Other Event Archive

• University of Gloucestershire Sustainability and Well Being International Workshop – 25th October 2009 to 31st October 2009

  The University has been awarded funding by the European Union, under the Grundtvig, fund for hosting an international workshop in the areas of Sustainability and Well-being. The Faculty of Sports and Health and Social Care in collaboration with International Research Institute in Sustainability will...

• Sustainable Innovation 2009 – 26th October 2009 to 27th October 2009

  Towards a Low Carbon Innovation Revolution 26th-27th October 2009 Farnham Castle, Farnham, UK Organised by: The Centre for Sustainable Design (www.cfsd.org.uk) Download interviews on low carbon innovation from speakers at Sustainable Innovation 08 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJV6gkh...

• The Bigger Picture: Festival of Interdependence – 24th October 2009

  A huge array of leading thinkers and activists will be giving talks and workshops at The Bigger Picture: Festival of Interdependence. Speakers include John Sauven, director of Greenpeace; Susan George, author and activist; Andrew Simms, nef policy director; Susie Orbach, author and psychologist; Ric...

• Climate Change: Effective Communication Course – 20th October 2009

  This one day course will help you build the skills you need to communicate climate change. The training session will provide information on: 1. Why good communication of climate change is so important 2. Major climate change issues and difficult questions 3. Communicating with people in diff...

• Earthwatch Lecture: Meeting Marine Needs – 15th October 2009

  Thursday 15th October 2009, 7.00pm – 8.30pm at the Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AR Speakers Dennis Sammy, Nature Seekers, & Nienke van Geel, The Hebridean Whale & Dolphin Trust. Chaired by Nigel Winser. Human activities and climate change pose multiple thre...

• IRIS - Research Seminar Series – 14th October 2009

• Ethical and Environmental Officer Training – 13th October 2009

  Ethical and Environmental Officer Training 13 October 2009 9.45am - 4.00pm (registration from 9.15am) Ethical and Environmental (E&E) Officer Training is an opportunity for student officers, students and Students’ Union staff to learn more about E&E campaigns and programmes available thro...

• Sustainable Event Management Conference – 23rd September 2009

  Live events and festivals have their own unique environmental challenges to tackle, including international transportation and intense energy usage, on-site noise and environmental pollution, as well as site impact issues. The event-going public is increasingly aware of these issues and has gro...

• All Our Futures 2 Annual Conference – 15th September 2009 to 17th September 2009

  All Our Futures 2 - Annual Conference Getting real – investing in our future 15 – 17 September 2009 University of Plymouth – Sherwell Centre and Portland Square The conference builds on the success of All Our Futures 1 held in the University of Plymouth in September 2008. Th...

• Government ICT Goes Green Conference – 15th September 2009

  This conference will be run in conjunction with the Cabinet Office and the Department for Work and Pensions. Government ICT Goes Green is the UK’s premier event for those involved in greening public sector ICT. Over 400 key decision makers from across the UK will be present at this high-profil...

• Education for Sustainable Development:Graduates as Global Citizens – 10th September 2009 to 11th September 2009

  ‘In an increasingly globalised world there is wide spread acceptance of the importance of ‘internationalising" higher education and giving students the skills to enable them to operate effectively across boundaries.’ (Bill Rammell 2007) But what does an international education...

• Consultation on a carbon reduction target and strategy for higher education in England – 7th September 2009

  A joint consultation between HEFCE, Universities UK and GuildHE on developing a carbon reduction target and strategy for higher education in England is due to be published at the end of July. The consultation will seek views on a sector level target(s) to reduce carbon emissions; a proposed strategy...

• Consultation on a carbon reduction target and strategy for higher education in England – 3rd September 2009

  A joint consultation between HEFCE, Universities UK and GuildHE on developing a carbon reduction target and strategy for higher education in England is due to be published at the end of July. The consultation will seek views on a sector level target(s) to reduce carbon emissions; a proposed strategy...

• The Big Lunch – 19th July 2009 to 26th July 2009

  Once a year, starting on Sunday, July 19th 2009, we want as many of the 61 million people in the UK as possible to simultaneously sit down to lunch together, with their neighbours, in the middle of their street, as a simple but profound act of community. The Big Lunch will bring people together t...

• Smart City Futures – 23rd July 2009

  Smart City Futures will begin new conversations that tap into the unrealised potential of open innovation and effective collaboration between Universities, Industry and Government A lack of transparency and a silo mentality had resulted in an environmental, political and economic meltdown. Ol...

• The Big Lunch – 19th July 2009

  Imagine a summer’s day on which millions of us, throughout the UK, sit down to have lunch together – in the middle of our streets, around our tower blocks and on every patch of common ground. The food, entertainment and decorations we will have grown, cooked or created ourselves. This wi...

• Greening The Minds: Universities, Climate Leadership, and Sustainable Futures – 11th July 2009 to 16th July 2009

  Salzburg Global Seminar Session 463: An International Forum to Explore the Role of Universities as Sites for Comprehensive, Sustainable Futures Education The Salzburg Global Seminar Sessions are five-day sessions focused on critical challenges confronting the global community and designed to formul...

• National Sustainable Schools Conference – 3rd July 2009 to 14th July 2009

  The National Sustainable Schools Conference is this year brought to you by WWF-UK, DCSF and Sustainability and Environmental Education (SEEd). This year, to reduce travel and allow more teachers to attend, the National Sustainable Schools Conference will be hosted in four locations around the countr...

• ESDGC in FE - Free Training and Information Events – 1st July 2009 to 10th July 2009

    Organised by regional sustainability specialists Ymlaen Ceredigion in partnership with the Centre for Alternative Technology and The National Botanic Gardens of Wales. Aim of the day: An opportunity to gather information and ideas on ESDGC and how FE can integrate it into specific curriculum...

• Green Britain Day – 10th July 2009

  Let's Go For Green in 2012 When everyone looks to London in 2012, wouldn't it be great if they saw that Britain was genuinely leading the world in the race against climate change? If we all start making changes now, it could just happen. Impossible? It might feel that way as we each struggle ...