Online Course – Certified Professional Internship in Healthy and Sustainable Foods and Products by Google

The Global Value of Food and Products: Specializations that give you the knowledge and skills to assess and improve the impact of food and products on human health and the environment.

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קורס אונליין - התמחות מקצועית מוסמכת במזונות ומוצרים בריאים ובר קיימא של Google

Professional Certificate

Intermediate level

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Analyze the health impacts of global trade and identify the steps needed to achieve sustainable consumption.
  • Evaluate the nutritional and health performance of 5,800 individual foods, and analyze the trade-offs between healthy, accessible, and environmental foods.
  • Calculate the environmental impact of systems and products throughout the product life cycle, from cradle to grave, using the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology.
  • Assess and reduce exposure, impacts and risks of chemicals in a variety of products, including personal care, cleaning, construction and toys.

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Public Health Analyst
  • Environmental consultant
  • Sustainability Project Manager
  • Chemical Risk Assessment Specialist
  • Researcher in the field of nutrition and health
  • Director of research in the field of climate change impacts
  • Consultant in the field of global trade and health
  • Manager of sustainability programs in organizations
  • Health and Environmental Data Analyst
  • Quality Manager in Consumer Products

Internship – 4-part course series

The impacts of climate change have led individuals and institutions to assess their impact on our planet. In this specialization, you will learn how you and global companies can reduce the harmful effects of overproduction and overconsumption on our health and the environment, using quantitative metrics and assessment methods.

This series will allow you to:

  • Analyze the health impacts of global trade and identify the steps needed to achieve sustainable consumption.
  • Evaluate the nutritional and health performance of 5,800 individual foods, and analyze the trade-offs between healthy, accessible, and environmental foods.
  • Calculate the environmental impact of systems and products throughout the product life cycle, from cradle to grave, using the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology.
  • Assess and reduce exposure, impacts and risks of chemicals in a variety of products, including personal care, cleaning, construction and toys.

Hands-on Learning Project

Through a series of activities and projects, you will tackle real-world problems and questions, including:

  • What are the key risk factors affecting my health in my specific region of the world?
  • How can one hot dog lead to the loss of 36 minutes of healthy life?
  • What is best for drying hands? Paper towels or an electric hand dryer?
  • 95% of Americans have parabens in their blood! Should we be worried?
  • How responsible should we feel for the impacts of airborne particles in China related to the products we buy?

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Sustainable and healthy consumption

Course 1 – 13 hours

What you will learn:

  • Analyze the health impacts of global trade and key risk factors
  • Set goals and steps to achieve sustainable consumption

Skills you will gain:

  • Troubleshooting
  • Performance
  • disease
  • Flow network
  • Healthy and sustainable food

Course 2 – 16 hours

What you will learn:

  • Assess the nutritional performance and tolerability of foods
  • Analyze the gaps between health and the environmental impact of foods
  • Compare 5,800 different food items and diets

Skills you will gain:

  • Environmental impact assessment
  • Sustainability
  • Environmental health
  • Diets
  • Life cycle assessment

Course 3 – 35 hours

What you will learn:

  • Calculate the environmental impact of systems and products
  • Assess the impact throughout the product’s life cycle
  • Use Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology

Skills you will gain:

  • Sustainability
  • environment
  • Life cycle assessments
  • Product life cycle
  • Health effects of chemicals in consumer products

Course 4 – 16 hours

What you will learn:

  • Assess the effects and risks of chemicals and determine chemical exposure
  • Address chemical issues in various product categories
  • Apply these skills to products in the fields of personal care, cleaning, construction and toy design

Skills you will gain:

  • motivation
  • Performance
  • disease
  • Flow network

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