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Posted in News on Oct 31, 2025.

Munekan Masha at The Vatican's Jubilee of Knowledge.

We're heartened to share a significant moment featuring our UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Coalition members, the Kogi people and the Tairona Heritage Trust (THT). Kogi Ambassador, José Manuel, and THT trustee, Vian Sharif, have been in Rome for the Vatican's Jubilee of Knowledge. Yesterday, José Manuel delivered a highly successful talk on the Munekan Masha project, which was reportedly met with great interest from attendees. Today, the delegation anticipates a special audience with Pope Francis.

Posted in Cologne News, Publications on Oct 28, 2025.

Eco-religious Studies

Eco-religious studies, also known as the study of religion, nature and culture, or ‘religion and ecology’, examines the role of religious and spiritual texts, traditions, worldviews, ethics, practices and movements in shaping human perceptions of, and interactions with, non-human others and our shared environs. This chapter gives an overview of the formation and development of this multidisciplinary and cross-cultural field from the early 1990s, in conjunction with the rise of faith-based environmental activism.

Posted in ASU news, News on Oct 24, 2025.

New Global Institute for the Future of Energy at ASU

News from ASU: $50M gift creates Global Institute for the Future of Energy at Arizona State University.

Posted in News, Publications, UWTSD Hub News on Oct 15, 2025.

Weaving Lost Traditions: A Comparative Transdisciplinary Reconstruction of a Welsh Cleft Hazel Basket

This study explored the reconstruction of traditional Welsh cleft hazel basketry through a transdisciplinary methodology that combines descriptive and thematic analysis with ethnographic methods. It aimed to document the reconstruction process in detail and compare the outcomes of a volunteer-led initiative with the practices of traditional makers.

Posted in Blog, Coastal Tales News on Oct 13, 2025.

Seaweed, Cockles and Sewin: A trip through Coastal WALES

Authors: Sadhbh Horan and Cordula Scherer, Trinity Centre for Environmental Humanities, Sept 2025. In June 2025, our first in-person workshop with the international team of Coastal TALES took place. Having spent the first few days of the meeting in my local Dublin, blessed with good weather and unusually high temperatures, the team were eager to begin the Welsh leg of the agenda.