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Staff are invited to register for the first of the Planet U(CL): Embedding SustainabilityÌý in Universities seminars, taking place on 24 February.

Planet U(CL): Embedding Sustainability in Universities is made up of four seminars, designed with the aim of creating a forum for broad-based debate and discussion about fostering and embedding sustainability in Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø and the wider university sector.

The seminars will focus on:

• impacts and indicators
• environmental governance
• resources
• creative campus.

A key objective of the series is to relate academic debates about deliberation and social learning, governance and environmental responsibility to university settings, leading to practical outcomes for Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø and stronger connections between members of the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø community primarily responsible for environmental policy and strategy, as well as colleagues interested in contributing to the debate.

Seminar 1: Impacts & Indicators
24 February 2010 (lunch 1-2pm, discussion 2-5pm)

• What is the environmental impact of the university sector - in London, in the world? How does Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø measure up? What do we use to measure impacts?
• Offsetting in the university sector - what measures are available?
• What targets are we working towards?
• How do we conceive and measure environmental sustainability in the university sector?
• How does this/how should this relate to other pillars of sustainability?
• What are the particular challenges faced by Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø as a 'global' university?

Speakers:

• Professor Paul Ekins, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø Energy Institute
• Andrew Grainger, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø Estates & Facilities
• Professor Kevin Anderson, Tyndall Centre, University of Manchester

Please note that places are limited to 30.

To find out more follow the link at the top of this notice.

Image: Detail from a design strategy by Professor CJ Lim (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø Bartlett School of Architecture) to bring about an urban renaissance in the USA.