Level 1 Award in Environmental Sustainability

The course provides an introduction to environmental sustainability and includes: 

- Narrated video lessons 

- Activities and progress quizzes 

 - A mock practice test, complete with review facility and a bank of changing questions. 
 

The course is structured as follows: 

Section 1: An Introduction to Sustainability 

• Exploring what we mean by the term “environmental sustainability” 

• Identifying the three pillars of sustainable development 

• Defining excess consumption and highlighting the problems this can cause 

• Identifying ways that individuals impact the environment 

Section 2: The Importance of Natural Resources 

• Discover natural resources and explain why they are important  

• Distinguish between different types of natural resources, such as renewable and non-renewable resources  

• Recognising the sustainability issues related to natural resources, such as overfishing, deforestation and energy usage 

Section 3: Global Environmental Impacts 

• How goods and services are created  

• The impacts of 

• Waste 

• Energy 

• Water usage 

• Transport 

• How their environmental impact might be reduced 

Section 4: The Benefits of Sustainable Communities 

• What is meant by the term “sustainable communities”  

• The local and global benefits of sustainable communities 

Section 5: Revision 

• Revision content, including 

• a recap of the course content 

• exam tips 

• taking the end of course assessment 

You will need to pass a multiple-choice exam at the end of the course in order to gain the official qualification. This exam can be taken in one of our regional test centres, or on a laptop with a camera in a suitably quiet location. Your activity on the screen and via the webcam is recorded during the whole assessment and reviewed by the examining body.