Lectures related to Human Needs and Wellbeing

Sustainable Development Goals: Individual and Collective Actions

Emphasizes the role of individual and collective actions in achieving sustainability through the Sustainable Development Goals and the successes of the Millennium Development Goals.

From IPAT to Sustainability

Explores the transition from IPAT to sustainability, focusing on ecosystem services, biosphere integrity, Impact Inequality, SDGs, Doughnut economy, and GDP growth.

Climate Change: Understanding Trends and System Structures

Examines the relationship between climate change events and underlying trends, emphasizing the importance of understanding system structures and feedback loops.

Planetary Boundaries: Assessing Environmental Limits

Covers planetary boundaries, emphasizing their importance for environmental stability and sustainability.

Human Needs and Sustainability

Discusses human needs, sustainability, satisfiers, and the impact of destroyers on need satisfaction.

Global Challenges: Understanding Sustainability and Human Impact

Covers global sustainability challenges, focusing on planetary boundaries and the impact of human activities on the environment.

Planetary Boundaries: Biodiversity and Sustainability

Explores planetary boundaries, biodiversity, and sustainability, emphasizing the impact of crossing boundaries on Earth's system.

Global Challenges: Sustainability and Future Narratives

Discusses sustainability through the Three Horizons framework, emphasizing the need for community-level actions and a new societal narrative for ecological transformation.

Climate & Sustainability Action Week

Delves into EPFL's Climate & Sustainability Action Week, a collaborative 5-day program focusing on methods, outcomes, emotional expression, and team work.

Sustainability: Other Indicators

Explores sustainability indicators, doughnut economy, social thresholds, and country performance.

Recycling and Sustainable Development: Challenges and Solutions

Examines the role of recycling in sustainable development, addressing its limitations and the importance of a circular economy.

Limits of Growth: Technological Progress and Sustainability

Examines the limits of growth concerning technological progress and sustainability, emphasizing energy consumption and ecological constraints.

Fluid Landscape: Water's Influence

Explores the interconnectedness of natural cycles and water's role in sustaining life.

Sustainable Development: Social Progress and Collective Action Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Examines sustainable development, emphasizing the interplay between individual and collective actions in achieving social progress.

Wellbeing and Human Needs: Exploring Sustainable Satisfaction Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Examines the relationship between wellbeing, human needs, and sustainable satisfaction through the lens of sufficiency.

Energy, Human Needs and Wellbeing Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Delves into the interplay between energy, human needs, and sustainability, emphasizing sufficiency and social wellbeing.

Sustainable Development: Limits to Growth and Human Well-Being Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Addresses sustainable development, focusing on limits to growth and their impact on human well-being.

Human Wellbeing: Energy, Needs, and Sustainability Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Delves into the intricate balance between energy, human needs, and sustainability, emphasizing the importance of satisfying human needs within ecological constraints.

Systems Thinking: Addressing Complex Environmental Challenges Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores systems thinking as a vital approach to tackle complex environmental challenges and promote sustainability.

Energy Governance: Markets and Human Needs Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Examines the limitations of markets in energy governance and advocates for a hybrid approach to ensure sustainability and equity in energy access.