Go Green x Sustainable(ish): Progress not perfection

This workshop introduced the core ideas of climate justice and intersectionality, exploring why decolonising and decarbonising education must be tackled together.

Discover real-world examples of climate injustice, the risks of non‑intersectional sustainability approaches, and how education can drive more just, inclusive climate action across curricula.

This session shared the latest updates from the Responsible Futures accreditation and how sustainability is being embedded across the organisation.

Teresa Cox, Senior Manager (Access Programme), was joined by colleagues from Open SU, LDS and our faculties to showcase collaborative work within the curriculum and beyond, highlighting how we are responding to the Responsible Futures framework to strengthen sustainability across teaching, learning and operations.

The Open University marked Veganuary with a programme of online and on‑campus events exploring plant‑based living through the themes of sustainability, ethics and health.

Sustainability and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are often framed in terms of compliance and treated as a ‘nice to have’ addition to business as usual. Yet both disciplines are deeply concerned with what it means to be a human in the world. Indeed, both may inform our approach to relationships throughout our lives – with our colleagues, students and communities as well as planet Earth.

Jane Grindey from Milton Keynes Community Energy led this session. Community energy is all about people joining forces, acting and using local resources to manage or generate clean, affordable energy that benefits everyone in the local community.