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BI1374

Sustainability Ecology: Food, forests, cities and climate.

Teaching on basic ecological processes and concepts, ecological dimensions of sustainability goals, sustainable use of biological natural resources, land use and environmental impact in the form of lectures, exercises and discussions in seminars. The questions are highlighted from different interests and perspectives, both spatially (from local to global) and temporal (from history to the future).


Excursions to different habitats and production systems (forests, agriculture, urban green spaces) near the university will be used to highlight and facilitate understanding of basic ecological processes and to better understand land use conflicts in practice.


In introductory lectures, sustainability goals and basic ecological concepts, such as population, ecosystems, evolution, nutrients, ecosystem services and ecosystems are presented based on production systems. During lectures, seminars, exercises and case studies, synergies and trade-offs (goal conflicts) between food production, forest utilization, urbanization, biodiversity, ecosystem services and climate effects are discussed and explained based on different land use perspectives. Lectures, seminars and project work concerning conflicts between different societal goals, and how multifunctional production systems can be developed with due knowledge in ecological processes.


Compulsory parts of the course are excursions, exercises, projects and seminars.


Information from the course leader

2020-08-20
Varmt välkomna till kursen!
Kursen kommer i år att vara lite annorlunda än vad den brukar vara. Som en anpassning till COVID-19 måste antalet studenter på Ultuna campus begränsas och campusundervisning sker därför i första hand för förstaårsstudenter på programkurser. Hållbarhetens ekologi kommer därför i år att ges som en distanskurs. Alla moment på kursen kommer att vara möjliga att följa på distans. Exkursioner och övningsuppgifter kommer att ske individuellt och kan genomföras på den plats där ni befinner er. Föreläsningar kommer att utgöras av en blandning av förinspelade föreläsningar som ni kan ta del av när det passar er själva och distans föreläsningar via Zoom. Gruppövningar, genomgångar och presentationer av projekt kommer också att ske via Zoom. Under kursen använder vi systemet Canvas. Du som är antagen kan komma åt Canvas genom att logga in på https://idp2-1.slu.se/idp/profile/SAML2/Redirect/SSO?execution=e1s1. I samband med antagningen ska du ha fått information om ditt student-id som du ska använda för att logga in. Häsningar, Joachim Strengbom

Course evaluation

The course evaluation is now closed

BI1374-10292 - Course evaluation report

Once the evaluation is closed, the course coordinator and student representative have 1 month to draft their comments. The comments will be published in the evaluation report.

Additional course evaluations for BI1374

Academic year 2023/2024

Sustainability Ecology: Food, forests, cities and climate. (BI1374-10448)

2023-08-28 - 2023-09-27

Academic year 2022/2023

Sustainability Ecology: Food, forests, cities and climate. (BI1374-10098)

2022-08-29 - 2022-09-28

Academic year 2021/2022

Sustainability Ecology: Food, forests, cities and climate. (BI1374-10317)

2021-08-30 - 2021-09-29

Syllabus and other information

Litterature list

  1. Ekologi - en introduktion Författare: Håkan Pleijel ISBN: 9789140681256 [Ekologi - en introduktion] (https://www.smakprov.se/smakprov/visa/9789140681256/partner/smakprov/)

Course facts

The course is offered as an independent course: Yes Tuition fee: Tuition fee only for non-EU/EEA/Switzerland citizens: 19027 SEK Cycle: Bachelor’s level (G1N)
Subject: Environmental Science Biology Biology Environmental science
Course code: BI1374 Application code: SLU-10292 Location: Uppsala Distance course: No Language: Swedish Responsible department: Department of Ecology Pace: 100%