November 2021 was the sixth year for Scottish universities and colleges to submit their Public Bodies Climate Change Duties (PBCCD) reports as named 'major players'...
This was an invitation only event for Educational Member Key Contacts and Fellows Following the 2021 Strategic Action Plan Roundtable in February and the interest and...
Russell Burton is the Director of Hillside Environmental Services, the sponsor of the 2021 Green Gown Awards ‘Reporting with Influence’ category. With a history in...
Exploring digital carbon footprints The hidden environmental cost of the digital revolution and the steps universities and colleges can take to address it.
Applications open now: Join Stay Grounded's Communication Training on Aviation & Climate Justice and our global network of activists campaigning for a just transport...
Numerous public sector organisations are keen to reach net zero as soon as possible - none more so than colleges. Yet colleges face the challenge of having relatively limited...
The EAUC-Scotland Travel and Transport Topic Support Network met on the 31st May 2022 to discuss how universities and colleges can encourage students, staff and visitors to move...
The Colorado River and the Nile River are both undergoing dramatic transformations. Throughout the last century and continuing today, major infrastructure developments have...
The Higher Education Sustainability Initiative (HESI) is an open partnership between several United Nations entities and the higher education community launched in the run up to...
For the implementation of the SDGs to have the greatest impact, they must be interwoven and mainstreamed into national policies, plans and strategies. This notion also applies...
Join the EAUC-Scotland Travel and Transport Topic Support Network to discuss how universities and colleges can encourage students, staff and visitors to move towards more...
EAUC has been awarded funding by the Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund (NEIRF) by the Environment Agency to pilot a project to create carbon credits using university...
This hour long event was the third in a series called 'Realigning Curricula for the Future' aiming to support specific subjects to implement sustainability in their...
Part of the UN Global Compact Network UK interactive, nine-part ‘Reducing Scope 3 Emissions’ webinar series. To support companies to reduce carbon emissions...
The Sustainable Procurement Topic Support Network met on the 26th May 2022 to discuss: APUC's Supply Chain Climate & Ecological Emergency Strategy Roundtable:...
The Sustainability Science Days is an international, two-day conference organised jointly by Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS) and Aalto University on...
SDG Accord Report 2022 - Case Studies
Part of the UN Global Compact Network UK interactive, nine-part ‘Reducing Scope 3 Emissions’ webinar series. To support companies to reduce carbon emissions...
The EAUC-Scotland Sustainable Construction Topic Support Network held a virtual meeting on the 12th May 2022, to discuss the current issues and opportunities regarding...
The Community Engagement Topic Support Network met on 11th May 2022 to discuss ways in which we can empower our communities to become agents of change. Topics of discussion...
The IPCC WG1 has already established that human-induced global warming has reached over 1C and is continuing to rise, demonstrating that climate change is not only a threat in...
EAUC and AUDE are co-hosting this webinar with University of Edinburgh to share learnings from their recent SFC funded project. The University of Edinburgh is one of the...
Why at an Art School? Why Environmental and Social Justice Matters here Glasgow School of Art
UUKi has launched a series of monthly webinars aimed at supporting members to deliver on their international aims. Join them for conversations led by UUKi with...
This Education for Sustainable Development Topic Support Network and Learning for Sustainability Scotland Further and Higher Education Task Group Meeting whcih took...
This webinar features introductions from our Partners on why the International Green Gown Awards are so important: Chair: Fiona Goodwin, Deputy CEO, EAUC &...
Webinar 1 - Transformation of higher education post COVID-19, 27 April, 09 - 10.30 AM (EDT) The disruptions that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused to societies, including in...
Part of the UN Global Compact Network UK interactive, nine-part ‘Reducing Scope 3 Emissions’ webinar series. To support companies to reduce carbon emissions...
This hour long event was the second in a series called 'Realigning Curricula for the Future' aiming to support specific subjects to implement sustainability in their...
The Department of Education have launched a Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy for the education and children’s services systems today. This Strategy impacts all...
The EAUC Board is made up of 12 volunteer Trustees and Directors with experience in the Further or Higher Education sector. We have one long-standing Trustee reach the...
Storegga, the independent UK decarbonisation developer, has recently entered into a memorandum of understanding with The EAUC, to support a Direct Air Capture development in...
Part of the UN Global Compact Network UK interactive, nine-part ‘Reducing Scope 3 Emissions’ webinar series. To support companies to reduce carbon emissions...
With energy prices at a record high, and still going up, organisations are feeling the squeeze on budgets. What should we do? Join us on 12th April 2022 14.00-15.00 to...
The EAUC-Scotland Energy & Water Management Topic Support Network held a virtual meeting on the 6th April 2022, to discuss the role of building retrofit in campus net...
We are pleased to announce that the UK & Ireland Green Gown Awards 2022, in association with UKRI, are now open for applications. The Awards provide an opportunity for...
Racial discrimination in higher education continues to exist. With the sector’s focus on structural and institutional racism, we see growing tensions arising from...
The EAUC-Scotland Annual General Meeting and Spring Forum took place on the 31st of March 2022. This featured presentations from the University of St Andrews and Dumfries and...
A practical guide to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for post-secondary institutions developed by the Colleges and Institutes Canada English French
2022 is a critical year for higher education and Agenda 2030, including the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We are less than ten years away from the deadline set for...
Part of the UN Global Compact Network UK interactive, nine-part ‘Reducing Scope 3 Emissions’ webinar series. To support companies to reduce carbon emissions...
This hour long event was the first in a series called 'Realigning Curricula for the Future' aiming to support specific subjects to implement sustainability in their...
What is your business school teaching about climate change? What should it teach? How should it teach? Join this discussion about how to teach climate leadership in business...
Fusion could, if developed, play a major role as a major "firm" addressable power source in the future decarbonised energy supply. However, considerable innovation is...
Students across the world are identifying the climate emergency as the main issue facing society today, urging immediate collaborative action at scale and pace. This year,...
Resources from the 17th March 2022 Health and Wellbeing Topic Support Network which focused on burnout.
Under the Paris Agreement, 197 countries have agreed to limit global warming to well below 2 °C and make efforts to limit it to 1.5 °C. and on 13 November...
We are looking for sustainability speakers from the education sector to help diversify the range of speakers at events and conferences - both within the sector and beyond. We...
Universities and colleges around the world are supporting students and those that work in education that are being affected by the war go to these links:...
Part of the UN Global Compact Network UK interactive, nine-part ‘Reducing Scope 3 Emissions’ webinar series. Reducing Scope 3 Emissions: Employee Commuting and...
This conference offers an opportunity to think deeply and creatively about what it means to be an inclusive institution, to explore models of inclusion that challenge...
In this meeting of the Community Engagement Topic Support Network, we will explore the ripple effects of COP26 in our communities. Please come along and share your...
A panel discussion as part of International Women's Day and British Science Week programme of events. Are women’s voices heard in the climate change debate? Are...
Understanding the dynamics of carbon and biodiversity across the world’s tropical forests and how these change with our changing climate requires global teamwork and a...
Public Policy Exchange will be hosting a webinar on Protecting British Pollinators: Halting the Decline of Bee Populations and Addressing Serious Threats to Biodiversity...
Global Governance of the Environment, Indigenous Peoples and the Rights of Nature: Extractive Industries in the Ecuadorian Amazon Seminar by Dr Linda Etchart Linda will...
Join Professor Tim Palmer, Royal Society 2010 Anniversary Research Professor, and Professor Sir Charles Godfray, Director of the Oxford Martin School, as they discuss how...
This event will present 5 innovative ideas around formal and non-formal education for nature and will bring together universities, sport, the gaming industry and youth, as well...
Join a 2-hour advocacy workshop to learn from student leaders from around the world about how to collaborate with policymakers to embed climate education in the formal curricula...
The University of Huddersfield’s Sustainability Team invites you to attend their first ‘Women in Sustainability’ event where we will be joined by an exciting,...
The food system generates around a third of human-made greenhouse gas emissions. With about half of these attributable to animal production; and yet food was markedly absent...
Webinar Series 3 - Green Skills and Collaborative working This webinar series is designed to help colleges on their sustainability journey by bringing...
EAUC-Scotland are seeking two dedicated EAUC Members to join our Office Bearers Group (OBG) at our AGM on 31st March 2022. We are looking for: A representative working on...
Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Challenge launched to help UK tertiary education sector hit carbon net zero An innovative new scheme has been launched by the Royal Anniversary...
AllianzGI partners with International Green Gown Awards to promote exceptional sustainability initiatives at world’s universities and colleges Awards' focus on...
The Department of Education has launched a draft Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy. They have a survey to provide feedback on the draft Strategy. In the...
Teaching Resources A set of 4 lessons produced by the Environment Agency to help teach about plastic pollution. The Plastics team of the Environment Agency have...
Learn about the journey of plastics
Learn about the journey of plastics
Youth Participation in Policy Decision-Making on Climate Change Communication and Education: Examples and Recommendations February 11, 2022, 09:30 IST/15:00 AEST Recent...
This programme is designed to address the issue of underrepresentation of Black, Asian and minority ethnic leaders in HE institutions in the UK at all levels, particularly at...
The 2022 ECOSOC Partnership Forum will be held virtually on 2 February on the theme “Building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the...
On Thursday 20th January the EAUC-Scotland and Learning for Sustainability Scotland Education for Sustainable Development Topic Support Network met to discuss how to begin...
1300 - 1415 - GMT This webinar will feature introductions from our Partners on why the International Green Gown Awards are so important: Chair: Fiona Goodwin, Deputy CEO,...
On the 13th November 2021 Cop26 reached a consensus on key actions to address climate change. The decisions consist of a range of agreed items, including strengthened efforts to...
This webinar will provide an overview of the newly published West Midlands Climate Change Adaptation Plan. It will provide the background to the plan, its purpose, key actions...
The conference will be chaired by Professor Judith Petts CBE, Vice-Chancellor, University of Plymouth and Chair, Climate Task and Finish Group, Universities...
Join us for our next Education for Sustainable Development Topic Support Network and Learning for Sustainability Scotland Further and Higher Education Task Group Meeting,...
EAUC has received Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). This means EAUC will have formal passes to attend the UN...
The webinar will explore how three universities are integrating sustainability across the whole of their organisations The Association of Heads of University Administration...
During the Forum promoted by the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development (ASviS) on January 18th 2022, within the Global Goals Week at EXPO 2020 DUBAI –...
Webinar Series 2 - Climate Change and Sustainability – Teaching the future and Staff Development This webinar series is designed to help colleges on their...
Green career alumni stories - British Council
Stories from UK alumni - get inspired by watching videos about how ten UK alumni built their successful green careers:...
Green careers webinars - British Council
Net Zero eating is the future; it endorses self-sustainability and strives to produce food without any negative environmental impacts. Every step of the food production process...
Apprenticeships are vital in upskilling the workforce to meet goals to tackle the climate emergency. However, there are several challenges in adapting apprenticeships to allow a...
The Scottish Government recently launched guidance on Public Sector Leadership on the Global Climate Emergency. It aims to engage the leaders of Scotland’s public...
Students from City’s Major Event Management short course are bringing leading event practitioners together for a discussion of sustainability issues in the production of...
Excellence in Education for Sustainable Development: sharing best practice to embed sustainability in curricula Bournemouth University have run an Excellence in Education for...
Sam Barnett from Forth Environmental Resilience Array introduced their project, hosted by the University of Stirling at the EAUC-Scotland Forum Meeting in December 2021. The...
Indicators can be powerful tools for promoting awareness and change in climate communication and education, and for promoting broader action on environmental sustainability....
The SUMS Group Partners with EAUC to Deliver In-Depth Expertise in Sustainability to the Education Sector Higher Education specialist, the SUMS Group (SUMS), is partnering...
On Thursday 2nd December the EAUC-Scotland Travel and Transport Topic Support Network met to discuss how the focus areas for reducing carbon emissions have changed as a result...
Webinar Series 1 - Where are we Post COP26? Policy and action in the Climate Emergency and Sustainability This webinar series is designed to help colleges on their...
This year, the virtual summit will focus on two of the most important yet least talked about workers' rights: the freedom of association and the right to collective...
In a first for UK higher education, the London School of Economics and Political Science has been independently verified as carbon neutral for the academic year 2020/21, for all...
NOTE: Event is CET 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM The Carbon Trust Pledging to reduce emissions by at least 55% from 1990 levels by 2030, the European Union has set the...
The Sustainability Summit is SOS-UK and NUS's flagship sustainability event for students, officers and staff from across the movement. Returning for its 8th year,...
Following a successful event in 2020, Wales Climate Week returns from 22-26 November with a 5-day programme of virtual events. The week will kick-start a...