{"id":6042,"date":"2014-07-07T06:41:38","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T06:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/?p=6042"},"modified":"2014-07-07T06:41:38","modified_gmt":"2014-07-07T06:41:38","slug":"making-universities-sustainable-but-only-up-to-a-point%e2%80%a8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/2014\/07\/07\/making-universities-sustainable-but-only-up-to-a-point%e2%80%a8\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Universities Sustainable \u2013 but only up to a point\u2028"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <em>Making Universities Sustainable<\/em> conference in Denmark in October is, we\u2019re told<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cRelevant for all engaged in university sustainability, experienced as well as beginners \u2026 leading decision makers, sustainability coordinators, administrative staff or facilities managers.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That\u2019s because it\u2019s about exploring \u201cthe most important issues in making your university sustainable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, if you pitch up, you\u2019ll be able to<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201clearn from best practice cases on key sustainability issues from laboratories and energy to management and green purchasing [and] share your own experiences with other professionals engaged in campus sustainability and get inspired by top researchers from around the globe.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The blurb continues:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cUniversities around the globe have a considerable environmental impact, and as producers of knowledge they also carry a unique responsibility to lead the way and show how sustainability can be integrated across teaching, research and operations. \u00a0Universities educate millions of students each year and their influential role should be utilized to provide awareness among students and others involved in the institution\u2019s activities.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Did you notice that \u201c<em>provide awareness<\/em>\u201d? \u00a0Such limited ambition. \u00a0It probably explains why none of the 10 key themes mention learning or teaching. \u00a0The themes are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sustainability organization<\/li>\n<li>Management systems<\/li>\n<li>Communicating sustainability<\/li>\n<li>Green purchasing<\/li>\n<li>Sustainable laboratories<\/li>\n<li>Campus as a living lab<\/li>\n<li>Certification schemes for buildings \/ campus<\/li>\n<li>Energy savings \/ CO2 reductions<\/li>\n<li>Staff and student involvement<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrating leadership<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can sign up <a href=\"http:\/\/climate.ku.dk\/green_campus\/sustainableuniversities\/updates\/\">here<\/a>\u00a0 for news and updates. \u00a0But, really, why would you bother?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Making Universities Sustainable conference in Denmark in October is, we\u2019re told \u201cRelevant for all engaged in university sustainability, experienced as well as beginners \u2026 leading decision makers, sustainability coordinators, administrative staff or facilities managers.\u201d That\u2019s because it\u2019s about exploring...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":237,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comment","category-news-and-updates"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/237"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6042\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}