Multidisciplinary Environmental Studies in the Humanities (MESH) UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Thematic Hub for Planetary Wellbeing, University of Cologne, secured a €20,000 funding grant from the EUniwell 6th seed funding call, enabling the EUniwell MESH BRIDGES Autumn Academy for Planetary Wellbeing.
In an interview with Business Partners magazine, posted on the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce website, Professor James Ogude, Director of the Southern African Hub of the UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Coalition at the University of Pretoria, reflects on how the current global business landscape can be reshaped through applying the values of the Southern African philosophy of Ubuntu, ‘that emphasizes our interdependence not simply as human beings, but in relation to the totality of our environment.’
The book ‘Earthy Matters’ is part of the Materiality in Anthropology and Archaeology series . It explores how lives are shaped through interactions with earth, soils and clay and reminds the reader that they are fundamentally part of the Earth. A lively collection of theoretically informed chapters that introduce the reader to the notion that matter is a creative agent, and that it plays a key role in the formation of our material and social worlds.
The UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Governing Council has announced the appointment of UWTSD’s Associate Professor, Dr Luci Attala, as the Deputy Executive Director of the BRIDGES global coalition.
The Management of Social Transformations (MOST) Programme cooperates with national authorities, scientific communities and civil society to help UNESCO Member States strengthen the connection between research and policy and between knowledge and action. This is key to fostering positive social change towards inclusive and sustainable development.
