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Use Eco-friendly, Sustainable Design to Improve your Life (Udemy.com)

Save Money and Live Healthier through Eco-Friendly Interior Design

Created by: Erikka Fogleman

Last updated October 2026

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What you will learn

  • Learn how to save money in the areas of energy, water, and lighting for your home
  • Improve your indoor air quality by choosing green finishes and furnishings for your home
  • Be able to explain the difference between eco-friendly and sustainable interior design
  • Understand and apply the main principles of green interior design to your own home
  • Be able to make green selections for all the finishes of your home (e.g., floors, walls, kitchen)
  • Be able to make green selections for all types of furnishings in your home (e.g., furniture, textiles, accessories)
  • Learn where to source green finishes and furnishings for your home
  • Create your own residential eco-friendly interior design plan
  • For design professionals, learn about green certifications/accreditations available to you

How it compares

Against the other 418 rated Udemy courses in Lifestyle on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 47% of them
  • Reviews961#88 of 419 by number of reviews
  • Length2.5 hoursshorter than 54% of them
  • Last updatedOctober 2026more recently than 98% of them

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Course Description

Do you want to save money on your utilities and improve your indoor air quality?

Are you interested in making changes to your home to make it more eco-friendly and sustainable?

Are you a design professional who wants to learn how to incorporate this hot design movement into your own business?

If you answered with a resounding "yes!" to any of these questions, then this will be a great course for you!  Eco-friendly, sustainable design is a rapidly evolving area of interior design with so many choices available today.  For the average consumer, it can be incredibly overwhelming.  My goal with this course, is to break it all down for you so that you can create your own eco-friendly dream home at your own pace.  

By the end of this class, you will be able to:

  • Use 3 Easy Ways to Incorporate Green Interior Design into Your Home Today

  • Understand why Eco-Friendly, Sustainable Design is More Important than Ever

  • Explain the Difference Between the Terms, "Eco-Friendly" and "Sustainable"

  • Articulate the Main Principles of Eco-Friendly, Sustainable Interior Design   

  • Implement Affordable and Higher End Upgrades to improve Your Energy Efficiency

  • Implement Easy Ways to improve Your Water Efficiency

  • Maximize your Natural and Artificial Lighting in an Eco-Friendly Way

  • Improve Your Indoor Air Quality

  • Understand the Green Finishes and Furnishings Available for Your Home and Where to Source Them

  • If You're a Professional, You Will Learn About Green Professional Certifications and Green Trade-Only Vendors

In this course, you will have an opportunity to apply the information in a very practical way through two exercises:  By creating a list of current and future upgrades that you can make to your home, and by creating your own eco-friendly, sustainable interior design plan.  I've also included a bonus lecture that will show you other easy ways to "green" your home and your life.

This is a great course for all levels of individuals who are interested in learning more about green interior design, and more importantly, how they can easily incorporate these principles into their own homes.  It’s also an ideal course for design professionals who want to learn how to incorporate green design into their own business.

Please join me as I help you to navigate the rapidly evolving world of eco-friendly, sustainable interior design!

IMPORTANT NOTES:

  • If you are interested in taking most or all of my courses, I have a recommended order in which to watch them (although it's certainly not required).  I would start with "How to Design a Room in 10 Easy Steps" because most of my other courses are in-depth classes of the concepts touched on in this 10 step class.  Following the 10 Step Course, I suggest moving on to "How to Use Color Like a Pro", followed by "How to Work with Interior Design Styles Like a Pro", then "How to Use Lighting Design to Transform your Home", and finally "Design is in the Details". 

  • My other five courses, "How to Use Minimalist Interior Design to Live your Best Life",  "Use Eco-friendly, Sustainable Design to Improve Your Life", "How to Design Your Dream Kitchen", "How to Design Your Dream Bathroom", and "Everything Small Home Design" are all stand alone classes on specialty topics within interior design, and therefore, can be taken in any order.

  • Please be aware that this course, or any of my courses, is not intended to provide all of the knowledge needed to become a professional interior designer.  As with any professional field, there is a significant amount of education and/or experience that is needed to achieve competency in this field.  My intention with these courses is to provide some solid foundational knowledge to assist either those individuals interested in "DIY" interior design to work on their own projects more effectively, or to provide supplemental education to both interior design students and professionals.

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Instructor Details

Erikka Fogleman

While Interior design is my main career and passion, I also absolutely love to teach others, so I am thrilled to have found Udemy so that I can share that passion and knowledge with others just like you.   

Are you a design enthusiast yourself?   

Do you wish you could design rooms in your own home that are both beautiful and functional?   

Do you wonder how interior designers make it look so effortless?   

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you are my ideal student!     

Through my classes, I will show you how many areas of interior design can be broken down into simple-to-use processes and formulas, so that you can be successful in creating beautiful and functional rooms all on your own using an easy, systematic approach.   

I’ve been designing and redesigning rooms for as long as I can remember – first for myself, then for friends and family, and finally decided to make it my full-time career.  Today, I own my own thriving interior design business called Erikka Dawn Interiors.  I primarily work in residential design, but have recently expanded to commercial work as well.  I also graduated from the Interior Design program at the New York Institute of Art and Design.   

I hope you’ll join me in one or all of my classes, so you too can learn how to create your dream home! 

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Reviews

4.6

961 ratings on Udemy

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By Rajesh Kamath on 6/18/2026

Interesting topic and even more interesting topic coverage along with resources makes the course good and helpful post completion of the course. The trainer did a fantastic job to keep the course interesting all throughout. Highly recommended for budding interior designers, architects interested in this field and other home esthetics enthusiast.

By Latika Malhotra on 11/21/2020

surely ,nicely detailed topics ..elaborated as expected

By va Joachim on 10/17/2020

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By Anonymized User on 9/26/2020

Great course

By Lauren Jenkinson on 9/26/2020

Mind-blowing, I always come away from Erikka's courses feeling almost overwhelmed by how much information is contained within them because they are unbelievably informative. Compared to other courses on Udemy they are presented well, enjoyable to take part in and I'd recommend highly.

By Steven P Masters on 9/22/2020

Excellent presentation on eco-friendly sustainable design.

By Michelle Luna on 8/10/2020

Me encanta, solo que le falta subtitulos en espaol

By Adrian Gonzalez on 7/25/2020

Great presenter

By Carita Manning on 7/25/2020

Refreshing course with insightful information about eco-friendly design.

By Pedro Ramirez Agosto on 7/11/2020

Yes!

By Mary Wilkinson on 7/4/2020

Good course. A bit lengthy. I feel as if the information repeats quite a lot and could have been consolidated down into more concise topics. Feel very informed about resources available and material was presented clearly.

By Ani Mihaylova on 6/27/2020

Thanks, Erika, you made me open my eyes for all the potential harms and benefits in my own home. This course was structured in a very schematic way, the tips given were great and I applied some of them already and what is more I did enjoy it a lot.

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Overall Score : 92 / 100