Oasis of Radical Wellbeing
Social sustainability in practice.
Towards social sustainability at Aalto
The concept of social sustainability was discussed by Aalto community in the Wellbeing on a Sustainable Campus event of the Earth Hour Week 2023.
The main mission of the Campus Sustainability Team is to promote sustainable development through the perspectives of ecological, social and economic responsibility. However, the exact meaning of the concept of social sustainability is yet to be defined more specifically in the Aalto context.
As members of the Campus Sustainability Team of Aalto University, the Oasis of Radical Wellbeing team hosted an interactive session for the participants of Wellbeing on a Sustainable Campus event (22.3.2023) to brainstorm the meaning of the concept of 鈥渟ocial sustainability鈥 at Aalto.
The event included a variety of dynamic sessions:
- Opening the event,鈥疭atu鈥疜ankaala/ACRE鈥
- Carbon鈥痭eutrality鈥痳oadmap鈥2030 update,鈥疎lina Ruoho/Aalto鈥疷niversity鈥
- TETS &鈥疌arbon鈥痭eutral鈥痳eport
- Energy鈥痵aving鈥痗ampaign鈥&鈥痳esults,鈥疶uomo Uusitalo/ACRE鈥
- Sneak鈥痯eek鈥痑t鈥痶he鈥痭ew鈥痺ellbeing鈥痳oute鈥痮n campus,鈥疭anni Saarim盲ki/Aalto鈥疷niversity鈥
- Renewed鈥痗ampus鈥痮utdoors,鈥疉apo Pihkala/ACRE鈥
- 狈补辫辫颈苍驳鈥痯辞诲蝉鈥赌撯赌痯补谤迟颈肠颈辫补迟辞谤测鈥痓耻诲驳别迟颈苍驳鈥痯谤辞箩别肠迟鈥2022,鈥疪补颈濒颈鈥疨枚苍苍颈/础补濒迟辞鈥疷苍颈惫别谤蝉颈迟测鈥
- Socially鈥痵ustainable鈥疉alto? Interactive鈥痙iscussion,鈥疶iina Pylkk枚nen & Suvi鈥疕elko/Aalto鈥疷niversity鈥
- Closing鈥痶he鈥痚vent,鈥疜ari Haapam盲ki & Satu Kankaala/ACRE
Exchanging ideas for what social sustainability at Aalto means will continue in the 鈥淕reen Minds, Healthy Hearts 鈥 Social Sustainability Symposium鈥 organized by Oasis of Radical Wellbeing on 30.5.2023. Save the date!
Campus Sustainability team
The main mission of the Campus Sustainability team is to promote sustainable development through the perspectives of ecological, social and economic responsibility.
Green Minds, Healthy Hearts - Social Sustainability Symposium May 30, 2023
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