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19 mai 2014

Green talents aim for sustainable development

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A deadline is looming in a competition open to young researchers around the world for achievements in making their societies more sustainable. The winners will enjoy fully-funded trips to Germany. The competition is run by the German federal Education and Research Ministry, is called Green Talents – International Forum for High Potentials in Sustainable Development, and is aimed at promoting the international exchange of ideas regarding green solutions. Read more...

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19 mai 2014

Students – The most effective change-agents

By Lena Adamson. Never has humanity faced as many major challenges as it does today. Issues related to the relationship between energy and climate change, water, food, infectious diseases and demographic issues, all must be addressed and resolved. Read more...

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19 mai 2014

Urban centres for sustainable development

By Cynthia Rosenz and Aromar Revi. There is widespread agreement on the importance of urbanisation and urban centres for sustainable development in rich and poor countries alike. But there is less agreement on how they should be included in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The Sustainable Development Solutions Network, or SDSN, has been a leading participant in the debate over how to include urban issues in the UN post-2015 development agenda. Read more...

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19 mai 2014

Universities join forces to promote sustainability

Around the world, academics in universities, other tertiary education organisations and students have joined forces to establish associations aimed at promoting and supporting sustainability within their own and other institutions. The following list includes some of the better known associations:
Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability is a non-profit member-based organisation representing higher and further education institutions within Australia and New Zealand that aims to promote and support change towards best practice sustainability within the tertiary education sector. Read more...

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19 mai 2014

'Making universities sustainable' conference 2014

The International Alliance of Research Universities, or IARU, is holding a sustainable universities conference at the University of Copenhagen to address key issues regarding university sustainability. Professionals from all alliance universities and throughout the university sustainability field will be attending. The programme at the Making Universities Sustainable Conference centres on 10 key themes defined by the alliance. Read more...

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19 mai 2014

Cities failing the world’s challenges

By Brendan Gleeson. The old German saying stadtluft macht frei – ‘urban air makes you free’ – is the defining injunction of modernity. Modern Western cities were launched as the vessels of liberation from a human era darkened by power and enchantment. Read more...

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19 mai 2014

Paris conference unlikely to find a solution

By Eberhard Rhein. In December of 2015, the international community is set to adopt a comprehensive action plan to combat climate change. With Paris having been chosen as the meeting place, the French government is showing more interest in climate issues and trying to mobilise the European Union on rapid agreement of its 2030 climate objectives. Read more...

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19 mai 2014

Embedding sustainability in universities

By Iain Patton. There are some excellent examples of successful sustainable campuses around the world. The United Kingdom, in particular, has many examples demonstrated by the Green Gown Awards. However, without true leadership from the very top of a university or college, how successful or sustainable can they really be. Read more...

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19 mai 2014

Are higher education and sustainability compatible?

By Ko Nomura and Osamu Abe. Diversity and globalisation pose major challenges to sustainability in the Asia-Pacific region. The rich diversity of this region is reflected in each of the three pillars of sustainable development: environmental, economic and social sustainability. Read more...

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19 mai 2014

Free MOOC course – The age of sustainable development

By Jeffrey D Sachs. A half-century ago, John F Kennedy in his inaugural presidential address observed that “man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life”. Those words speak to us today with special urgency. Read more...

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