1. ‘Education for Sustainable Development: a springboard for innovation, student enrichment and partnership’ UWE Conference Workshop: Multi-disciplinarity and multiculturalism in sustainability education: pedagogy of risk and ethics Presenters / Facilitators FBL teaching and research team: Svetlana Cicmil, Benoit Dutilleul, Ben Pontin, Derek Braddon,, Vanessa Iwowo Fabian Frenzel with MBA students and researchers: Stephen Batson, Nigel Stone, Elisabeth Reiersen

2. Executive MBA: Risk and Sustainability in Global Operations Our pedagogic aims and convictions Refocusing attention on sustainability crisis -as a complex alarming issue -not just an economic-scientific problem but a moral one Exposing consequences of the ontological separation between the socio-economic and the ecological -introducing ethical concerns and risks associated with the dominant focus on infinite growth and technological / scientific solutions to ecological crisisethical concerns and risks -Humans/organisations-IN-nature vs humans/organisations-AND-nature Critical pedagogy informed by moral philosophy Discussing the process that has led to unsustainable world Broadening the focus to embrace concerns of values, vulnerabilities and (in)equality Ethically addressing both the causes and solutions to the crisis

3. ‘Sustainability’ – a non-homogenous subject -academic content, -practical application; relevance; -perspectives and personal positions MBA programme -Vested / powerful interests, tradition and expectations -‘utilitarian’ culture (advantage, ambition, elite status, business) Micro-diversity in the class, in the moment Learning process - resistance and anxiety Executive MBA: Risk and Sustainability in Global Operations Key Anticipated Challenges

4. Disciplinary diversity of the teaching team -Economics, Politics, Philosophy, Law, Management, Sociology, Engineering Visual means -Drawings, Art, Poetry and Film Attention to language -Sense-making; negotiation of meaning Study trip -Being in nature; Intrinsic value -Discussion of future scenarios: Classes in the eco-protected areas -Exposure, reflection and respect toward socio-cultural and ecological diversity -Humanity and healthy relationships with others Executive MBA: Risk and Sustainability in Global Operations Innovative pedagogic methods - Building shared understanding -Focusing on values, humanity and moral responsibility -Considering alternatives