Vision and aims

Sustainability for us means meeting the social foundations of current and future generations while living responsibly within a healthy, natural environment.

Our vision is to enable individuals, communities and organisations to act towards a sustainable future through education, research and partnership.  We support interdisciplinary, cross-campus and cross-sectoral solutions to climate change.

We aim to:

  • Bring people, disciplines and sectors together for new insights.
  • Connect academic expertise with policy, business and activism.
  • Build capacity through mainstreaming sustainability education.

Our objectives are to:

  • Enable the University to lead and be part of the current global movement calling for sustainable solutions across all sectors.
  • Support, publicly promote, and help to coordinate the activities of staff (academic & professional) and students around sustainability​.
  • Leverage Scottish, UK, and International funding and multi-sector partnerships for future calls related to the climate emergency.
Centre for Sustainable Solutions film

Centre for Sustainable Solutions film

The Centre for Sustainable Solutions is making new connections every day and we are keen to enable everyone at the University of Glasgow to act toward a sustainable and just future. The Centre is focusing its climate action in three key domains: education, research and partnership.

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Contact us

Email: sustainable-solutions@glasgow.ac.uk

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CfSS Blog

  • 26 May

    Women’s legacy: Our cultural heritage for equity

    Centre for Sustainable Solutions’ Education officer Ben Murphy recently presented at the Women’s Legacy Transnational conference. Ben has been working as a consultant with the ERASMUS+ team on the ‘Womens Legacy: our cultural heritage for equity’ project over the past two years, and the conference marked the culmination of the project.
  • 26 May

    Beltane @ The Shieling Project

    The Centre exists to enable individuals, communities and organisations to act towards a sustainable future through education, research and partnership. We support interdisciplinary, cross-campus and cross-sectoral solutions to climate change. Recently, the centre co-sponsored the ‘Beltane @ the Shieling Project’ event.
  • 29 Jun

    Changing Activism: Climate Litigation

    As corporations and governments stall on their net-zero promises, climate activists are turning to legal action to drive forward a just transition.
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