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We offer accreditation to guide the integration of SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION across Higher Ed program content — providing young people with the skills, knowledge and mindset they will need to face the challenges of the future.

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Join EduC @joineduc.bsky.social · Jan 28
🌱 Join EDuC is working to ensure that future employees, entrepreneurs and business leaders are prepared to reconcile business activities with present and future environmental and social challenges.
#SustainabilityEducation #ESD #ClimateAction #GreenTransition #EduSky #GreenSky
Why Join EDuC? JOIN EDuC offers The EDuC Label: bringing visibility and credibility to program-level sustainability commitments while empowering students in their choice of studies. Responsiveness • More responsive to student demands • More responsive to the demands of employers regarding green skills Attractiveness • More attractive to students concerned about their future • More attractive to rankings and accreditation agencies Empowerment • Greater transparency Allows students to be better informed when choosing their studies • Visibility and value recognition for faculty and program directors actively promoting sustainability
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🌍 The Hungarian Plain is described as semiarid — similar to the US southwest or the Australian outback — but now, #ClimateChange and poor water management is creating a desert.

Volunteers are taking action...!
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#ESD #Sustainability #GreenSky
Good News 2025! THE ‘WATER GUARDIANS’ FIGHTING THE DESERTIFICATION OF HUNGARY The southern Hungarian plain, once an important site for agriculture, has become increasingly dry. In previous centuries the region was regularly flooded by the Danube and Tisza Rivers. Now, volunteers are trying to save the region from total desiccation by using overflow water from a local thermal spa to flood the fields — mimicking the natural cycle of flooding that channelizing the great rivers ended. This should raise the groundwater level and create a microclimate through surface evaporation that could increase humidity, reduce temperatures and dust and have a positive impact on nearby vegetation.
December 31, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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This is great news!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Stingless bees from the Amazon granted legal rights in world first
Planet’s oldest bee species and primary pollinators were under threat from deforestation and competition from ‘killer bees’
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
joineduc.bsky.social
💦 The impacts of clean water cannot be overstated.

For example, one schoolgirl reported that the school has become a better place for girls having their period, saying, “we don’t have to stay at home, we can wash and change here at school and not miss our lessons.” 1/2
#Sustainability #GreenSky
Flooding led to a Climate Adaptation Success Story! RECORD FLOODING SUBMERGED BOR IN SOUTH SUDAN IN 2020, THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TRANSFORMED THE TOWN The people of Bor used to fetch water from a filthy stretch of the White Nile; which left the community hugely vulnerable to waterborne diseases. In 2020, Bor was submerged when the White Nile broke its banks. This resulted in a strategic shift to finding long-term, durable solutions to the water supply: • Dykes were built and drainage systems established for rainwater. • An existing treatment plant was overhauled to be “climate-resilient” — built on raised ground, it runs on solar power, minimizing running costs and carbon emissions. The project has brought jobs, reduced water costs and improved school attendance.
December 30, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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🔬 Good news! This long read from WaPo examines an exciting biological breakthrough — methane-eating microbes! Could they devour this dangerous greenhouse gas?

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
#ESD #Sustainability #ClimateChange
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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#HappyHolidays from the team at Join EDuC!
Happy Holidays! DON’T FORGET TO... • Turn off Christmas lights during the daytime • Avoid single use plastic: if you don’t have enough plates and utensils, ask a family member to bring extras • Send leftovers home with guests, or freeze them • Save your gift wrap for reuse • Take care of your decorations, and reuse them next year
December 23, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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🔬 #CarbonCapture has long been touted as a #ClimateChange game-changer — could new technology finally make this a reality?

#Sustainability #GreenTransition #GreenSky
GOOD NEWS 2025 Exciting Developments in Carbon Capture Technology Both the University of Houston and MIT researchers have unveiled breakthroughs in carbon capture technologies this year. These included a membraneless electrochemical process that achieves over 90% carbon removal at approximately $70 per metric ton, and a nanofiltration membrane, which makes carbon capture six times more efficient and 30% cheaper. The WEF believe carbon capture could open up new markets and provide climate benefits – if given strong public sector support and clear demand signals. However, currently investment is low.
December 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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🚘 #EV sales are steadily increasing despite the loss of subsidies in the US. China, and Chinese manufacturers, continue to lead the field.

It’s worth noting that the world reached peak gas car sales in 2017 — as such, US car manufacturers are in danger of being left behind.
#ClimateChange #GreenSky
GOOD NEWS 2025 Global EV Sales up by 21% SALES IN EUROPE SURGE, WHILE US SALES STALL Electric vehicle sales are up 21% globally compared to 2024. China leads the way, while Europe comes in second. EV sales in the US have not seen the same robust growth as China and Europe, following the expiration of US EV tax credits. Worldwide, EV demand continues to grow, but policy support — or the lack thereof — is increasingly shaping where this growth occurs. GRAPH SHOWING EV SALES JAN–NOV 2025 China: 11.6 million, +19% from 2024 Europe: 3.8 million, +33% North America: 1.7 million, -1% Rest of world: 1.5 million, +48%
December 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Britain has become an "electrostate" — and that means energy bills will come down, says @chrisstark.bsky.social. He's the man leading the country's charge to a clean power grid by 2030
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
‘UK is now an electrostate and, yes, this will mean lower bills’
Chris Stark, who is leading the push for clean power by 2030, said the transition was ‘straightforwardly good’ and dismissed claims it would actually raise bills
www.thetimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Shocking and worrying.
December 16, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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☀️As #RenewableEnergy goes from strength-to-strength — prices falling while growth keeps pace with demand — #FossilFuels remained mostly flat, with a slight decline in China & India.

A successful #GreenTransition is more possible, & more probable, than ever.

#Sustainability #ClimateChange #GreenSky
GOOD NEWS 2025 Renewables Outproduced Coal for the First Time IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2025, RENEWABLES PRODUCED MORE ELECTRICITY THAN COAL FOR THE FIRST TIME ON RECORD Global electricity demand grew by 2.6% in the first half of 2025 – a rise that was more than met by increases in solar (+31%) and wind generation (+7.7%), according to a report from energy think tank Ember. With growth of 306 TWh – roughly the same as Italy’s annual electricity use – solar alone covered 83% of the increase in demand. On the other hand, coal generation fell by 0.6%. As a result, renewables’ share of global electricity has risen to 34.3%, while coal’s share fell to 33.1%.
December 16, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Everything is fun and games, until you can't rehydrate.
Fresh water is more important than oil!
Sacks of water should never, ever take water for granted in their lives, politics, and environments.
joineduc.bsky.social Join EduC @joineduc.bsky.social · 22d
🇮🇷 Iran will be moving their capital due to #water shortages (what will happen to the 10 million residents of Tehran is unclear). Major cities such as Cape Town, Mexico City & Jakarta are also facing “#DayZero” scenarios. The move is expected to cost more than $100 billion.

#ClimateChange #GreenSky
Tehran can no longer remain the capital of Iran, according to Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian Scientists have long warned that unchecked groundwater pumping for the city and for agriculture was rapidly draining Iran’s aquifers. However, overuse did not just deplete underground reserves — it destroyed them, as the land compressed and sank irreversibly. A recent study found that Iran’s central plateau, where most of the country’s aquifers are located, is sinking by more than 35 cm each year. As a result, the aquifers lose about 1.7 billion cubic meters of water annually as the ground is permanently crushed, leaving no space for underground water storage to recover. Source: SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN » https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/irans-capital-has-run-out-of-water-forcing-it-to-move/
December 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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The key takeaway from this fascinating survey is that we (educators) should stick to familiar terms that people understand: Use #GlobalWarming when referring to rising temperatures and #ClimateChange for overall changes in the climate.

🔗 theconversation.com/if-you-want-...

#EduSky #GreenSky
Just Call it Climate Change! A recent survey found that Americans are more familiar with – and more concerned about – climate change and global warming than they are about climate crisis, climate emergency or climate justice. Moreover, there’s no evidence that the alternative terms increased people’s sense of urgency or willingness to act. In fact, people interviewed for a 2021 study, felt that climate experts were talking over their heads with terms like “adaptation,” “mitigation,” “sustainability” and “carbon-dioxide removal.” They wanted experts to use more familiar terms instead. Two graphs showing: % of Americans familiar with the term... Climate Change 88% Global Warming 87% Climate Crisis 76% Climate Emergency 58% Climate Justice 33% % of Americans concerned about... Climate Change 68% Global Warming 72% Climate Crisis 65% Climate Emergency 65% Climate Justice 48% Source: THE CONVERSATION » https://theconversation.com/if-you-want-americans-to-pay-attention-to-climate-change-just-call-it-climate-change-235002
December 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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💦 New research from UCL, Watershed Investigations and the Guardian has shown that Europe’s groundwater reserves are drying up. There is evidence of climate breakdown in the data.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#ClimateChange #GreenSky
Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown
Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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"If a bunch of liberal rich people invested in non-profit independent radio across the country twenty years ago we would live in a fundamentally different country"
nathantankus.bsky.social Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 21d
People are dismissing network television like they did radio 20 years ago. If a bunch of liberal rich people invested in non-profit independent radio across the country twenty years ago we would live in a fundamentally different country
December 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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janrosenow.bsky.social
In Germany the only source of electricity that keeps growing and growing: renewable energy.

Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
December 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds #Climate
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
joineduc.bsky.social
🇮🇷 Iran will be moving their capital due to #water shortages (what will happen to the 10 million residents of Tehran is unclear). Major cities such as Cape Town, Mexico City & Jakarta are also facing “#DayZero” scenarios. The move is expected to cost more than $100 billion.

#ClimateChange #GreenSky
Tehran can no longer remain the capital of Iran, according to Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian Scientists have long warned that unchecked groundwater pumping for the city and for agriculture was rapidly draining Iran’s aquifers. However, overuse did not just deplete underground reserves — it destroyed them, as the land compressed and sank irreversibly. A recent study found that Iran’s central plateau, where most of the country’s aquifers are located, is sinking by more than 35 cm each year. As a result, the aquifers lose about 1.7 billion cubic meters of water annually as the ground is permanently crushed, leaving no space for underground water storage to recover. Source: SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN » https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/irans-capital-has-run-out-of-water-forcing-it-to-move/
December 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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helenczerski.bsky.social
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
Bronze plaque saying "A Letter to the Future. Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path. This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it. August 2019. 415ppm CO2"
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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curlewaction.bsky.social
We are delighted to see the GCSE in Natural History highlighted in the just-published government’s Environment Improvement Plan.

Never has it been more important than to teach the next generation about the natural world. We protect what we love, we love what we know and we know what we are taught.
December 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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This is welcome news!
December 5, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Scientists are hoping by studying Surtsey — a new island — they can understand how nature works without human interference, and therefore how to rehabilitate ecosystems damaged by war, pollution or exploitation.

Full story: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#ClimateScience #GreenSky #EduSky
A new island erupted from the sea – can it show us how nature works without human interference?
The volcanic island of Surtsey emerged in the 1960s, and scientists say studying its development offers hope for damaged ecosystems worldwide
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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#ClimateLoans are intended to help poorer countries adapt to a hotter world. But a recent investigation has found that the money is seemingly being used for other purposes...

For the full story: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

#Sustainability #GreenTransition #GreenSky #EduSky
Climate Finance CHINA AND WEALTHY PETROSTATES ARE RECEIVING CLIMATE LOANS The Guardian and Carbon Brief analyzed submissions to the UN, along with data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), to see how billions of dollars of public money is being committed to the fight against global warming. The distribution of the largest part of the funds has no central oversight, is entirely at the discretion of individual countries, and is subject to political interests. Shockingly, just 20% of funds intended to fight climate change went to the poorest 44 countries, and mostly in the form of loans, rather than grants. LOANS RECEIVED Saudi Arabia, one of the top 10 carbon emitters, received about $328 m in Japanese climate finance loans. UAE, a petrostate with a GDP per capita on a par with France and Canada, received more than $1 bn in loans from Japan that were logged as climate finance. India was the single largest recipient of climate finance over the reporting period, receiving about $14 bn. Incredibly, even China received $3 bn in climate finance loans, mostly from multilateral banks.
December 3, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Last month, our co-founder, Joanna, was featured on the consulting and #sustainability podcast, ImpacTalks. They discussed #ESD, sustainability in hospitality, and #GreenFinance.

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0pr9...

Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
#GreenSky #EduSky
Oikos Consulting Presents ImpacTalks An hour of inspiting conversation on sustainability, consulting, and more. Episode #10 Sustainability expert, Johanna Wagner, explores how emerging trends are reshaping the future of impactful work. Together, we dive into what it means to redefine impact careers, strengthen sustainability in hospitality, and design green finance that truly works. We also examine how education systems can become more future-ready and why green skills are rapidly rising across industries. With Johanna’s deep expertise and our shared commitment to empowering the next generation of sustainability leaders, this episode offers practical insight and inspiration for anyone driving meaningful change.
December 2, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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The consultation is open to all. It takes around 15–20 minutes, and every response will help to shape future EU law.

Please take part!

#AnimalWelfare
joswabe.bsky.social Dr Jo Swabe @joswabe.bsky.social · Dec 1
EU citizens: you still have 12 days to have your say on the modernisation of the EU’s animal welfare legislation.

Here @humaneworldeurope.bsky.social explains why participation in the @ec.europa.eu’s consultation is so important. www.humaneworld.org/europe/en/ca...
Have your say: Why your voice matters for farmed animals in the EU
Now's our chance to help animals raised for food
www.humaneworld.org
December 1, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Realtors know that, in many parts of the country, if you educate people about climate risk, the housing market will collapse.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM