Packaging giant gains new focus on sustainability with help from work-based learning
The Welsh Government has ambitious plans for a Net Zero Wales, highlighting education and upskilling as key factors needed to achieve this goal by 2050.…
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.
£15 million investment in Barnsley College campus to create prestigious Institute of Technology
A multi-million-pound refurbishment project will transform a historic Barnsley College building into an exceptional centre of innovation and world-class technical education for South Yorkshire. The…
ESCP Business School & Galeries Lafayette group join forces to support art and entrepreneurialism through the “Improbable” Chair
@ESCP_bs Providing access to creation by bridging the worlds of art and entrepreneurship is the stance taken by these two institutions with deeply entrepreneurial DNA…
Litter pick team clears 39 bags of rubbish from Cardiff streets
A community litter pick covering the Splott and Adamsdown areas of Cardiff collected 39 bags of rubbish in a two kilometre stretch. The group of…
Moulton College hosts prestigious sustainability competition
Further education students from colleges across the South East Midlands gathered at Moulton College yesterday (Wednesday 24th April) to battle it out in a prestigious environmental…
Green light for new training centre
Barking and Dagenham College (@BarkingCollege) will launch a new green construction training centre thanks to a funding boost. The College is part of a consortium…
Education and Sustainable Development
Today, as we celebrate World Earth Day, we reflect on the journey that began in 1970. Over the past fifty years, World Earth Day has…
Collaborating for climate action across FE and Skills
At the Society for Education and Training’s SET24 conference in January, Jane Chillingworth and Jenny Willis co-delivered a breakout session entitled ‘Transformation through Climate Conversations’.…
Career Catch: Attracting A New Generation Of Workers To The Fishing Industry
The UK fishing industry is currently struggling to attract new workers, but a combination of education and training can help persuade young people of the…
Universities failing to make the grade on net zero
As universities come under increasing pressure to improve their sustainability performance, they are missing a crucial opportunity to accelerate their transition to net zero. Heat…