Green Economics Institute 2 Day International Summer School

Green Economics and Science- and survival solutions-

Networking Hub Summer School : Survival Solutions for health, economy, biodiversity and climate- 5 days to change the world

Green Jobs, Green Economics, Green Economy, Circular Economy, Green Deal, Green New Deal and much more.

Policy design, policy frameworks, international Institutions- how they work and how to imput to them, international diplomacy- -preparing your own roles

Writing -authors- how to get your ideas in print. Publishing and how it works.

Networks, dynamics and spheres of influence.

Important readings and networking. Meet the leaders and influencers.

Presenting debates, workshops, networking, break outs, virtual visits,

music, art, song -sharing support, writing workshops, academic tutoring, lectures, debates, philsophy, healing- nature visits. Experts, training in a supportive friendly atmosphere -fostering global relationships.

Science philosophy environmental management policy making campaigners academics scientists authors, writers, teachers, lecturers policians, diplomats, government officials, NGOS charities.

Life long learning, sharing caring and supporting each other

3 week long summer schools each with an optional

5 day programme following on from our previous wonderful international summer schools.

Applications are now open from people who would enjoy the lovely atmosphere or who would like to present at the event.

Email us at [email protected]. to register your interest.

Programme 3 stand alone weeks programmes

Week 1 ( Can we taken with week 2 or 3 or separately)

Day 1 Introduction to Green Ideas, Green Jobs, Green Economies, Green Careers, Green Deals,Green Regimes, Green Cultures, Green Futures and Green Visions of the Biocene- and introduction to examples and literature and research

2 Expert Lectures

Partiicipatory Workshops with examples

Day 2

Green Economies, Green Economics, Green Deals, Green Regimes, Green Trade, Entrepreneurship, Green Tech, Green Inovation, Green Digitailisation and The Future of Jobs. Green Industry.

2 Lectures

Partiicipatory Workshops with examples to work through

Day 3

Contemporary Relationships with aspects of nature, food, farming, sentient creatures,biodiversity, humans role in nature and introduction to examples and literature and research. United Nations COP 2021- run up and momentum for biodiveristy in 2021 IUCN..One Planet Summit and many other initiatives. The 6th ever mass extinction of species.

2 Expert Lectures

Participatory workshops

Day 4

Contemporary narratives of climate change, planetary dyanamics and systems on which life depends and how to respect them manage them and how they affect us. Human drives and human impacts of climate change and environmental issues.

United Nations COP26 2021- run up and momentum for climate change in 2021.

2 Expert Lectures

Participatory workshops

Day 5

The role of law, the The role of the state. The attack on the nation state. Tools and instruments and narratives to address todays dilemas. Social and societal issues. Trade, trade blocks, raw materials extraction, industry, ownership, privatisation, enclosure, land, property rights.

2 Expert Lectures

Participatory workshops

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Week 2. ( each week can be taken separately or together)

Day 1 Introduction to the programme

Setting the scene- the world today- inherent contraditions, perverse incentives, investment trails, and investment time lag to the future. Theories of change making. The Golden Age of investment in a cycle. Tracking a pathway to a sustainable future- the just transition, building back better, the race to zero, enhancing climate ambition and many other initiatives and narratives from around the world.

2 Expert speakers

Participatory Workshops

Day 2 Health of all living creatures on the planet

The human drivers of environmental change: Social constructs and the economy

The issues in the pandemic age- human and health of living things under threat.

The human and species impacts: Pressures, impacts, species migration

The life cycle, youth, middle age, ageing.

Social welfare issues in the pandemic age- the changing human demographics. Historicial and future trends -green narratives.

Day 3

Green Economy, Green Finance, Green Trade, Green Budgets, Green Management of Economies, The values, valuation and valuing of green economies, green deals, green investment and finance programmes. Climate finance and biodiversity programmes.

2 Expert Lectures

Workshops with worked examples

Day 4

Social support, equality of distribution, wealth concentration avoidance regimes and green ideas, Equity, preventing poverty, green theories for fairness and distribution and meeting basic needs. UBI etc. Contraction and convergence- Introducing the literatures. Taxations.

2 Expert Lectures

Workshops with worked examples

Day 5

Green visions for the future;

Green Ideas, green theories, green solutions, green regimes. Green Jobs, green careers -building a green world.

2 Expert speakers

Workshops with worked examples

Graduation Ceremony with inspirational speakers:

Student speeches and workshops presenting their learning

Certificates for all participants.

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Week 3 Optional Survival Solutions

Narrative based ideas putting it all together addressing todays challenges.

Day 1 Setting the Scene Introductions

The world round up of green economics and green economy literature and policies in place and the global size of the green economics markets around the world

Introduction to the aims of survival solutions to change the world for the better and to ensure human survival as well as preventing poverty and biodiversity loss and runaway climate change. Creating a more sustainable caring sharing economy.

Understanding the mainstream constructions and ideologies and vested interests and perverse incentives and sunk costs in investments and how this can be changed and is changing.

Towards a green recovery, building back better, green economy, just transitions.

Mapping the transitions so far in concrete terms. Workshops and case studies.

Debates, panels, expert inputs today setting the scene.

Participants debate the issues and undertake group activities together.

2 Expert speakers

Workshops

First evening colourful cultural dinner sharings together.

Day 2 Unpicking the world and rebuilding back better:

Food farming agriculture and land use and the essentials of life -water and air and biodiversity- nature

Presentations from experts in the field literally and sharing the great outdoors. Field trips from the future.

2 Expert speakers

Workshops

Day 3- understanding the climate and how it protects our species and provided for us for millenia -and how this is threatened and the pathways left for us to correct it- and the forces working to change it- how it all hangs together and introducing our diplomatic role at the UN in this and how you can participate and help make a real change

Cultural exchanges- song, food, plantings, art, writing, walking

virtual visits. Making virtual visits together and visiting each other virtually.

2 Expert speakers

Workshops

Day 3 afternoon - Health pandemics nature- how we can build health and

the connection to the economy and vested interests privatisation and how we construct health in the 22nd century . Making videos together for our tv channel.

2 Expert speakers

Workshops

Day 4 - Biodiversity and nature and human shelter and landuse

Why it matters more than anything else- the role of nature and who we actually are in reality. The philosophical and ideological constructs humans have made for 1000s of years and how this has led to the current crises. Our survival solutions magazine- planning and blogging and working together.

2 Expert speakers

Workshops

Day 5 Putting it all together- providing participants with the tools to get the job done- sharing methodologies -invitations to participate in our writing publishing events speaking workshops -presentations today from participants. Sharing new knowledge and how we have changed on our journeys.

High Profile Speakers.

Students speeches

PM Certificates and awards for activities during the week and outputs from the summer school.

Presentations from the Mayor and other dignitaries.

Final Tea Party -virtually to share our learning and planning our next steps together and for when we meet again.

Creating a new publication together- participants design and plan next steps.

Host or Publisher Green Economics Institute