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BUP’s webinar series: Implementing sustainability at universities

How can we implement sustainability at universities in respect of teaching, research and campus greening? Baltic University Programme (BUP) is organizing a webinar series where these topics are discussed. The main target group for the webinar series is teachers in higher education, especially within the BUP, however the webinars are open for everyone interested.

Each webinar is arranged at 14–15 CET.

The programme:

08 December 2020: Arjen Wals, Professor Transformative Learning for Socio-ecological Sustainability, Wageningen University, the Netherlands.

12 January 2021: Shepherd Urenje, Specialist in teacher education at SWEDESD – Swedish International Centre of Education for Sustainable Development, Uppsala university, Sweden.

09 February 2021: Ulrika Persson-Fischier, Manager of Uppsala School of Entrepreneurship and researcher in Sustainable Destination Development, Sweden.

09 March 2021: David Kronlid: Associate professor of Ethics and senior lecturer in didactics, Uppsala University, Sweden.

Registration:

It is free to participate in the webinars, but registration is required. Please, register on: https://survey.abo.fi/lomakkeet/12960/lomake.html

Warmly welcome!

More information

The BUP network focuses on questions of sustainable development, environmental protection, and democracy in the Baltic Sea region. The aim is to support the key role that universities play in this development. The network is coordinated by the Baltic University Programme Coordinating Secretariat at Uppsala University in Sweden. In The Baltic University Programme the BUP Finland is both a BUP Associate Secretariat and a National Centre. BUP Finland, both National Centre and Associate Secretariat, is located at the Centre for Lifelong Learning at Åbo Akademi University. The German Associate Secretariat is located at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, and the Polish Associate Secretariat at Lodz University of Technology.

More information on bup.fi or contact
BUP Finland’s Centre Director Cecilia Lundberg
Phone: +358 46 920 2007
Email: cecilia.lundberg@abo.fi