Thursday 16th May 2024, 10.30am – 3.00pm, Business School Building, Edge Hill University
SustainNET was established in February 2020 as a network community of staff and students at Edge Hill University interested in helping advance the sustainability agenda both on and off campus. It has around 120 Members, making it by far the largest such group of people at EHU. There are also over 40 SustainNET Partner organisations in our local region and community.
This first SustainNET Day is an opportunity for all Members, Partners and others to come together to find out what SustainNET does, get more involved in its work, suggest new ideas and initiatives, and for people in our community to get to know each other better. We will meet together on Thursday 16th May in the Business School building, where a number of workshop-style activities will be organised with a bring your own lunch in between!
Key activity themes covered on the day will be research and knowledge exchange, education for sustainable development, student engagement, the University’s sustainability policy and strategy, local community partnerships, drama and film, health and well-being, and communicating sustainability.
Aims of the Day
- Showcasing, new initiative-taking and learning – to showcase the work SustainNET currently does and what future plans it has on its different thematic fronts. To also provide opportunities for people to suggest and demonstrate new initiatives regarding sustainability. From these activities, for people to learn more about SustainNET and sustainability generally.
- Engagement, participation and involvement – through the day’s different activities, to give people the chance to become involved in SustainNET’s work and consider a wider engagement and participation in their own sustainability-related work where they are.
- Networking, socialisation and recruitment – to provide opportunities for getting to know people, make new contacts and connections, and for SustainNET to recruit new members!
Organisation of the Day
The day will start with a brief Welcome Plenary Session in lecture theatre room B.001 from 10.30 to 10.50, where SustainNET Leader Christopher Dent will welcome everyone, briefly remind what the day is about and what we are doing, as well as introduce Leadership Team members who will be running the activity sessions.
The four Activity Session times will run as shown in the Schedule below with a ‘bring your own lunch’ lunchbreak (12.30-13.15) in between Session 2 and 3. Feel free to come along for the whole day or parts of it.
All welcome!
Schedule on the Day
| SustainNET Day 2024, 16th May Business School Building | ||||
| 10.30-10.50 Welcome Plenary Session, B.001 |
| Session 1 10:55am-11:40am | Session 2 11:45am-12:30pm | Lunch 12:30pm-1:15pm | Session 3 1:15pm-2:00pm | Session 4 2:05pm-2:50pm |
| Room B.003 Edge Hill University: Carbon Footprinting Leads: Keziah Stott, Katy Linforth | Room B.003 | Room B.003 University Sustainability Policy and Strategy Leads: Keziah Stott, Katy Linforth | Room B.003 Health, Wellbeing and Sustainability Leads: Faye Walters | |
| Room B.004 Student Engagement with Sustainability Leads: Ivy Harris, Elke Weissman, Amee Yostrakul, Faye Walters, Chris Hughes | Room B.004 Communicating Sustainability Leads: Marcello Trovati, Laura McGuire | Room B.004 Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Leads: Sonia Edwards, Maureen O’Shaughnessy, Linda Marron | Room B.004 Local Community Partnerships on Sustainability Leads: Christopher Dent, Victoria Foster | |
| Room B.102 Sustainability Research and Knowledge Exchange (1. Strategy) Leads: Claire Blennerhassett, Sven Batke, Nonso Nnamoko, Geoff Beattie | Room B.102 Sustainability Research and Knowledge Exchange (2.Showcase) Leads: Claire Blennerhassett, Sven Batke, Nonso Nnamoko, Geoff Beattie | Room B.102 DRAMA – Three Sisters: A Story from the Climate Future Leads: Lena Simic | Room B.102 Climate Change Films Leads: Elke Weissman, Laura McGuire, Geoff Beattie |
| 2:50pm – 3:00pm So long, farewell… Till we meet again! Business School Foyer Area |
Event Venue
The event venue is: Business School building at the Edge Hill University campus, building number 16, map location 4E. See the ‘Locations’ page for directions to the university, different options of getting here and parking information.
Booking
To register for this event please follow the instructions at this link SustainNET Day.