u2oOoos

SUSC12, Prof. Darryl Macer, Reflections on Growth in Christchurch, New Zealand in September 2019: Spring after the Terrorist Attack. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkFzphJrCUU

SUSC13, Prof. Darryl Macer, Exploring Denver Sights, History, Arts and Culture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8ym8bhtfso

SUSC14, Prof. Darryl Macer, Kelso Rail Depot and the Mojave Desert National Preserve, California, USA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r31JU0YttaU

SUSC15, Prof. Darryl Macer, Visiting the Getty Villa - Art, Mt. Vesuvias  and Heraclitus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXCMohVNGNs

SUSC16, Prof. Darryl Macer, Las Vegas  Casinos, Shops and Free Shows. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3E3YoLtn6o

SUSC17, Prof. Darryl Macer, Exploring Chittagong and the Bangladesh Marine Academy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqKsSRnrX1U

SUSC18, Prof. Darryl Macer, Exploration in Tokyo Exploring East Shinagawa, Tokyo and the  Immigration Bureau   https://youtu.be/ZI7hGvhaY9c

SUSC19, Prof. Darryl Macer, Exploring Central Mexico City, Cathedral, Dept.of  Education Murals, Museums, Art,  https://youtu.be/9ehfATMABEs

SUSC20, Prof. Darryl Macer, Exploring Chapultepec park, and Los Pinos Presidential Place, Mexico City  https://youtu.be/SYYkVt3oHFU

SUSC21, Prof. Darryl Macer, Exploring the National Palace of Mexico, Mexico City, Aztec Dance https://youtu.be/DVEf5Gt4PdM

SUSC22, Prof. Darryl Macer, Exploring Mexico City Museums Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Anahuacalli, , Soumaya Museum Loreta Plaza, Casa de Rico https://youtu.be/3GIW2s-h9Lc

SUSC22, Prof. Darryl Macer, Exploring London from the Thames; South Bank, Chelsea Pensioners, Chelsea, Westminster, Waterloo, Tate, National Gallery, Westminster Cathedral https://youtu.be/YYixXxQDWsY

SUSC23, Prof. Lakshmi Vyas, Perspectives and practices on the Environment with reference to Vedic. Puranas, Ramayana and Mahabharatha https://youtu.be/M0NhB9Q3rfg

SUSC24, Prof. Mina Bhardwaj, Nature and diversity from the perspective of public health-focus on food and health https://youtu.be/aTDauVeASSI

SUSC25, Prof. Darryl Macer, Huntington Gardens, Library, Museum and Art Gallery, Los Angeles https://youtu.be/9scIfWlTpQA

SUSC26, Prof. Suma Parahakaran, Reflections at the Grand Canyon on Environmental Education & Sustainable Development https://youtu.be/GvU7ifHMvTo

Enrolled Students of AUSN receive the AUSN Video lecture Archive and Attendance Sheet to record which videos they have watched.

AUSN as an intellectual forum for intercultural dialogue upholds the value of academic freedom for all professors and students, and the views expressed in the videos are not those of AUSN.

The above videos are a selection of the total video archive of AUSN that supplements the contact hours provided by in-person lectures, group skype sessions, and other supervised contact at AUSN.

Anyone can request to try out a live AUSN class for free by writing to Dr. Darryl Macer, Provost, AUSN; Email: provost@ausn.info

For countries that do not have youtube access, a original file can be shared with enrolled AUSN students.

Competencies:

(1)    Acquire skills of evidence-based approaches to sustainability challenges arising from the interactions between human and environmental systems.

(2)  Analyze sustainability issues as an interdisciplinary problem.

(3)        Analyze sustainability issues by linking human development and conserving planets life support systems with planetary boundaries. 

Course Objectives: The objectives of this course are for the student to learn to look at sustainability as an emergent problem arising from the interactions between human and environmental systems. 

Course Purpose: The course will introduce the emerging science of sustainability. 

Topics that are covered:

1. Sustainability science

2. Well being

3. Community engagement

4. Empowerment engagement

5. Global concepts

6. Justice

7. SDGs

8. Ecology

9. Indigenous communities

10. World Views of Nature

11 Political science

12. Evaluation of Community Engagement

13.Government policies

14. Public attitudes

15. Sustainability behaviour

16, Interdisciplinary roles

17. Diet