<p>
	<img alt="" src="{filedir_5}IDS_1.png" style="float: right;" />Many of Au Sable&rsquo;s offerings provide opportunity for more focused and specialized study of particular aspects of biology and conservation science. But sometimes there&rsquo;s a need for a course that can provide a truly &ldquo;big picture&rdquo; of the issues, forces and people shaping the environmental landscape worldwide, and not only in science, but in politics, sociology and economics. International Development and Environmental Sustainability&nbsp;<em>is</em> that big picture course. Taught at the Pacific Rim Institute&rsquo;s campus near Seattle, one of the USA&rsquo;s major gateways to international exchange of ideas, goods and people, International Development and Environmental Sustainability provides an introduction to the critical issues and agents associated with global environmental degradation, poverty, international debt, appropriate technology, Christian missions and the environment, and the biblical basis of environmental care and its implications in global development.&nbsp;</p>
