Sustainabililty

The Doctoral School is committed to giving meaningful consideration to sustainability and the well-being of current and future generations and contributing to the goals and objectives of the Well-being of Future Generations Act (Wales) 2015 (WFGA) and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs).

The 1457-17 challenge.

No, this is not our PIN number but a short-hand way of remembering how sustainability, the process of improving the economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being of Wales, is defined in Wales.

• ONE sustainable development principle (meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs)
• FOUR PILLARS (culture, economy, environment, society)
• FIVE ways of working
• SEVEN well-being goals
• SEVENTEEN United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Doctoral School Sustainability Workshop

The workshop aims to help you understand how your research contributes to sustainability and the Well-being of Future Generations (WFG) and United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the overarching sustainable development framework in Wales and Internationally.  This approach to sustainability provides an opportunity for innovative thinking, creative action and responsible research & enterprise and our aim is to demonstrate that your doctoral research activities contribute towards these.

This workshop is run by The Sustainability Lab at Bangor University. 

Slides and pictures from the sustainability workshop held on 27/11/2019.

KESS2 Sustainability

KESS 2 has partnered with Bangor University’s Sustainability Lab to ensure that our team and all our partners are able to demonstrate that we are giving meaningful consideration to the well-being of current and future generations in all we do.

Further information:

The Essentials: The Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015

Useful video introducing The Well-being of Future Generations: Megan

Future Generations Commission for Wales

Well-being of future generations: national indicators

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Contact:

Dr Gwenith Elias: gwenith.elias@bangor.ac.uk

Sustainable Development Officer & Teaching and Learning Coordinator

The Sustainability Lab at Bangor University.