 How will we design our world to ensure that it can support the 10 billion humans expected by 2050 without totally disrupting ecosystems? How can we design a world that incorporates and preserves the wisdom of nature? Energy and sustainability is a course about the future. We'll explore the science and engineering of sustainability and how to apply the principles of design to solve complex problems. This is an interdisciplinary course that combines geology, biology, economics and anthropology to understand the nature of sustainability and how we got where we are now. There are many group assignments and during our in-person weekend session you'll get a kit of scientific instruments and solar panels. Using these tools with a computer-assisted design program, students will plan, build and test a small-scale energy efficient house. If you want to help design the future, this would be a good course to get you started.