Other Event Archive

• Sustainability Science Days 2019 - University of Helsinki – 9th May 2019 to 10th May 2019

  We welcome you to participate in two days full of program on key questions on sustainability on 9 – 10 May, 2019 at the Sustainability Science Days. The thematic focus of the event is on sustainable production and consumption, which is the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12 where Finland...

• Climates of Change and Sustainability in Cross-disciplinary Perspectives – 9th May 2019 to 10th May 2019

  Whether viewed as a natural environment defined by its geography, as a human environment shaped by culture, politics and economics, or as both: Europe and its global surroundings are undergoing an intense period of change and uncertainty. Not for the first time in history, various ecological/meteoro...

• Systems Thinking and the SDGs – 10th May 2019

  The nature of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires an interdisciplinary mind-set. In line with this UK and Ireland PRME members have identified systems thinking as a key area for faculty development.   This day has been put together to demonstrate the ways that a systems approach aids...

• Pro-environmental employee and consumer behaviour – 29th April 2019

  Current world population is just over seven billion and expected to reach nine billion before 2050. Increasing affluence in the developing and transition countries where population is growing most is now resulting in a wave of "new consumers". This is important as in the developed world the main dri...

• Meliora International Symposium of Student Sustainability Research – 26th April 2019

  You are invited to join the fourth annual Meliora International Symposium of Student Sustainability Research, to be held at the University of Southampton on 26 April 2019.   Each year, students from across the UK and the rest of the world, attend and present their research dissertation at this pr...

• 5th International Workshop on UI Greenmetric World University Rankings – 14th April 2019 to 16th April 2019

  This year’s International Workshop on UI GreenMetric will address the theme of "Sustainable University in a Changing World: Lessons, Challenges and Opportunities ". The participants will be from participating universities which have shown outstanding performance in 2018 UI GreenMetric World...

• How to Streamline your Energy and Carbon Reporting – 16th April 2019

  Join our interactive webinar to find out what SECR means practically for your organisation, and hear experiences from our expert panelists on how to get the most value from your Energy and Carbon Reporting. In this webinar, you’ll learn the essentials of corporate carbon foot-printing and e...

• How to Streamline your Energy and Carbon Reporting – 16th April 2019

  Carbon Credentials are holding a webinar on the new Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) regulations that come into force on 1 April 2019, replacing the CRC scheme. Find out more information or sign up here.  The government estimates that around 11,500 organisations will qualify for ...

• 2019 Enactus UK National Expo – 8th April 2019 to 9th April 2019

  Once a year a select group of business, student and academic leaders from across the country gather together to showcase how entrepreneurial action and shared innovation is transforming lives and creating a better future. On the 8th-9th April, our 61 Enactus teams from across the UK will compete ...

• 2019 FIE Student Global Leadership Conference – 5th April 2019 to 7th April 2019

  The 2019 FIE Student Global Leadership Conference (SGLC) is an educational event and destination for undergraduate and graduate student leaders.   The Student Global Leadership Conference (SGLC) Committee is seeking proposals for educational programmes and breakout sessions for the fourth SGLC in ...

• Student Global Leadership Conference – 5th April 2019 to 7th April 2019

  FIE's fourth Student Global Leadership Conference returns in 2019! Save the Date now for this premier educational event and student destination for undergraduate and graduate students from the US, UK, and around the world. Building on previous conference themes of social justice, diversity, and incl...

• Spring Campus Conference - University Alliance for Sustainability – 1st April 2019 to 5th April 2019

  The Spring Campus Conference of the University Alliance for Sustainability will take place from April 1-5, 2019 at Freie Universität Berlin. The conference will be on the topic: Re:search. Re:act. Re:design. 'The Future is Now: Driving Sustainable Development'. The Conference will focus on three ...

• 2nd World Symposium on Sustainability Science - Implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals – 1st April 2019 to 3rd April 2019

  The United Nations Summit, held on 25 to 27 September 2015 in New York, adopted the post-2015 development agenda and a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which are outlined in the document "Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development". This Agenda, according to the U...

• S-Lab Conference – 2nd April 2019 to 3rd April 2019

  The S-Lab Conference at the University of Birmingham on April 2-3 has two presentations on our Sustainable Lab initiatives (with case studies of the Collaborative Teaching Laboratory, Medical College, and SKA) as well as ones by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (initiated and led b...

• Waste and wellbeing: cultural waste disposal practices and health – 2nd April 2019

    Our attitudes towards waste influence what we consume, how we consume it and when we throw it away. These attitudes can be strongly shaped by cultural and local contexts. Waste management and disposal practices encompass varying levels of society and types of waste; from individual food waste to ...

• Book Launch: 'Resurrection Trust' - short stories about living sustainably – 28th March 2019

  ‘Resurrection Trust’ – a collection of funny, dark, mad, bad, upbeat, downbeat and fantastical short stories about living sustainably from the University of Southampton's Green Stories writing competition. From eco communities to singing buildings, and sharing economies, these sto...

• Evening panel event - Universities Against Modern Slavery Alliance - UAMSA - Inaugural Conference – 25th March 2019

  UAMSA is a new association between universities aiming to bring the issue of labour exploitation in supply chains into the public conscious. Academics, university staff, students and Fairtrade business experts will be in attendance.    The conference will be chaired by James Sinclair, an internati...

• Roundtable - Universities for the Promotion of Fair and Sustainable Business Practices – 25th March 2019

  Roundtable for "Universities for the Promotion of Fair and Sustainable Business Practices" to be held March 25th, 15:00 – 16:30, King’s College London,  Great Hall (Strand Campus). Please email Rebecca Brown to register. The event will bring together academics, students and profession...

• Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for the UNECE Region – 21st March 2019 to 22nd March 2019

  The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) was set up in 1947 by ECOSOC. It is one of five regional commissions of the United Nations.   UNECE's major aim is to promote pan-European economic integration. UNECE includes 56 member States in Europe, North America and Asia. However, al...

• UNECE Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for the UNECE Region – 21st March 2019 to 22nd March 2019

  UNECE Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for the UNECE Region Geneva, Switzerland For full details click here