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Exploring Environmental Philosophy via the folklore of plants

University of York · Berrick Saul Building, Campus West

Join Clare for a guided walk and talk to explore the folklore and history of native and naturalised plants growing in Britain and how humans have connected with them through the centuries.

Youth Moves: Reimagining How Young People Move Around Guildford

University of Surrey · Zero Carbon Guildford, GU1 3EG

How easy is it to get around Guildford when you’re young? Where do you feel safe and independent? Where do you actually enjoy spending time – and what would you change if…

GRiEG Seminar: African Indigenous Ontologies for Decolonial Climate Change Education and Resilience

University of Manchester · A5.5, Ellen Wilkinson Building, Manchester

The presentation will argue that resilience requires epistemic plurality, to which African Indigenous ontologies and decolonial climate change education make vital contributions.

Climate Frontiers

Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth · David Rubenstein Forum

Climate Frontiers: Energy and Climate at UChicago is an annual day-long program of special events demonstrating the scale and breadth of the University’s activities on energy and climate change.

Engineering Clay-Based Materials for Sustainable Energy Production and Energy Conservation in Earth and Space Applications

EPFL · MC A1 272

Thesis Director: Prof. V. Subramanian, Materials Science and Engineering doctoral program Thesis Nr. 11422 To take part in the public defense, please contact directly the speaker

Educating for a Climate Changed Future: How Schools, Universities and Civil Society Can Turn Education into a Force for Resilience and Transformation

The American University in Cairo

The session will explore how climate change disrupts education and how education systems can help young people build the knowledge, skills, and resilience needed to address climate challenges.

Energy Transition Hot Takes

General · The Underground Cafe

Join the Student Initiative for Sustainable Energy at the underground cafe to discuss the challenges within the energy transition. Stay for just a few minutes or the full hour to learn about the…

Resourcing Appalachian Resilience After Helene: An SSIR Conversation

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Appalachia’s history, culture, and struggles are unique. But Appalachia’s experience with Hurricane Helene offers a vision of the future, for anywhere in the world where underdeveloped infrastructure…

Robotics in Surgery: Between Scientific Potential and Clinical Reality (Prof. Q. Boehler) || Clean water and energy through membranes (Prof. A. Straub)

ETH Zurich

1. Speaker: Prof. Quentin Boehler || 2. Speaker: Prof. Anthony Straub

Film: Rokkasho Rhapsody and special discussion

University of Manchester · Theatre A, University Place, Manchester

Join us for a screening of Hitomi Kamanaka’s documentary Rokkasho Rhapsody (2004), followed by a conversation exploring the film’s themes and the questions it raises about nuclear energy, communities…

Gaia and Maia

University of Leeds · University of Leeds Precinct

A glowing giant puppet and her small human friend share playful stories of connection with our living earth. Created by Bev Adams Arts with Kerith Ogden and Thingumajig Theatre, Gaia…

Has Climate policy reached its limit? Europe's path to climate neutrality

London School of Economics and Political Science · Marshall 2.08, Marshall Building

The Heat Beneath our Feet

University of Leeds · University of Leeds

Journey through geological time and discover the hidden world beneath our city. Step into a dynamic floor projection that reveals the changing textures and glowing pathways of the vibrant…

What We Leave Behind

University of Leeds · University of Leeds

Swirling in and around delicate greenhouse-like structures, holographic videos of dancing leaves hover, suspended in the air. The leaves represent the soil’s capacity to heal…

Challenging International Far-Right Agendas on Climate Policy

University of British Columbia · Franklin Lew Forum at Allard Hall

In the last five years, actors in the far-right have been shaping contemporary climate agendas worldwide to the detriment of progress towards a just transition.

Talking Turtles and Singing Ice: Listening to the More-than-Human World in an Age of Distraction

University of Colorado Boulder · Center for Academic Success and Engagement (CASE), Auditorium

Listening has always been central to human survival. We’ve evolved to tune in to each other, but also the sounds of our places, the voices of other animals, rhythms of seasons and weather.

Environmental & Social Impact Assessment [CAS Circular Value Networks 2026]

EPFL

Module 2: Environmental & Social Impact Assessment Understand the methodology behind sustainability reporting and regulations. Learn to critically evaluate Life Cycle Assessments (LCA, SLCA, LCC)…

Future Healthy Homes for All Exhibition

University College London · The Bartlett School of Architecture, 22 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0QB, United Kingdom

A design exhibition which brings together students from four architecture schools alongside practitioners to design better, healthier affordable, social housing in the UK.

The Hidden Cost of Returns: What Happens After You Click “return”?

Aston University · Design Factory Birmingham, North Wing 2nd Floor, Main Building, Aston University campus, Birmingham

A free, in-person, self-paced participatory event, planned for Design Factory Birmingham on the Aston University campus on 29 October 2026, 10.00am-6.00pm. Visitors can drop in at any…

Applying realist and COM-B methods to the UK’s Boiler Upgrade Scheme

University College London · C3.13, UCL Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London, WC1H0AL, United Kingdom

Join this event to hear Carol Vigurs explore how social science can support household uptake of low-carbon heating through Britain’s Boiler Upgrade Scheme.