Content (Syllabus outline)
- What are comptencies?
- What are skills?
- What are soft skills?
- What is sustainability?
- Which soft skills are needed in sustainable orientation?
- Sustainable competencies for solving complex problems and challenges (for example: cristiacl thinking, future thinking, value thinking, strategical thinking)
- Soft skills and sustainability in everyday life
- Soft skills and sustainability in business environment
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Knowledge and understanding:
• Knowledge and understanding of the importance of soft skills,
• Understanding the term sustainability,
• Understanding of the importance of soft skills in connection to sustainability
• ability to use soft skills in sustainable orientation.
Readings
Dodatna literatura: Izbrani članki.
Kovačič Lukman R., Glavič, P., Carpenter A., Virtič, P., 2016. Sustainable consumption and production – Research, experience and development. J. Clean. Prod. 138, part 2, 139–147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.08.049
Hess, D., Maki, A., 2019. Climate change belief, sustainability education, and political values: Assessing the need for higher-education curriculum reform. J. Clean. Prod. 228, 1157–1166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.04.291
BRGLEZ, Kristijan, KOVAČIČ LUKMAN, Rebeka, GUMZEJ, Roman. Zero waste initiatives in Slovenian municipalities: a material flow and life cycle assessment analyses. Cleaner engineering and technology. 2025, vol. 29, [article no.] 101120, str. 1-12, ilustr. ISSN 2666-7908
Bianchi, G., Pisiotis, U. and Cabrera Giraldez, M., GreenComp The European sustainability competence framework, Punie, Y. and Bacigalupo, M. editor(s), EUR 30955 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2022, ISBN 978-92-76-46485-3, doi:10.2760/13286, JRC128040.
COSGROVE, J. and CACHIA, R., DigComp 3.0: European Digital Competence Framework - Fifth Edition, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2025, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2760/0001149, JRC144121.
