‘Sustainability in…’ talks
The ‘Sustainability in…’ talks are organised by Constanze Cavalier, MSc(Res) Biochemistry, and Lore Purroy Sánchez, MPhil Development Studies.
Constanze and Lore are the Environment Officers of the Graduate Common Room (GCR).
About the ‘Sustainability in…’ talks
Sustainability is becoming an important subject in every field and profession, and sustainability efforts are found in diverse areas. The UN 17 sustainable development goals include, for example, health, climate change, diversity and equality, social inequality, education, and finances.
These talks aim to find speakers who can highlight their efforts in sustainability in their field and identify the challenges and opportunities in their disciplines to give the opportunity to open a discussion around sustainability in their field.
Speakers have the opportunity to talk about their personal experiences in their work, give wider information about the field in general, or a combination of both. They will present their unique view on sustainability with the aim of sparking inspiration for the audience to take up their own challenges to support the sustainable development goals.
The ‘Sustainability in…’ talks are supported by a Green Templeton College academic grant.
The talks
Sustainability Education: Hope and Humility
Thursday 13 March 2025
Sam Barratt, Chief of the Youth, Education and Advocacy Unit at the United Nations Environment Programme
Ann Finlayson, CEO of Sustainability and Environmental Education (SEEd)
Sustainability Education: Power and Politics
Thursday 27 February 2025
Chris Skidmore OBE, former UK Energy Minister and Chair of the UK Independent Net Zero Review; chair of the Centre for Economic Transition Expertise at the Grantham Research Institute, LSE
Debbie Hopkins, Associate Professor in Human Geography, University of Oxford
Sustainability Education: Fairness and Flourishing
Wednesday 12 February 2025
Chukwumerije Okereke, Professor in Global Governance and Public Policy, University of Bristol
Amanda Power, Sullivan Clarendon Associate Professor in History, University of Oxford
Sustainability in healthcare
Tuesday 8 June 2021
Rachel Stancliffe, founder and director of the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare
Sustainability in IT and project management
Thursday 27 May 2021
Dr Mario Špundak, Associate Fellow of Green Templeton College and Head of IT Applications Development and Projects at Saïd Business School
Sustainability talk – food and waste management
Thursday 28 November 2019
Joint session by Oxford City Council and Green Templeton College
Contact
Please direct any questions to constanze.cavalier@gtc.ox.ac.uk and lore.purroy@gtc.ox.ac.uk.
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The group gathered at a Michelin-starred restaurant to mark the joyful occasion, make new connections and enjoy exquisite traditional food together.
It is wonderful to see the two college alumni societies bringing the wider Oxford community together for what Nathaniel Chan (MBA, 2016), co-chair of the Green Templeton College Hong Kong Alumni Society, described as ‘a memorable occasion’.
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🌌 Last weekend, Green Templeton welcomed Nobel Prize-winning astronomer Professor Brian Schmidt for the latest event in our Astronomy for All series.
Professor Schmidt took a packed audience on a journey through more than 13 billion years of cosmic history, from the Big Bang to the distant future of the Universe. He explored what we know about the cosmos, how we know it and some of the biggest mysteries that remain.
The lecture was chaired by Governing Body Fellow Rob Fender, Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Oxford, and continued our celebration of Green Templeton’s connections with Oxford Astrophysics.
