Development and Delivery
of a Sustainable Development Unit in UK
Universities: A Higher Education’s
Guide for Future Sustainability Leaders
Eleni Michalopoulou, Aisling Tierney, Ed Atkins, Tabitha Stanmore,
Lin Ma, Natalie Jester, and Chris Preist
1 Introduction
We are now in the era of the Anthropocene (Crutzen 2002) where humans are characterised as a “force significant enough to reshape the face of the Earth” (Clark et al.
2005). In 2015 the United Nations (UN), following a long history of discussions
around Sustainable Development (SD), established the 17 Sustainable Development
E. Michalopoulou (B) · E. Atkins
School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Road, Bristol BS8 1SS, UK
e-mail: em15151@bristol.ac.uk
E. Atkins
e-mail: ed.atkins@bristol.ac.uk
A. Tierney
Education Services, University of Bristol, Great George Street, Bristol BS1 5QD, UK
e-mail: a.tierney@bristol.ac.uk
T. Stanmore
Department of Historical Studies, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1QU, UK
e-mail: Tabitha.stanmore@bristol.ac.uk
N. Jester
School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TU,
UK
e-mail: natalie.jester@bristol.ac.uk
C. Preist
Department of Computer Science, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1UB, UK
e-mail: chris.preist@bristol.ac.uk
L. Ma
SPAIS, School of Sociology, Politics, and International Relations, University of Bristol, Bristol,
UK
e-mail: lin.ma@bristol.ac.uk
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Universities, Sustainability and Society: Supporting
the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, World Sustainability Series,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63399-8_30
465
of a Sustainable Development Unit in UK
Universities: A Higher Education’s
Guide for Future Sustainability Leaders
Eleni Michalopoulou, Aisling Tierney, Ed Atkins, Tabitha Stanmore,
Lin Ma, Natalie Jester, and Chris Preist
1 Introduction
We are now in the era of the Anthropocene (Crutzen 2002) where humans are characterised as a “force significant enough to reshape the face of the Earth” (Clark et al.
2005). In 2015 the United Nations (UN), following a long history of discussions
around Sustainable Development (SD), established the 17 Sustainable Development
E. Michalopoulou (B) · E. Atkins
School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Road, Bristol BS8 1SS, UK
e-mail: em15151@bristol.ac.uk
E. Atkins
e-mail: ed.atkins@bristol.ac.uk
A. Tierney
Education Services, University of Bristol, Great George Street, Bristol BS1 5QD, UK
e-mail: a.tierney@bristol.ac.uk
T. Stanmore
Department of Historical Studies, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1QU, UK
e-mail: Tabitha.stanmore@bristol.ac.uk
N. Jester
School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TU,
UK
e-mail: natalie.jester@bristol.ac.uk
C. Preist
Department of Computer Science, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1UB, UK
e-mail: chris.preist@bristol.ac.uk
L. Ma
SPAIS, School of Sociology, Politics, and International Relations, University of Bristol, Bristol,
UK
e-mail: lin.ma@bristol.ac.uk
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Universities, Sustainability and Society: Supporting
the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, World Sustainability Series,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63399-8_30
465