Other Event Archive

• 15th International ACTS Conference - refocus + renew – 21st October 2015 to 23rd October 2015

  refocus + renew The theme "refocus + renew" encourages institutions, educators and practitioners to reflect on their achievements, their next steps and the important role they play in achieving sustainability. Education institutions face a diverse set of challenges, some specific to our secto...

• Sustainability Workshop: Household sustainability - how to save the planet and your money – 21st October 2015

  Facilitators: Ian Smith (Transition Energy), Howard Lee (Hadlow College) This FREE workshop will explore the concept of sustainability at the household level, ranging across issues such as food supply, waste management, energy and water use. This will be reviewed in the context of legislation and...

• Salix Regional Meetings – 24th September 2015 to 15th October 2015

  Salix is holding another round of Regional Meetings which will provide an opportunity for attendees to meet and share knowledge with peers on energy efficient technologies and project experiences. A number of topics will be covered including programme updates and funding available for the year. ...

• Book Signing and Roundtable Discussion with Rolf Jucker – 14th October 2015

  The University of Worcester is pleased to welcome Dr Rolf Jucker, one of the world’s leading experts in the field of learning for sustainability to St Johns campus on 14th October at 2.30pm for a roundtable discussion on his new book ‘Do we know what we are doing? Reflections on Learning...

• The Financial Sustainability Symposium – 1st October 2015

  On Thursday 01 October (11:00-16:00) Ifs University College will host a second major Sustainability Development Event entitled ‘The Financial Sustainability Symposium’.  Following the success of their last event in 2012, where QAA Chairperson Anthony McClaran spoke about the new ‘E...

• Energy Efficiency Workshop for Public Sector Organisations – 24th September 2015

  The Energy Efficiency Workshop for Public Sector Organisations will be hosted by Wiltshire Council in partnership with Salix Finance and will take place at Wiltshire Council in the Trowbridge County Hall on 24th September 2015 from 10am to 15.30pm. This event will provide an opportunity to learn ...

  Tags: funding | energy efficiency | Salix | Public Sector

• District Heating Technology Training - Free places for public sector – 23rd September 2015

  For anyone upgrading or extending their group/district and cooling networks this training session might be especially valuable. Training session run by Nordic Heat, Imperial College, the London School of Economics and HEATNET. Places are free for officers from local authorities and other publi...

• West Midlands Growing Up Green & Global Education Conference & Exhibition – 18th September 2015

  Contact: [email protected] Tel. 01530 459374 / 07971 553639 Speakers ROSA MURRAY Development Officer, Education ,Teaching and Leadership, University of Edinburgh BRYAN DAVIES Director of Support and Challenge Associates and formerly Head of Sustainable Development at OFSTED K...

• Executive Training Course on Holistic Approaches to Sustainability in Higher Education Institutions – 14th September 2015 to 18th September 2015

  Manchester Metropolitan University and HAW Hamburg are organising a very promising Executive Training Course on Holistic Approaches to Sustainability in Higher Education Institutions from the 14th to 18th of September 2015 in Manchester, UK. Further info can be found here....

• S-Lab 2015 Supporting World Class Science Conference and Awards Dinner – 16th September 2015 to 17th September 2015

  The 2015 Supporting World Class Science Conference and Awards Dinner at the University of Leeds on Sept 16-17 will have 400+ attendess, around 100 sessions and 30-40 exhibitors covering all aspects of laboratory design, operation and management. Click for: Download the latest agenda and flyer ...

• Students and Businesses Transforming their City – 15th September 2015

  This free one-day conference will inspire and equip staff, students and businesses to deliver sustainability projects and solutions.  Throughout the day we will explore how universities and  students’  unions  can  foster  a partnership  approach  to  sustainability  and  the  positive impacts...

• PRI in person 2015 – 8th September 2015 to 10th September 2015

  PRI in Person: Where the global responsible investment community meets London will play host to PRI in Person 2015, bringing together over 800 decision makers from more than 25 countries and giving them the tools to embed the Principles for Responsible Investment into business practices. The ...

• Learning from the sharp end – implications for sustainability in Higher Education – 6th September 2015 to 8th September 2015

  Last Booking Date for this Event 31st August 2015 The sharp end experience of successfully enabling students to make a difference. The Symposium is jointly organised by University of Bristol and the University of the West of England and the UN SIDS Partnership, Learning from the Sharp End o...

• Future Ready - Strategic Planning Course – 25th March 2015 to 2nd September 2015

  A partnership between the Schumacher Institute, the Association of Sustainability Practitioners and Action for Sustainability Have you considered how megaforces will affect your organisation?  How resilient are you to climate change, resource scarcity (energy, fuel, food, water), disease, urbani...

• District Heating Technology Training - Free places for public sector – 2nd September 2015

  For anyone upgrading or extending their group/district and cooling networks this training session might be especially valuable. Training session run by Nordic Heat, Imperial College, the London School of Economics and HEATNET. Places are free for officers from local authorities and other publi...

• Learning from the sharp end – implications for sustainability in Higher Education – 24th August 2015

• TUCO Conference 2015 – 20th July 2015 to 22nd July 2015

  It seems like only yesterday since the University of Liverpool brought together the university catering industry to its charming venue to host the 2014 TUCO Conference. However, now we look forward to the 2015 TUCO Conference, where the world-class Imperial College London will be taking the reins...

• Finding Strength - Inspiration in Challenging Times – 9th July 2015 to 12th July 2015

  Refreshing your connection to life… This workshop will reconnect you to yourself, each other and the Earth; to the joys and pains of life in this time; to your personal and collective responsibilities; to your ancestors and future generations; and most of all to your power to make a dif...

• Seminar: Become a change maker – 10th July 2015 to 12th July 2015

  A seminar for students and young adults from Europe run in cooperation with the v.f.h., a German association for political education of young people. Spots are limited to 20 people and we expect the seminar to fill-up very quickly. You are not alone. An increasing number of young people are waki...

• BPA Higher and Further Education Special Interest Group (HESIG) meeting – 9th July 2015

  Free to all! Map of the venue. Not only will the sun hopefully be shining, but there is also a very full and interesting agenda focused around the recent high court decision and its implications, signage and compliance, as well as a useful workshop aimed at helping those in the education secto...