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Sustainable Living courses that can help you make your own home and garden more sustainable (www.utas.edu.au)

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Saving the planet starts in your own backyard and the University of Tasmania's Sustainable Living courses can equip you with everything you need to know to put your green thumb to work.

As both courses are eligible for a 100% HECS and Student Services and Amenities Fee waiver, this means you can study Sustainable Living without paying a thing.

Among the topics available to study are Backyard Biodiversity, and the Science of Gardening, which have become popular options for those wanting to learn ways to be more sustainable at home.

If you want learn how to lead the sustainability charge from your own home, a Diploma or Undergraduate Certificate of Sustainable Living can equip you with the knowledge you need.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am currently doing the Diploma, and highly recommend it.

I am doing Science of Gardening 1 at the moment, and it includes some quite practical activities - I have done a soil and pH test in my garden, and the next assignment is looking at the leaves of my lemon tree to diagnose nutritional deficiencies. It's really interesting looking deeper into how plants function and I have been learning a lot that will be very beneficial for my future gardening.

It is all online, and very flexible with times - you don't have to be available for any specific class times (some subjects have online tutorials, but they are not compulsory and are recorded so you can watch later). They release content in fortnightly modules, so if you have a busy period coming up you can generally work study time in around it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Sounds really good, I’m thinking of enrolling.