Unit Guides

This page provides links to all PDFs of the unit guides. It’s an easier way to download all PDFs at once. To navigate to the webpages for each of the units, please use the navigation menu on the left. The final link downloads all unit guides as a single PDF.

Part 0: Introduction

• Unit 0.1: The Challenge of Sustainable Development
• Unit 0.2: Tragedies of the Commons

Part 1: Sustainable Development as a Conceptual Challenge

• Unit 1.1: Framework
• Unit 1.2: Goals
• Unit 1.3: Natural Resources
• Unit 1.4: Anthropogenic Resources
• Unit 1.5: Integrated Assessment

Part 2: The Anthropocene as a Complex Adaptive System

• Unit 2.1: System Dynamics
• Unit 2.2: Stocks & Flows
• Unit 2.3: Complexity
• Unit 2.4: Horizontal Connections
• Unit 2.5: Vertical Connections
• Unit 2.6: Actors, Institutions & Power
• Unit 2.7: Inequality
• Unit 2.8: Synthesis

Part 3: Capacities Needed for the Pursuit of Sustainability

• Unit 3.1: Capacities Overview
• Unit 3.2: Equity
• Unit 3.3: Measure
• Unit 3.4: Adapt
• Unit 3.5: Govern
• Unit 3.6: Knowledge & Action
• Unit 3.7: Transform

Part 4: Taking Action

• Unit 4.1: Envisioning Sustainable Futures

Consolidated Reading Guides

• All units