Other Event Archive

• Sustainable Earth 2021 - Climate Emergency – the Race to Net Zero – 24th June 2021 to 25th June 2021

  University of Plymouth Sustainable Earth 2021 is a two-day online forum, bringing together researchers, businesses, NGOs, the public sector, community groups and individuals to tackle global and local challenges around the climate emergency. The free event includes: 5 KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS...

• SKArating Higher Education Assessor course - 15 June & 25 June 2021 – 15th June 2021 to 25th June 2021

  DATES: 15 June & 25 June 2021 This online training module has been designed to provide a detailed look at all the good practice measures and enable participants to become qualified as a SKA Rating Assessor for the Higher Education scheme. Delegates will be required to complete and pass the online...

• The Vanishing Amazon: Wars of the interior – 19th June 2021

  When you fill up your car, install your furniture or choose a wedding ring, do you ever consider the human cost of your consumables? There is a war raging in the heartlands of Peru, waged on the land by the global industries plundering the Amazon and the Andes.  Joseph Zarate, author of Wars of t...

• Regions in Recovery Building Sustainable Futures – Global e-Festival – 2nd June 2021 to 18th June 2021

  Recent months have seen the exceptional become the ordinary. From social distancing to widespread travel restrictions, new quarantine rules to lockdowns and remote working, the significant shock of Covid-19 and its implications are becoming clearer for all to see. And yet, as attention switches to r...

• Navigating the Business Sustainability Agenda – 7th June 2021 to 18th June 2021

  3 dates for the course are: Day 1: 7 June 2021 Day 2: 8 June 2021 Day 3: 18 June 2021 This three-day, online live-streamed course will help you bring sustainability centre-stage in business decision-making. You'll learn how this challenge is being addressed in leading organisations around...

• Forecast: A diary of the lost seasons – 18th June 2021

  Joe Shute of The Telegraph unpicks Britain's long-standing love affair with the weather and discusses what happens when it changes beyond recognition. He has pored over the literature, art and music our weather systems have inspired and trawled through centuries of established folklore to discove...

• Launch of the IGNITION Nature-based solutions Living Lab at University of Salford – 17th June 2021 to 18th June 2021

  The IGNITION project is innovating new ways to invest in nature-based solutions and the nature-based solutions living lab at the University of Salford is a ground-breaking flagship site of interconnected nature-based solutions, including SuDS, green walls, green roofs and street trees. At this la...

• Green Growth and Community Wealth Creation – 17th June 2021

  An expert panel reveals how a green recovery could create millions of jobs, promote our health and wellbeing, and lead us to a fairer, more resilient future. Speakers include Per Espen Stoknes, author of Tomorrow's Economy: A Guide to Creating Healthy Green Growth; Sara Reis, Head of Research and Po...

• Evaluating and investing in Nature-based Solutions – 17th June 2021

  The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review states that relative to other interventions, nature-based solutions have the potential to be cost-effective and provide multiple benefits beyond climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction. So how can these economic evaluations for each soluti...

• The David Middleton Sustainability Conference – 15th June 2021

  After the massive success of the 2019 event which attracted over 200 delegates from multi national companies, to micro businesses, NGO’s and voluntary organisations, the organisers intend to give attendees the opportunity to network, share knowledge and exchange experiences in tackling the cli...

• Climate Solutions Course – 11th May 2021 to 15th June 2021

  This is an output of the COP26 Education & Skills group that EAUC are members of. It tackles the biggest challenge of our time – climate change – by giving each of us the knowledge and tools we need to make a real difference. Designed to be accessible and engaging throughout, it pr...

• Summit 21 – 8th June 2021 to 10th June 2021

  This free online event explores how we collaborate to connect government and industry to tackle our biggest global challenges while creating resilience and wellbeing. ‍ Watch and find out how the circular economy gives us the tools to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss, with the power...

• A locally Just Net-Zero Transition in the UK: how to make it happen? – 9th June 2021

  While the net-zero transition is expected to be a growth opportunity overall, it will make some industries, as well as some skillsets, obsolete, or in need of a costly adjustment. The just transition policy agenda has emerged as an important umbrella term to discuss the fair distribution of the cost...

• Rethinking planetary prosperity: are we measuring what we value? – 3rd June 2021

  Professor Dame Henrietta L. Moore & Professor Sir Charles Godfray in conversation Thursday 3 June, 5pm – 6pm  BST The recently published Dasgupta Review has made a strong call for the fundamental rebuilding of economic models in ways that inherently value Nature. These are welcome findin...

• Rethinking planetary prosperity: are we measuring what we value? – 3rd June 2021

  The recently published Dasgupta Review has made a strong call for the fundamental rebuilding of economic models in ways that inherently value Nature.  These are welcome findings, coming at a time when existing economic structures, extractive systems and patterns of consumption are eroding ecologi...

• SKArating Foundation course - 1 June 2021 – 1st June 2021

  This online training module has been designed to provide a detailed look at all the good practice measures and enable participants to become qualified as a SKA Rating Assessor for the Offices scheme. Delegates will be required to complete and pass the online course examination to become eligible for...

• This is how we do it: Adapting the Man Met CL course for external audiences – 27th May 2021

  Learn how to adapt the Man Met course to new audiences while ensuring it aligns with the requirements of the Carbon Literacy Standard Universities have a key role to play in facilitating the global transition to a low carbon, climate resilient society, where their potential contribution extends b...

• Leading Student Engagement in Times of Crisis and Transformation – 26th May 2021

  New for 20-21 and focusing on student engagement, this conference will focus on the engagement of students in all aspects of their higher education, from the ‘classroom’ to extra-curricular activities including leadership and governance. For this event student engagement is defined as: ...

• Webinar: Unpacking the ESD for 2030 Toolkit – 26th May 2021

  The "ESD for 2030" roadmap highlights the urgent challenges facing the planet and aims to increase the many ways that education can help build a more just and sustainable world through the implementation of the new "Education for Sustainable Development: Towards achieving the SDGs" (ESD for 2030) fr...

• Supporting Women to Ride – 26th May 2021

  This Love to Ride webinar is led by women who work in or are passionate about cycling. They will discuss barriers, opportunities, projects and programmes in Scotland to support women to cycle more often and more confidently. Joining them will be: Fleur Ammerlaan, Love to Ride - Insights Manage...