RIAS CPD

Social Sustainability Seminar: Happiness or Helplessness

Thursday 23rd May 2024, 14:00-16:30 & Tuesday 4th June 2024, 14:00 - 16:30 (online)

Cross-Profession Learning.

Introduction:

In the past decade, carbon reduction has dominated climate crisis discussions, vital for achieving a Net Zero Carbon world. However, our evolving relationship with the planet as social beings is equally crucial. "Happiness or Helplessness" looks to explore the importance of social sustainability in our current context.

While architecture often aims for utopian happiness, listening harder and focusing on real needs might be more pertinent. Conversely, the medical profession assists those in positions of helplessness to take the first step to discovering you can speak about your unhappiness. Working with 'GPs at the Deep End' the seminars explore social sustainability's historic influences in Scotland and potential pathways forward.

Join speakers from Newcastle University, Scottish Futures Trust, Energy Action Scotland and the Stove Collective among others for the upcoming two sessions to explore 'Happiness or Helplessness'.

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