Environmental Bundle

The STELLA Environmental Bundle provides a complete set of resources for educators, students and anyone concerned about environmental sustainability to develop their Systems Thinking and dynamic modeling skills. Using these tools, you’ll learn how Systems Thinking helps policy-makers, researchers, and scientists find solutions to complex problems.

Modeling for Environmental Sustainability sets the stage by demonstrating how the Systems Thinking framework can help to develop a greater understanding of the issues surrounding environmental sustainability. Online access to recorded instruction, handouts, and sample models will build your understanding of climate change dynamics, limits to growth, water supply/quality issues, and the dynamics of renewable versus non-renewable resources.

Modeling the Environment by Andrew Ford is the leading introductory text in the field of interdisciplinary modeling of environmental systems. Using STELLA software, you'll be introduced to classic "stock and flow" structures with examples in geohydrology, population biology, epidemiology and economics. These applications demonstrate the transferability of the systems approach across disciplines and the value of modeling techniques that allow managers and researchers to see, in advance, the consequences of enviromental policies.

View Modeling for Environmental Sustainability online course syllabus

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