Course Name: Sustainable Sites Development Principles
Course Description: The Sustainable Sites Development Principles course is designed to educate parks and public lands professionals in the principles and best practices of developing and maintaining landscapes as sustainable sites. Examples and case studies of these principles in action, as well as worksheets are presented so that parks and public lands professionals might apply these principles to the development and management of parks and public lands as sustainable sites.
Length: 2 hour.
Requirements for Successful Completion: Must pass all quizzes, 70% or better on Final Exam with 3 attempts
Learning Outcomes:
Following completion of this course the learner will be able to:
* Describe protective ecosystem services and cycles;
* Express the philosophical basis behind sustainable sites design;
* Interpret the Sustainable Sites Initiative prerequisites and credits;
* Discuss the guiding principles of sustainable sites design;
* Recognize examples of ecosystem services;
* List the aspects of the sustainable site decision making hierarchy;
* Identify areas for sustainable design improvements within public lands; and
* Apply sustainable sites design principles in site assessment and long-term site management and maintenance.
Number of CEUs: 0.2
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