<p> Donostia Sustainability Forum- Basque Green Deal, is a platform for the interdisciplinary treatment of sustainability from an environmental, social and economic perspective.</p> <p> The Summer Courses are an important part of the Forum's program that runs throughout the year.</p> <p> At this time the deadline for submitting proposals for the Summer Courses is open (until November 26) and through these lines we list some topics of interest for the next edition framed in each of the sustainability challenges of the DSF-BGD.</p> <p> Come and collaborate with DSF-BGD to advance towards a more sustainable world!</p> <p> Please click to see the regulations and to submit your proposal: <a href="https://www.uik.eus/en/proposals/proposals">https://www.uik.eus/en/proposals/proposals</a></p>

Donostia Sustainability Forum- Basque Green Deal, is a platform for the interdisciplinary treatment of sustainability from an environmental, social and economic perspective.

The Summer Courses are an important part of the Forum's program that runs throughout the year.

At this time the deadline for submitting proposals for the Summer Courses is open (until November 26) and through these lines we list some topics of interest for the next edition framed in each of the sustainability challenges of the DSF-BGD.

Come and collaborate with DSF-BGD to advance towards a more sustainable world!

Please click to see the regulations and to submit your proposal: https://www.uik.eus/en/proposals/proposals

<p> To do things well, we must ensure that no one loses and that everyone sees their effort rewarded.</p>

To do things well, we must ensure that no one loses and that everyone sees their effort rewarded.

<p> Impact of climate change in some unique areas of Gipuzkoa.</p> <p> Our environment has changed a lot since the days of our grandparents… and it has not even been that long. Society makes progress and that implies changes both in lifestyle and in the environment. Today we are more than 7.8 billion people on Earth and we live in a globalized world. The most notable consequence of this is the climate change we are experiencing.</p>

Impact of climate change in some unique areas of Gipuzkoa.

Our environment has changed a lot since the days of our grandparents… and it has not even been that long. Society makes progress and that implies changes both in lifestyle and in the environment. Today we are more than 7.8 billion people on Earth and we live in a globalized world. The most notable consequence of this is the climate change we are experiencing.

<p> Rufino Hernández, director of the European Congress on Energy Efficiency and Sustainability EESAP12-CICAS, prefers to speak of waves in the plural instead of focusing on the challenges posed by the wave of rehabilitation in which we are currently. With the money that will come from the European Next Generation, many things will be done, but then there will be an impasse and a new wave will come, because "each generation is different and wants different things." Now we set the goal of climate neutrality for cities for 2050 but as the years go by, new goals will be set, even before that date.</p>

Rufino Hernández, director of the European Congress on Energy Efficiency and Sustainability EESAP12-CICAS, prefers to speak of waves in the plural instead of focusing on the challenges posed by the wave of rehabilitation in which we are currently. With the money that will come from the European Next Generation, many things will be done, but then there will be an impasse and a new wave will come, because "each generation is different and wants different things." Now we set the goal of climate neutrality for cities for 2050 but as the years go by, new goals will be set, even before that date.

<p> Caty Arévalo, a journalist specialising in environmental news, co-founder of EFEverde and winner of the BBVA foundation award for conservation of biodiversity in 2017, used the event "Windows of Opportunity to Save the Planet" to outline the concept of social turning points: changes with a big multiplier effect able to bring about large-scale transformations and make a major contribution to solving environmental problems.</p>

Caty Arévalo, a journalist specialising in environmental news, co-founder of EFEverde and winner of the BBVA foundation award for conservation of biodiversity in 2017, used the event "Windows of Opportunity to Save the Planet" to outline the concept of social turning points: changes with a big multiplier effect able to bring about large-scale transformations and make a major contribution to solving environmental problems.

<p> Nowadays There are fifty-one billion tons of greenhouse gases in the world and by 2050 the goal is to reach zero net carbon emissions.&nbsp;</p>

Nowadays There are fifty-one billion tons of greenhouse gases in the world and by 2050 the goal is to reach zero net carbon emissions. 

<p> <strong>Fermin Alvarez Agoues</strong>, 30 years old, from Zarautz, graduate in Geology from the University of the Basque Country, Master in Marine Environment and Resources (MER). Currently a PhD candidate at Trinity College Dublin, studying sea level changes in the Atlantic Ocean.</p>

Fermin Alvarez Agoues, 30 years old, from Zarautz, graduate in Geology from the University of the Basque Country, Master in Marine Environment and Resources (MER). Currently a PhD candidate at Trinity College Dublin, studying sea level changes in the Atlantic Ocean.

<p> We are in an unprecedented moment of transformation in the transport and mobility sector. "We will need to make an additional effort to adapt,&nbsp;do things differently, and probably set untraditional solutions," said María José Rallo at the UPV / EHU Summer Courses.</p>

We are in an unprecedented moment of transformation in the transport and mobility sector. "We will need to make an additional effort to adapt, do things differently, and probably set untraditional solutions," said María José Rallo at the UPV / EHU Summer Courses.

<p> "Buildings are capable of constructing interpersonal relationships if their design seeks to do this, as they are partly responsible for the excessive individualization that has emerged in recent years. This individualization is leading to a worrying increase of social problems such as loneliness, one of the biggest pandemics of the 21^st century, according to the WHO".&nbsp;</p>

"Buildings are capable of constructing interpersonal relationships if their design seeks to do this, as they are partly responsible for the excessive individualization that has emerged in recent years. This individualization is leading to a worrying increase of social problems such as loneliness, one of the biggest pandemics of the 21^st century, according to the WHO". 

<p> Andreu Escrivá author of the book "¿Y ahora yo qué hago? Como evitar la culpa climática y pasar a la acción" commented that in reality, the title should read "And what do we do now?"&nbsp; because climate change is a collective problem and the solutions have to be collective.&nbsp; We cannot be in individualistic approaches where "I have my little ecological plot. This is what suits capitalism and the companies that can sell us packs of climate solutions for our lives.&nbsp; We will buy them and think we are good green citizens instead of betting on the structural changes we need. The most important thing you can do is to join other people.”&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

Andreu Escrivá author of the book "¿Y ahora yo qué hago? Como evitar la culpa climática y pasar a la acción" commented that in reality, the title should read "And what do we do now?"  because climate change is a collective problem and the solutions have to be collective.  We cannot be in individualistic approaches where "I have my little ecological plot. This is what suits capitalism and the companies that can sell us packs of climate solutions for our lives.  We will buy them and think we are good green citizens instead of betting on the structural changes we need. The most important thing you can do is to join other people.”  

<p> Daniel Calleja, the European Commission's Director General for the Environment, noted that the European Union is facing unprecedented challenges. Among these, the greatest of all is climate change, the great challenge of sustainability.</p>

Daniel Calleja, the European Commission's Director General for the Environment, noted that the European Union is facing unprecedented challenges. Among these, the greatest of all is climate change, the great challenge of sustainability.

<p> Mikel González: The speed of the energy transition will depend a lot on the degree of social support, and for this it is key that policies are socially just.</p> <p> With current technologies we could already decarbonize 80% of CO2 emissions.</p>

Mikel González: The speed of the energy transition will depend a lot on the degree of social support, and for this it is key that policies are socially just.

With current technologies we could already decarbonize 80% of CO2 emissions.

<p> The Donostia Sustainability Forum, organized by the Summer Courses of the University of the Basque Country and the BBVA Foundation, received Antonio Vercher in one of its sessions open to the public. Vercher is a Prosecutor of the Coordinating Prosecutor's Office for the Environment and Urban Planning since 2006.&nbsp;</p>

The Donostia Sustainability Forum, organized by the Summer Courses of the University of the Basque Country and the BBVA Foundation, received Antonio Vercher in one of its sessions open to the public. Vercher is a Prosecutor of the Coordinating Prosecutor's Office for the Environment and Urban Planning since 2006. 

<p> INMA Childhood and Environment Project.</p> <p> The INMA project arises from the interest to identify the effects of exposure to different environmental factors during pregnancy and its effects on the physical and neuropsychological health of the child.</p>

INMA Childhood and Environment Project.

The INMA project arises from the interest to identify the effects of exposure to different environmental factors during pregnancy and its effects on the physical and neuropsychological health of the child.

Biomimetics (bio=life, mimetics=imitation) as a techno-science is in full development. Aristotle and Plato already spoke of biomimetic approaches and Leonardo Da Vinci designed flying devices imitating the flight of birds. Now the discipline is experiencing a "new dawn" in how to translate its philosophy into praxis. Transferring to artificial intelligence how to learn that information. It is a techno-science under construction. It's like a child learning to run. "We have to do it soon because of the environmental problems we have.

<p> The symposium "The Rocky Coast: Geology, Ecology, Sculpture" &nbsp;&nbsp;organised by the UPV/EHU Summer Courses brought together specialists in art, literature, geology and ecology on June 3 and 4 .&nbsp; The event, held at the Aquarium in San Sebastian, was part of the inauguration of the work Hondalea by Cristina Iglesias.</p>

The symposium "The Rocky Coast: Geology, Ecology, Sculpture"   organised by the UPV/EHU Summer Courses brought together specialists in art, literature, geology and ecology on June 3 and 4 .  The event, held at the Aquarium in San Sebastian, was part of the inauguration of the work Hondalea by Cristina Iglesias.

<p> Just as important as the risk of greenwashing is the risk of timewashing, i.e. the risk of inaction due to lack of data or incomplete regulation. The key is to start acting and be willing to make an impact on the environment in which you operate.</p>

Just as important as the risk of greenwashing is the risk of timewashing, i.e. the risk of inaction due to lack of data or incomplete regulation. The key is to start acting and be willing to make an impact on the environment in which you operate.

<p> “La Costa Rocosa: Geología, Ecología, Escultura” es el título del simposio internacional que surge de la nueva obra escultórica de Cristina Iglesias en el viejo faro de la isla de Santa Clara de Donostia y que se celebra&nbsp;los días 3 y 4 de junio en el marco del Donostia Sustainability Forum y los Cursos de Verano de la UPV/EHU.</p>

“La Costa Rocosa: Geología, Ecología, Escultura” es el título del simposio internacional que surge de la nueva obra escultórica de Cristina Iglesias en el viejo faro de la isla de Santa Clara de Donostia y que se celebra los días 3 y 4 de junio en el marco del Donostia Sustainability Forum y los Cursos de Verano de la UPV/EHU.

<p> “The Rocky Coast: Geology, Ecology, Sculpture” is the title of the international symposium that arises from the new sculptural of Cristina Iglesias in the old lighthouse of the island of Santa Clara in Donostia.</p>

“The Rocky Coast: Geology, Ecology, Sculpture” is the title of the international symposium that arises from the new sculptural of Cristina Iglesias in the old lighthouse of the island of Santa Clara in Donostia.

<p> The first webinar of the second edition of the Donostia Sustainibility Forum addressed the challenges and opportunities for achieving more sustainable food models.&nbsp; The talk was given by Jaime Zufía, coordinator of the Department of Efficient and Sustainable Processes at the AZTI technology centre and an expert&nbsp;in initiatives related to eco-efficiency and sustainability in the food chain.</p>

The first webinar of the second edition of the Donostia Sustainibility Forum addressed the challenges and opportunities for achieving more sustainable food models.  The talk was given by Jaime Zufía, coordinator of the Department of Efficient and Sustainable Processes at the AZTI technology centre and an expert in initiatives related to eco-efficiency and sustainability in the food chain.

<p> After the excellent response to the first edition of the <a href="http://www.donostiasustainabilityforum.eus/en/news/donostia-sustainability-forum-closes-cycle-open-conferences-internationally-renowned-scientists">Donostia Sustainability Forum in 2020</a>, the 2021 edition of the Forum presents content to be offered over the year in hybrid form (physical and live online).</p>

After the excellent response to the first edition of the Donostia Sustainability Forum in 2020, the 2021 edition of the Forum presents content to be offered over the year in hybrid form (physical and live online).

<p> Transition is evolution. Energy transition, a path to follow to reach something new based on a rational use of energy, use of renewables and sustainable development.&nbsp;</p>

Transition is evolution. Energy transition, a path to follow to reach something new based on a rational use of energy, use of renewables and sustainable development. 

<p> A system needs to be created in which each and every one of us can have access to education, a participative, collaborative and cooperative, non-competitive system with room for both classroom and on-line education.</p>

A system needs to be created in which each and every one of us can have access to education, a participative, collaborative and cooperative, non-competitive system with room for both classroom and on-line education.

The Covid-19 crisis may serve as a lever to intensify the climate crisis.