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Video, 20 mins

What is... Sustainability?

While technology helps, the climate crisis is a human issue. Sheffield’s Arts and Humanities faculty shows how the humanities shape a sustainable future.

When we think of the climate crisis and actions needed to live sustainably, we are often inclined to think of new technologies and scientific alternatives.

And whilst these are of course part of the fight, the climate crisis is a human problem and therefore can only be tackled with human solutions. 

The faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Sheffield demonstrates the vital role the humanities play in shaping a sustainable future.

Credits

  • Professor Cathy Shrank, Faculty Director of One University Strategy Delivery at the University of Sheffield
  • Dr John Miller, Senior Lecturer in Nineteenth-Century Literature at the University of Sheffield
  • Anna Ferrarese, Italian and Latin Teacher at the University of Sheffield
  • Professor Joanna Gavins, Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Sheffield, and Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures
  • Dr Jane Woodin, Programme Leader for MA in Intercultural Communication at the University of Sheffield
  • Professor Robert McKay, Professor of Contemporary Literature at the University of Sheffield
  • Dr Peter Matanle, Senior Lecturer in Japanese Studies at the University of Sheffield

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