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Posted in News, UWTSD Hub News on Apr 24, 2026.

Highlighting Publications from 2025: Building BRIDGES to a Biophilic Future: Reimagining Progress in Relationship with our Planet

We are pleased to highlight a significant contribution to the global dialogue on sustainability and progress, by Prof. Luci Attala, Deputy Executive Director of UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES. This compelling thought piece titled “Building BRIDGES to a Biophilic Future: Reimagining Progress in Relationship with our Planet” featured in UNESCO’s Futures Literacy and Foresight Collection, challenges the traditional metrics of success and offers a transformative framework for navigating our current era of "poly-crises."

Posted in News, UWTSD Hub News on Mar 30, 2026.

Highlighting Publications from 2025: For the Love of the Sea: Technocratic Environmentalism and the Struggle to Sustain Community-Led Aquaculture

This publication explores the internal dynamics of Câr-y-Môr, Wales’s first community-owned regenerative ocean farm. The authors argue that sustainability governance in small-scale aquaculture is primarily driven by the relational, ethical, and temporal labour of the practitioners themselves. The research highlights a fundamental tension in modern environmental management: the "technocratic environmentalism" of audits and standardised reporting often fails to align with the lived reality of marine labour, the shifting rhythms of tides, unpredictable weather, and the physical demands of the sea.

Posted in News, UWTSD Hub News on Mar 20, 2026.

Swansea officially joins the Biophilic Cities Network!

Yesterday, as the sun broke through for the first time after a long, wet winter, the first buds of hope appeared in Swansea with the announcement that the city has officially joined the Biophilic Cities Network, marking a major milestone in its drive toward a greener, healthier urban future.

Posted in News, UWTSD Hub News on Mar 18, 2026.

REPAIR Project Showcased at “It’s Your Swansea” Event

The REPAIR research project was invited to speak at the It's Your Swansea, held at the Swansea Arena on March 12. The event, organised by 4theRegion, brought together community members, businesses, researchers and civic leaders to explore current developments in the city and discuss what kind of Swansea people want for the future. During the programme, one of the project co-leads, Dr Luci Attala, delivered a presentation introducing the REPAIR project to the audience. REPAIR is a transdisciplinary research collaboration, funded through the Arts and Humanities Research Council Mission Award.

Posted in News, UWTSD Hub News on Mar 16, 2026.

Sustainability Leader Jane Davidson Visits Swansea’s BIOME building

Internationally recognised sustainability leader Jane Davidson visited Swansea’s innovative BIOME building, praising it as a “fabulous” addition to the city centre and an inspirational model for nature-based urban adaptation. Davidson, the architect of the landmark Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015, author of #FutureGens and a leading voice in embedding sustainability into governance, welcomed the opportunity to see both the building and the REPAIR project, for which she serves on the advisory board. She hailed the initiative for placing long-term human and environmental well-being at the heart of urban design.