Tag: Sustainability
Those who know most about climate change have the biggest carbon footprint. What does sustainability education have to look like in order to be effective? For academics, the news are ...
October 31, 2023 -
In springtime of this year 40 students and staff took part in an exciting sustainability-focused field trip to a 50-acre rewilding site in Devon. Embercombe is a largely off-grid education ...
October 9, 2023 -
Read the full series Focus: How the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are embedded in teaching. How is sustainability included in it? How did you decide what was appropriate? We ...
December 12, 2022 -
Read the full series Unit names: US Foreign Policy, Politics of Human Rights, Thinking Politically, Climate Crisis and International Security (Masters) How is sustainability included in these units? Sustainability is ...
December 12, 2022 -
Young people today have grown up surrounded by troubling news of climate related storms, flooding, drought, ocean pollution, ecosystem devastation and the deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest. This is a ...
November 30, 2022 -
The climate crisis is also a global inequality crisis. In tackling the interconnected issues and challenges of the climate crisis, the expertise of people with lived experiences must be recognised, ...
October 31, 2022 -
Eva Craig Hi! I’m Eva, one of six Student Fellows working for BILT this year on several interesting and important topics. My project is focussed on embedding sustainable development into ...
October 24, 2022 -
A case study describing collaboration, pedagogy and design of the Sustainable Development optional unit, an interdisciplinary blended learning 20cp unit taken by up to 300 students a year. ...
May 3, 2022 -
In a time of extended stress on mental health, small actions can salve a weary heart and restore faith in how communities can and do care for each other. ...
January 13, 2022 -
Case study reflecting on a first year unit focused on developing employability skills for Accounting and Finance students ...
August 18, 2021 -
Case study reflecting on a masters unit focused on developing employability and sustainability skills for marketing students ...
August 12, 2021 -
After attending the University of Bristol People’s Assembly, BILT Student Fellow Rhona explores some of the discussions, themes and debates that came up and considers ways that sustainability can be ...
March 11, 2021 -
Between the 18th and 21st of May, the fifth annual Sustainability in Higher Education Conference took place, jointly hosted by Canterbury Christ Church University and Plymouth University. The Paradox Model ...
June 15, 2020 -
James Norman is a Lecturer in Civil Engineering and an Academic Fellow for BILT. I caught up with James on the 10th of May to talk about his path into ...
May 22, 2019 -
The following post was written by Ash Tierney, a Research Associate and Project Manager for Bristol Futures. Ash has been a BILT Associate since May 2019. I’ve been working in ...
May 16, 2019 -