Environmental Sustainability and Food Production

Overview & Aims

Explore how food, nature and people connect in the urban environment. This hands-on minor combines sustainability, ecology and urban food growing to address real-world environmental challenges.

Structure & Credits

40 ECTS – all mandatory. Includes modules on landscape skills, community horticulture, ecology, biodiversity, apiculture, environmental management and culinary plants.

Module Listing 

• Plant & Landscape Skills
• Community Horticulture
• Ecology & Biodiversity
• Organic & Sustainable Horticulture
• Social & Therapeutic Horticulture
• Apiculture and Pollinator Protection
• Environmental Management
• Culinary & Medicinal Plants

Why Take This Minor

If you want to make a tangible difference to the planet, this minor gives you the skills to create greener cities, grow food sustainably, and contribute to environmental wellbeing at community and global levels.