Professional competence development for Sustainability Lars Rydén Baltic University Programme & CSD Uppsala Uppsala University, Sweden The Baltic University Programme BUP MedIes ESD Conference Uppsala 6-10 October 2008

A discussion with a competence developer (Stockholm 2007)! “Sustainable development was originally perceived as a moral programme (Brundtland Committee)” “The Rio conference turned it into a political programme (Agenda 21)” “Today it has become a competence programme” My comment: In the future (or already!) it will be a business idea

Professions addressed in SD Competence development Engineering and technology Urban planning Architecture Environmental management Economics Agriculture etc

SD Competence development providers General frameworks EMS, IMS (management systems) GRI (Global reporting initiative) EU legislation and certification (IPPC) Consultancies with a framework The Natural Step Foundation Global Community Initiative Alan Atkisson A large number of courses, seminars, mostly focussed IVL, Stockholm SKL Kompetensforum IKnow Universities Not so much Baltic University Programme

First case – engineering education

A challenge of our time:Sustainable Production & Consumption - We use resources in an inefficient way - We cause too much environmental impact - We accumulate waste (not enough recycling) - We lack long-term thinking (sustainability)

Baltic University Environmental management Project components 1. Education (a four course package) 2. Cooperation university-industry 3. Addressing our own way to work 4. Research?

Environmental Management The courses (4x7.5 ECTS) 1. Policy Instruments 2. Cleaner Production 3. Product Design & LCA 4. Environmental Management Systems

Environmental Management The course package Books CDs with films Exercises Teachers guides Home page

Environmental Management The books 1)A book part with chapters; basic theory, examples, concepts etc 2)A document part, e.g. EU directives, CP practices, etc. 3)A case study part with 6 cases 4)In some books additional parts 1)Each book some pages 2)Many examples, pictures, diagrams, Internet links 5)Index

Book 4 Environmental Management Systems and Certification

Book 2 Cleaner production

What can be done for Energy use (heat) Jan Lemming, Energirådgivare, Uppsala Kommun, 2002

Årsta Vårdcentral

Building a passive energy house in Hamburg Germany

Book 4 Tools

Book 3 - Product design and life cycle assessment Chapter 4 Examples of ecodesign

Book 4 Case studies

Students can be messengers of technology for sustainable production and consumption Students diploma work in industry Introducing EMS in industry

Second case – planners in cities and towns

Four main challenges for the local level 1. Transition to energy without fossils 2. Recycling all material flows 3. Transition to a post-industrial economy 4. A non-growing population - aging society

Who develops management tools? 1.Universities and research organisations - Chalmers/Gbg University, Physical Resource Theory - SERI, Wien 2. Organisations - Natural Step foundation, Sweden - ICLEI, Germany - Global Community Initiative, USA - EU sustainable cities and towns campaign, EU - UBC, Union of Baltic Cities, Finland - Forum for the Future, UK - ISO for the EMS and IMS 3. Projects - Baltic University Urban Forum, BUUF - Sustainment - Managing Urban Europe 25, MUE25 4. Institutions - Sustainable Community Indicators Program SCIP, Canada - The International Sustainability Indicators Network, ISIN, Canada 5. Companies - Atiksson - Various consultancies

Background: Experiences from 30 cities in the Baltic Sea region

Sustain- ability manage- ment in cities and towns

Setting up a process for sustainability management - (Compare to EMS and IMS) 1. Common concept of of Sustainability 2. Visioning 3. Baseline review 4. Back casting 5. Monitoring with indicators 6. Management cycles, plan-do-check-act 7. Organising the work

1. Develop a common concept of sustainability

1. Material resources - all material flows in the municipality 2. Urban space resources – all area planning in the municipality 3. Human resources - all inhabitants in the municipality 4.Societal resources - the city administration and all its services, institutions 5.Economic resources - companies and all other economic units These resources are not exchangeable and they are all limited. Sustainable development is here defined as proper management of limited resources Baltic University Urban forum BUUF: For cities SD is best defined as good resource management

Understand Cities as Systems Gwendolyn Hallsmith Global Community Initiatives

EarthCAT Workbook

Feedback

5. To monitor sustainability with indicators Monitor sustainability with indicators

Bristol – inhabitants discuss the future of the city in sustainability cafés

To like to live in the city is the most important sustainability indicator

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