​The Unit aims to deepen students understanding of the critical contribution of renewable natural resources, in their various hues, to human success and prosperity, with an emphasis on sustainable solutions that will enable the continued use of resources in the future.
 
The Unit consists of two clusters of courses- compulsory courses and elective courses.
 
The compulsory courses aim to provide  a common ground of knowledge and a basis of thought to encourage discourse between students from different academic backgrounds.  They also provide a quantitative basis for understanding the use of renewable natural resources, with an emphasis on energy and water, and the importance of developing a responsible interface for human benefit and environmental protection. These include: Renewable Energy Sources, Water and the Environment: Challenges and Solutions, Solutions in Sustainable Agriculture, Nature Conservation Ecology, and a final "Environmental Impact" project
 
The elective courses aim to increase students' knowledge of the dynamics of renewable natural resources,  the implications of changes in these resources on natural and human-dependent systems and to familiarize students with a variety of interfacial options and sustainable technologies for harnessing natural resources for human purposes. These include:  Desertification Geography, Energy and Environment, Introduction to Atmospheric and Sea Physics, Introduction to Microorganisms in the Environment, and more.