By Melissa Leach The STEPS Centre submitted a position paper to the Rio+20 zero draft preparation process, in which we argued that science, technology and innovation have essential roles to play in…
Influencing the Rio+20 outcome document
Sustainable business in India: challenges for Rio+20
By Ian Scoones India has seen unprecedented economic growth in recent years; yet with this comes a growing demand for resources and increased pressure on the environment. But how can…
SUMMER SCHOOL: “WHAT IS RESEARCH FOR SUSTAINABILITY?”
Participants in the recent STEPS Summer School came to Brighton from all around the world, bringing diverse life experiences and disciplinary perspectives together to learn about, discuss and debate new…
NUDGE, NUDGE
Ilse Oosterlaken, one of the participants in our summer school, has blogged about some of the lectures and discussions that have happened so far. One of Ilse’s blog posts reflects…
EVENTS NEXT WEEK: TIM JACKSON LECTURE AND BRIGHTON DEBATE
Next week is the start of our first ever Summer School on Pathways to Sustainability in Brighton. Although most of the session are only open to the 42 invited participants,…
TIM JACKSON PUBLIC LECTURE AT SUSSEX, 14 MAY: WHERE IS THE GREEN ECONOMY?
On Monday 14 May, Tim Jackson is coming to Sussex University to give a public lecture, organised by the STEPS Centre. The lecture’s called “Where is the green economy? Prosperity,…
14 May: Tim Jackson – Where is the green economy?
In a live-streamed public lecture on 14 May at Sussex University entitled Where is the green economy? Prosperity, work and sustainability ‘after the crisis’, Tim Jackson talked about the challenges for…
PLANET UNDER PRESSURE: BEYOND SCIENCE?
Planet Under Pressure, which ends today, is a big conference – not only in terms of the crowds of people here, but in the grand scale of the problems we’re…
PLANET UNDER PRESSURE: VIDEO HOPES FOR RIO+20
The journalist and author Fred Pearce, Oxfam campaigns and policy director Phil Bloomer and ESRC associate research director Paul Rouse are among those to tell us about their one big…
HAVE YOUR SAY: HOPES FOR RIO+20
Before and during the Planet Under Pressure conference in London next week, we’re asking people to tell us what sustainable development issue they want to see addressed at the Rio+20…