Innovation for sustainability (for UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources Masters)

These interviews were originally conducted for a module in the Masters in Sustainable Resources: Economics, Policy and Transitions (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/sustainable/study/sustainable-resources-economics-policy-and-transitions-msc) at the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources (UCL ISR: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/sustainable/).The module has a slightly out-of-date title (BENV0077: Eco-Innovation and Sustainable Entrepreneurship). It is essentially on the intersection of business, innovation and sustainability. Other course materials cover theories and case studies. The interviews are with people who are putting innovation for sustainability into practice. We wanted to give students the grit under the fingernails of real experience.The interviews were conducted by David Bent, the practitioner co-lead of the module. The academic co-lead is Dr Will McDowall, Associate Professor at the UCL ISR.

Host

David Bent

David has been working in the field of sustainability and climate change for some 20 years.

Currently he is independent, with a range of activities including: as an advisor; chair of charity EIRIS Foundation ('pioneering the next steps in sustainable finance'); and, educator with UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources (where he is an Honorary Lecturer) and Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.

David is also an Edmund Hillary Fellow, part of a global network of change makers incubating solutions to global problems from Aotearoa New Zealand

He enjoys all that and still it feels like the need for change is growing faster than the impact we are delivering. So, David wondering what he can do next that is useful in these powerful times.

https://davidbent.wordpress.com/