Goals and future of NSCN,Nordic Sustainable Campus Network

NSCN seminar 5.-6.3.2013 @ Aalto Design Factory,Otaniemi campus, Espoo, Finland

Chair of NSCN steering committee and sustainability advisorMeri Löyttyniemi, Aalto University

“No problem can be solved from the sameconsciousness that created it. We have to learnto see the world anew.”

Albert Einstein

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Aalto University, Finland

Research andeducation,

ESD

Sustainablecampus

Outreach,societal impact

Our intention is to integrate sustainability and responsibility into all teaching andresearch by 2015 and be Finland's leading sustainable university campus in 2020.

www.aalto.fi/sustainability

A Nordic project behind NSCN”Development of the Nordic Higher Education Networks forSustainable Development and Green Campus” is financed by NordicCouncil of Ministers (NMR) during 2012-13

Co-operation with ESDAN and other relevant actorsOperated by Åbo Akademi and Aalto University

Åbo Akademi, TurkuESD

Paula Lindroos,Ea Blomqvist,

Sinikka Suomalainen

Aalto, Helsinki & EspooGreen campus

Meri LöyttyniemiHille Häkkinen

NSCN

Goals of NSCNimproving overall sustainability of Nordicuniversities (ESD/education & green campus)committing top management and involving alluniversity stakeholderssupporting sustainability activities within Nordicuniversities by creating a platform for sharinginformation, generating and coordinating jointactivities, including student engagementstrengthening Nordic visibility in global networkssharing experiences and best practices

Signatory members of NSCN (Jan.2012)

NSCN members by February 2013

• Copenhagen Business School• University of Southern Denmark• Karolinska Institutet• KTH Royal Institute of Technology• University of Gävle• University West• Umeå University• Uppsala University• Tampere University of Technology• Theatre Academy Helsinki• University of Tampere• University of Eastern Finland

• University of Vaasa• University of Turku• Bifröst University• Lahti University of Applied Sciences• Novia University of Applied Sciences• Savonia UAS• Tampere University of Applied Sciences• Turku University of Applied Sciences

…IS YOUR INSTITUTION MISSING?Contact meri.loyttyniemi@aalto.fi

NSCN Steering group members

The role of the steering group is to share responsibilities withinthe network members, keep other members and wider audienceinformed of the network´s current issues, monitor the activitiesof the network and to plan future possibilities of the network.

FI: Aalto University, Meri Löyttyniemi (chair)DK: University of Copenhagen, Tomas R. PoulsenSE: University of Gothenburg, Eddi OmrcenNO: University of Oslo, Jorulf B. SildeIS: University of Iceland, Sigurlaug I. Lövdahl

Launching the NSCN network in 2012

ESDAN-seminar at Novia, March´12EUA conference in Warwick, April´12WSSDU-2012, Rio de Janeiro, June´12ISCN symposium in Oregon, June´12

+ NSCN delegation visiting top Universities inUSA & Canada/led by GU June-July´12

NSCN – activities in 2012creating the platform (=email-list, www-sites)initiating sustainability working group within NUASinvitation sent to

rectors of Nordic HEIs (higher education institutions)members of Finnish SD-forum and Nordic counterpartsNUAS, N5T and other collaborative networks

attending seminars & events, e.g. International Week atGothenburg Univ. in Nov.2012

NSCN – coming up in 2013NSCN seminar in Aalto, Finland 5.-6.3.2013Welcoming new members, spreading the knowledgeCo-operation with NUAS continues:

NUAS/Teknik, byggnader och miljö, Sustainablecampus seminar at Univ.of Oslo 8.-10.9.2013, www.nuas.org

Final seminar of the NMR projectfall 2013, organized by Åbo Akademi

Visiting German Universities, spring 2014

Looking for new sources for funding and futureopportuni es & ac vi es let´s do it together!

Future activities

The network will develop its activities by the members.

Sustainability campaigns, theme daysCreating Nordic or bilateral projects & eventsStaff and student exchange programmesWhat´s your suggestion?

Future opportunities

Come and join us to develop it further!NSCN is looking for

HEIs and univ.staff members interested insustainability issues becoming new memberssources for fundingan institution interested in becoming a(circulating) homebase for NSCNstudent and staff members with project ideas

NSCN contact information

Ms. Hille Häkkinen, environmental expert and NSCN projectcoordinator only until 21.3.13, Aalto University

nordicsustainablecampusnetwork.wordpress.com

To join the NSCN e-mail-list, please send your address to: meri.loyttyniemi@aalto.fi

Ms. Meri Löyttyniemi, senior advisor, sustainable development, Aalto Univ.Visiting address: Konemiehentie 4, Otaniemi campus in Espoo, Finlandmeri.loyttyniemi@aalto.fi, +358 50 313 7549

www.aalto.fi/nscn

Address for all NSCN network members: nscn@list.aalto.fi

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Velkomin!

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Tervetuloa!Welcome!

Velkommen!

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