Other Event Archive

• Managing Plastic Waste Digital Conference - Broadcast Live – 11th February 2021

  Managing Plastic Waste Digital Conference will equip delegates with the guidance to develop and implement strategies for reducing polluting plastic waste and making the products we use every day more durable, easier to re-use and recycle. Building on commitments made in the Resources and Waste St...

• Debate on Sustainability Leadership in HE – 11th February 2021

  As Green Gown Sustainability Institution of the Year the University of Worcester is hosting an International Panel debate on Sustainability Leadership in Higher Education as one of it’s activities in Go Green Week. Chaired by the Vice Chancellor Professor David Green the panel welcomes the ...

• Changing Curricula to Educate for Sustainable Development – 11th February 2021

  This event will be a sharing of successful precedents, key resources and a facilitated discussion about how to shift curricula to include education for sustainable development.  Participants will predominantly be from higher education but anyone interested in how to change curricula is welcome to pa...

• ESD and Climate Emergency: ‘Bend the curve for climate change’ – 10th February 2021

  10 February 2021, 10:00 GMT+1 (11am GMT) Raises the parallels between the pandemic and climate emergency and discusses how the lessons learned from the public response to the Covid-19 crisis can help ‘flatten the curve of climate change’, in particular through ESD’s contribution...

• Campus Rewilding webinar by SOS-UK – 9th February 2021

  SOS-UK are developing a funding proposal to help fund rewilding projects on green spaces on campuses and are looking for partnerships between students’ unions and institutions. More details are in this concept note and there will be a webinar on Tuesday 9th February 2021 at 2-3pm for any in...

• Online Series: Oxford net zero - Sensitive intervention points for Net Zero – 8th February 2021

  As the UK prepares to host the next UN climate summit, a wave of businesses, cities and countries are pledging to bring their emissions down to net zero. Oxford scientists were among the first to show that net zero is needed to end global warming. Now, the new Oxford Net Zero initiative is bringing ...

• Enactus UK National Virtual Welcome Events – 2nd February 2021

  Heard of Enactus UK but aren't sure what they do? Join them at their National Welcome Events to hear more about... Working in and starting your own community projects Growing your personal and professional network Accessing exclusive career opportunities For full details, click here: ...

• White paper launch invite: Unleashing the potential of young people to create a better world – 2nd February 2021

  As part of Global Action Plan's work on the Persil Dirt is Good Project, they have developed new research which reveals that while young people are highly compassionate, there is a misconception that these values are not shared by their peers. This means that they take part in less social and enviro...

• Online Series: Oxford net zero - Zero carbon energy systems – 1st February 2021

  As the UK prepares to host the next UN climate summit, a wave of businesses, cities and countries are pledging to bring their emissions down to net zero. Oxford scientists were among the first to show that net zero is needed to end global warming. Now, the new Oxford Net Zero initiative is bringing ...

• Enactus UK National Virtual Welcome Events – 28th January 2021

  Heard of Enactus UK but aren't sure what they do? Join them at their National Welcome Events to hear more about... Working in and starting your own community projects Growing your personal and professional network Accessing exclusive career opportunities For full details, click here: ...

• Online Series: Oxford net zero: Value and limits of working with nature to address climate change – 25th January 2021

  As the UK prepares to host the next UN climate summit, a wave of businesses, cities and countries are pledging to bring their emissions down to net zero. Oxford scientists were among the first to show that net zero is needed to end global warming. Now, the new Oxford Net Zero initiative is bringing ...

• Enactus UK National Virtual Welcome Events – 20th January 2021

  Heard of Enactus UK but aren't sure what they do? Join them at their National Welcome Events to hear more about...   Working in and starting your own community projects Growing your personal and professional network Accessing exclusive career opportunities For full details, click her...

• Launch of the NTU Carbon Literacy Course for Universities – 20th January 2021

  Universities and colleges know they have large carbon footprints and influence on decision-making globally through their research and graduates - how well trained are your staff and students to tackle the Climate Emergency in their current and future professions and reduce emissions in line with leg...

• Online Series: Oxford net zero - Net zero – why and how? – 18th January 2021

  As the UK prepares to host the next UN climate summit, a wave of businesses, cities and countries are pledging to bring their emissions down to net zero. Oxford scientists were among the first to show that net zero is needed to end global warming. Now, the new Oxford Net Zero initiative is bringing ...

• Considering the role of higher education in achieving the Global Goals – 12th January 2021

  City, University of London is hosting an online event to both launch their first Global Goals report and to place this report within the wider context of the reciprocal relationship between higher education and the UN’s Global Goals. The event will begin with a brief discussion of the repor...

• GEO-6 Technical Summary Webinar – 17th December 2020

  The Technical Summary of GEO-6 distills the science and data in the main report and synthesizes the information to make it more accessible to students and scientists, making it more useful both for teaching and learning at the university level. The objective of the webinar is the presentation o...

• ESD and global health: Inter-linkage of the health of people and planet – 9th December 2020

  9 December 2020, 12:30 GMT+1 (1.30pm GMT) Focuses on the interconnectedness of the health of people and planet as highlighted through the COVID-19 pandemic, and questions how this can be better reflected in ESD practices. For full details, click here: https://en.unesco.org/themes/education-sus...

• Creating a Flood Resilient Nation: Ensuring UK Flood Preparedness in a Changing Climate – 8th December 2020

  February 2020 was the wettest February on record in England and, indeed, right across the UK, with some places experiencing over four times the average monthly rainfall. According to the Environment Agency the annual average cost of damages following floods in England and Wales is £1.6 billion. Curr...

• World Sustainable Development Teach-In Day 2020 – 4th December 2020

  The 1st World Sustainable Development Teach-In Day, a concept pioneered by the Research and Transfer Centre „Sustainable Development and Climate Change Management" (FTZ-NK) of the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, was held on 3rd December 2010 and was attended by over 500 universities an...

• GEO-6 Technical Summary Webinar: How to incorporate GEO into university modules – 3rd December 2020

  GEO-6 Technical Summary Webinar: How to incorporate GEO into university modules Date:3 December 2020, 5pm EAT Please register at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1245405136726411533 Speakers:   Prof. Joyeeta Gupta, University of Amsterdam Prof. Paul Ekins, University College Lond...