The Higher Education AcademyOpportunities for Leadership in Education for Sustainable Development

& Global Citizenship: The Welsh Agenda.21 May 2008, Millennium Centre, Cardiff

Developing the EcoversityGeoff Layer

PVC Learning & Teaching“Confronting Inequality: Celebrating Diversity”

Structure

• What is the Ecoversity?

• Why have we approached it in this manner?

• Where are we?

• What are the key challenges?

What is Ecoversity?

It is a corporate objective that we become a beacon in the HE sector and beyond for

practicing sustainable development

What is Ecoversity?

• It is a holistic approach

• It seeks to cover everything we do

• It aims to engage all stakeholders

• It seeks to engage the community

Approach

Working

Learning

Buildings

Living

• Campus

• Curriculum

• Community

Task Groups

• Chaired by a senior member of staff

• Set targets

• Review progress

• Complete work

Task Groups

• Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)• Energy & Carbon• Food & Drink• Integrated Travel• Local Action• Recycling• Sustainable Purchasing

New Task Groups

• EcoArts

• Social Wellbeing & Sports

• Litter

• Campus

Progress

Communication• Existing means

• Consultative conferences

• Newsletters

• Empower the student and staff members

• Briefing notes

• External market

Communication

Briefing Notes:

The Biomass Boiler

Progress

Actions• Curriculum

• Greening the campus

• Plastic bags

• KPI Targets

Progress

Challenges• Showing it’s real

• Keeping momentum

• Energy levels

• Meeting expectations we have raised

• Maintaining communication

Thank You

Geoff Layer

g.layer@bradford.ac.uk