References

Micro-credential in Sustainability

This summer school is an offshoot of the Micro-credential in Sustainability developed within Una Europa.

The Micro-credential in Sustainability consists of five MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) which, once completed, award the learner with 10ECTS.

Co-developed by Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, University of Helsinki and Jagiellonian University within Una Europa, the Micro-credential programme is based on the latest research on Environmental, Sustainability and Atmospheric Sciences, Economics and Art.

Micro-credential in Sustainability

System Change, Not Climate Change: Degrowth and Well-being

Jagiellonian University

On degrowth:

Documentary

Fairytales of Growth (2020) Documentary

Readings

Meet the lefty Europeans who want to shrink the economy - The Economist + answer: A response to The Economist: Shut up and let me grow
Aim high, degrow: dialogues on degrowth - EUC Seminar Series 2023 - 2024
O’Neill, D.W., Fanning, A.L., Lamb, W.F. et al (2018) A good life for all within planetary boundaries. Nature Sustainability, 1, 88–95
Fitzpatrick, N., Parrique, T., Cosme, I. (2022) Exploring degrowth policy proposals: A systematic mapping with thematic synthesis, Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 365, 132764
George Monbiot + Timothée Parrique + Anuna De Wever Van Der Heyden 1 + Anuna De Wever Van Der Heyden 2

On posthumanism:

Readings

Ferrando, F. (2013) Posthumanism, Transhumanism, Antihumanism, Metahumanism, and New Materialisms Differences and Relations, Existenz, 8(2), 26-32.
Pałasz, M., Pieniążek, M. & Wydra, J. Language Affects Climate. Found Sci (2024)

Sustainable Food Systems

University of Helsinky

Readings

EFSA (European Food Safety Authority), Maggiore A, Afonso A, Barrucci A, De Sanctis G, 2020. Climate change as a driver of emerging risks for food and feed safety, plant, animal health and nutritional quality. EFSA supporting publication 2020: 17(6):EN-1881. 146 pp.
OECD (2019), Enhancing Climate Change Mitigation through Agriculture, OECD Publishing, Paris
Hormio, S. (2024). Shared Social Orientation and Responsibility as Constituents. In Hormio: Taking Responsibility for Climate Change, Palgrave Macmillan (pp. 73-100).
Kortetmäki, T. (2022). What is (not) the point of just transition in food systems?. In D. Bruce, & A. Bruce (Eds.), Transforming food systems: ethics, innovation and responsibility : EurSafe 2022 Edinburgh (pp. 52-57). Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Podcast

Better Food, Better World podcast launched by the World Food Programme

Climate Change and the Arts: The Italian Fragile Ecosystem

University of Bologna

Readings

Baldacci, C. (2023). An Archipelago of Ecological Care: Venice, Its Lagoon, and Contemporary Art. In LAGOONSCAPES, vol. 3, pp. 321-333
Cucco, M., Scaglioni, M., Sfardini, A., Willems, G. (eds.) (2022), Comunicazioni sociali, n. 2, Sustainable Screenings: Economic, Touristic and Cultural Impact of Audiovisual Productions on the Host Locations in the Post-Lockdown Era
Fowkes, M., Fowkes, R. (2022). World of Art: Art and Climate Change. Thames & Hudson
Mirzoeff, N. (2016). How to See the World. An Introduction to Images, from Self-Portraits to Selfies, Maps to Movies, and More. Basic Books
Regi, E. (2023) A Matter of Relationships: Dramatising, Staging and Planning Ecological Performances. In Itinera, n. 25

Art Projects and Exhibitions