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Intense Interdisciplinary Climate Knowledge Workshop

Dear students,Do you already know everything about climate change and sustainability? You can’t learn anything new about it anyway after talking about it over and over again at school and maybe even at university? But maybe you have topics in the back of your mind that concern you? E.g.: How will climate change affect our […]

Invitation and Registration

Ecohealth & Wellbeing Research Webinar, 27 Oct 2023: Invitation, Programme & Registration 27 October 2023 10:15 am – 13.15 pm

RE-Planetary Utilization of Sustainability Strategies (PLUS) Southern African Regional Conference, North-West University, Mafikeng Campus

NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY, MAHIKENG CAMPUSVENUE: A1 ROOM 261DATE: 11 September 2023- 13 September 2023 11/09/23 MONDAY REGISTRATION 08:00-08:30Welcome by Pro Martin Palamuleni 1st session 8:30-10:30 Facilitator- Ike UmejesiRemarks by the facilitator 08:30-08:40Opening and welcome: 08:45-08:55INTRODUCTION OF GUEST SPEAKER by DR Goodrich Andre 09:00-09:10KEYNOTE SPEAKER 1: Guest speaker- Prof Lesley Green 09:15-09:45 Engagement 09:45-10:00KEYNOTE SPEAKER 2: MS […]

Planetary Utilization of Sustainability Strategies (PLUS) Southern African Regional Conference, North-West University, Mafikeng Campus

NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY, MAHIKENG CAMPUSVENUE: A1 ROOM 261DATE: 11 – 13 September 2023 BOOK FOR ABSTRACTS 1. Ms Elvena Hayford Marketing the SDGs: Concept, Gaps and Opportunities for Action in Southern Africa The United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals, known as the Global Goals, in September 2015. There are 17 interconnected goals that attempt to […]

Call for Abstracts: Southern African Society of Environmental Philosophy (SASEP) inaugural conference

Organised by Yolandi M. Coetser, Aïda C. Terblanché-Greeff and Elsie Bokaba Thanks to a generous grant for the National Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, alongside the School of Philosophy and the Institute for Contemporary Ethics (contemporaryethics.org) at the North-West University, we are able to establish the Southern African Society of Environmental Philosophy (SASEP) and […]

Call for Abstracts

Call for abstracts / call for participation

Workshop: Pluralizing the Transformation to Sustainability Abstract “Transformation – what does it mean? The WBGU defines this major transformation as the global remodelling of economy and society towards sustainability. In order to overcome the barriers which currently stand in the way of the transformation, the process depends on societal shaping and support.” (WBGU 2011) As […]