Programme
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Keynote Prof. dr. ir. Arjen Wals
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Official launch Sustainability Office VU
Location: New University building, Theatre 2
Keynote
About prof. dr. ir. Arjen Wals
Arjen Wals is a Professor of Transformative Learning for Socio-Ecological Sustainability at Wageningen University where he also holds the UNESCO Chair of Social Learning and Sustainable Development. Furthermore, he is a Guest Professor at the Norwegian University for the Life Sciences (NMBU)and the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. He holds an Honorary Doctorate from Gothenburg University in Sweden.
His work focusses on enabling, supporting and assessing ecologies of learning that foster sustainable living by inviting more relational, ethical and critical ways of knowing and being. Much of the research Wals engages in focusses on the development of Whole School Approaches to sustainability and the decolonization of education. He writes a blog that signals developments in the emerging field of sustainability education
Official Launch
Sustainability Office VU launches officialy during Sustainability Day. During this launche event you will get to know more about what the Sustainability Office brings to VU and how they can help you take sustainability to the next level at your department, service or faculty. Furthermore, you will get to know the Sustainability Office VU team. We would love to conclude this day with you during the drinks following the launch of the Sustainability Office. Everyone is welcome!
Registration
Register via the registration form to join this part of the programme.
