The Baltic University Programme Professional competence development for Sustainability Lars Rydén Baltic University Programme & CSD Uppsala University, Sweden BUP Med. Ies ESD Conference Uppsala 6 -10 October 2008
A discussion with a competence developer (Stockholm 2007)! “Sustainable development was originally perceived as a moral programme (Brundtland Committee)” “The Rio conference turned it into a political programme (Agenda 21)” “Today it has become a competence programme” My comment: In the future (or already!) it will be a business idea
Professions addressed in SD Competence development • • Engineering and technology Urban planning Architecture Environmental management Economics Agriculture etc
SD Competence development providers General frameworks EMS, IMS (management systems) GRI (Global reporting initiative) EU legislation and certification (IPPC) Consultancies with a framework The Natural Step Foundation Global Community Initiative Alan Atkisson A large number of courses, seminars, mostly focussed IVL, Stockholm SKL Kompetensforum IKnow Universities Not so much Baltic University Programme
First case – engineering education
A challenge of our time: Sustainable Production & Consumption - We use resources in an inefficient way - We cause too much environmental impact - We accumulate waste (not enough recycling) - We lack long-term thinking (sustainability)
Baltic University Environmental management Project components 1. Education (a four course package) 2. Cooperation university-industry 3. Addressing our own way to work 4. Research?
Environmental Management The courses (4 x 7. 5 ECTS) 1. Policy Instruments 2. Cleaner Production 3. Product Design & LCA 4. Environmental Management Systems
Environmental Management The course package Books CDs with films Exercises Teachers guides Home page
Environmental Management The books 1) 2) 3) 4) 1) 2) 5) A book part with 10 -15 chapters; basic theory, examples, concepts etc A document part, e. g. EU directives, CP practices, etc. A case study part with 6 cases In some books additional parts Each book some 250 -300 pages Many examples, pictures, diagrams, Internet links Index
Book 4 Environmental Management Systems and Certification
Book 2 Cleaner production
What can be done for Energy use (heat) 1978 -2000 Jan Lemming, Energirådgivare, Uppsala Kommun,
Årsta Vårdcentral
Building a passive energy house in Hamburg Germany
Book 4 Tools
Book 3 Product design and life cycle assessment Chapter 4 Examples of ecodesign
Book 4 Case studies
Students can be messengers of technology for sustainable production and consumption Students diploma work in industry Introducing EMS in industry
Second case – planners in cities and towns
Four main challenges for the local level 1. Transition to energy without fossils 2. Recycling all material flows 3. Transition to a post-industrial economy 4. A non-growing population - aging society
Who develops management tools? 1. Universities and research organisations - Chalmers/Gbg University, Physical Resource Theory - SERI, Wien 2. Organisations - Natural Step foundation, Sweden - ICLEI, Germany - Global Community Initiative, USA - EU sustainable cities and towns campaign, EU - UBC, Union of Baltic Cities, Finland - Forum for the Future, UK - ISO for the EMS and IMS 3. Projects - Baltic University Urban Forum, BUUF - Sustainment - Managing Urban Europe 25, MUE 25 4. Institutions - Sustainable Community Indicators Program SCIP, Canada - The International Sustainability Indicators Network, ISIN, Canada 5. Companies - Atiksson - Various consultancies
Background: Experiences from 30 cities in the Baltic Sea region
Sustainability management in cities and towns
Setting up a process for sustainability management (Compare to EMS and IMS) 1. Common concept of of Sustainability 2. Visioning 3. Baseline review 4. Back casting 5. Monitoring with indicators 6. Management cycles, plan-do-check-act 7. Organising the work
1. Develop a common concept of sustainability
Baltic University Urban forum BUUF: For cities SD is best defined as good resource management 1. Material resources - all material flows in the municipality 2. Urban space resources – all area planning in the municipality 3. Human resources - all inhabitants in the municipality 4. Societal resources - the city administration and all its services, institutions • Economic resources - companies and all other economic units These resources are not exchangeable and they are all limited. Sustainable development is here defined as proper management of limited resources
Understand Cities as Systems Gwendolyn Hallsmith Global Community Initiatives
Earth. CAT Workbook
Feedback
5. To monitor sustainability with indicators Monitor sustainability with indicators
Bristol – inhabitants discuss the future of the city in sustainability cafés
To like to live in the city is the most important sustainability indicator
Thank you for your attention
Скачать презентацию The Baltic University Programme Professional competence development for
c8f7a8ffac1d048c52e5338608b7e1cd.ppt