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Don't Waste Our Future - Building a European alliance of youngsters against food waste

Don't Waste Our Future - Building a European alliance of youngsters against food waste and for new models of sustainable development is a new project  led within the Education for Global Citizenship Unit of the University of Glasgow by Dr Alan Britton and also involving Dr Jesus Granados Sanchez.

Sustainable Economies Powered by Regional Food Systems

Organic local food production can provide an engine for sustainable regional economic development.  A sustainable economy  is based on five key assumptions:

  • Healthy food should be the right for everyone, not the privilege of a few.
  • Environmental health must ground al entrepreneurial initiatives.
  • Educational opportunities provide the means for cultural growth.
  • Increasing meaningful employment within communities supports dignity for individuals and families.
  • Indigenous knowledge is an integral part of the culture and history of a local community.

Activate programme from University of Glasgow presented in Cape Town

As part of my involvement in the Kettering Foundation and Talloires Networks international collaborative research partnership into studying Regional Perspectives on University Civic Engagement, I along with my community partner Nghomes (Margaret Layden) was invited to participate in the Network's International Leaders conference “Live Engagement, Transform Lives” held in South Africa in December 2014.

Board member elected to the Court of Glasgow Caledonian University

Many congratulations to PASCAL Board member, Professor Stephanie Young, who has been elected to the position of Vice-Chair of the Court of Glasgow Caledonian University.

Call for Chapters for a book on Adult education and museums

Public museums and art galleries have been in existence for centuries, and have become ubiquitous features of national landscapes worldwide. In the United Kingdom (UK) there are an estimated 2000 such institutions, and over 250 in the Canadian province of Ontario alone.

Three items from Atlantic Arc Cities

To start off your New Year with a bang rather than a whimper here are three items of interest sent to us recently from our colleagues at the Atlantic Arc Cities.

Social and cultural changes in cross-national perspective: Subjective well-being, trust, social capital and values

This is to let you know that Laboratory for Comparative Social Research (HSE) announces a call for the 5th LCSR International Workshop “Social and Cultural changes in cross-national perspective: Subjective Well-being, Trust, Social capital and Values” which will be held within the XVI April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development of the National Research University Higher School of Economics on April 6 – April 10, 2015 in Moscow.

Culture 21: Actions - Commitments on the role of culture in sustainable cities

The UCLG Agenda 21 for Culture is holding their first Culture Summit in the city of Bilbao ( Basque Country Spain) on 18-20 March 2015 to address the subject “Culture and Sustainable Cities”.

Congratulations to the Talloires Network and University World News

Congratulations are in order to the Talloires Network for the excellent coverage achieved by partnership collaboration and taking over the whole of the current (21 December 2014) number of University World News with its World Conference convened in South Africa – brilliant to win the whole Number on Engagement.

Cultural Policies and Activities for Sustainable Learning Cities, Communities, and Regions - A Rolling Workshop for 2015

This paper has been prepared to provide some background and short overviews of selected issues with a set of questions for discussion at the Rolling Workshops which will be held in the period February to May 2015 in Ostersund, Glasgow, Catania, and Pecs to discuss how cultural policies and activities can be developed so as to contribute to sustaining learning cities and regions.

 

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