College hits major climate milestone
@BordersCollege has reached its goal of halving its climate-change-causing greenhouse gas emissions by 2025. The College’s outgoing Sustainability Strategy for 2020-2025 included a target to…
Sustainability
Sustainability is the avoidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance.
Sustainability means meeting our own needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. In addition to natural resources, we also need social and economic resources.
Sustainability is a societal goal with three dimensions: the environmental, economic and social dimension. This concept can be used to guide decisions at the global, national and at the individual consumer level.
Sustainability Education is often referred to as Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), which has been defined as: UNESCO, 2014. “Education for Sustainable Development allows every human being to acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values necessary to shape a sustainable future.
Your Digital Hub switches on Halesowen College to £36,000 saving with new smart lighting solution
A meeting facilitated by Black Country Chamber of Commerce is helping a local educational establishment save nearly £36,000 per year with a pioneering new lighting…
£2.5m secured and 330 local businesses supported by University of Salford innovation centre
More than 330 businesses across Greater Manchester have been supported to grow, innovate and improve productivity thanks to the University of Salford’s Centre for Sustainable Innovation (CSI),…
From Education to Employability: Why Youth Skills Are the Missing Link in Economic and Climate Resilience
Across the Middle East and Africa, a generation of young people stands at a crossroads. They are more educated and connected than ever before, yet…
Students launch conservation society
Students at Oaklands College have launched a new conservation group, Oaklands Wildlife Society (O.W.L.S), bringing together learners and staff who share a strong interest in…
Apex Training launches new green skills training programme at Scotland’s National Retrofit Centre
Apex Training has entered into a strategic partnership with Scotland’s National Retrofit Centre at the BE-ST Innovation Campus in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, to deliver a comprehensive…
Bradford College ‘Junction Mills’ Development Achieves Sustainability Award
Bradford College is celebrating after attaining Morgan Sindall Construction’s platinum certification for outstanding carbon savings on a new building development. It was the only project…
First-of-its-kind Clean Energy Training Centre opens at Barnsley College
Barnsley College is celebrating the opening of a groundbreaking new training centre preparing students for careers in Low Carbon, Renewable Energy, Retrofit and Sustainable Construction.…
Students with SEND help grow a greener world
Learners from Barking & Dagenham College’s Horizons Specialist Provision and Horizons programmes have been playing an active role in helping the borough grow a greener…
New Playbook Calls for “Green Mindset” to Be Embedded Across All FE and Skills Provision
Landmark report from Education Training Foundation, EAUC and FE News sets out practical roadmap to make sustainability the default lens for sector decisions, authored by…
