Communication is a red thread throughout the Master programme. Sustainability is about collaboration, innovation and changing behaviour. For each of these things, communication is crucial. A big part of the curriculum is devoted to communication skills and strategies in various contexts. Students learn to “inject” scientific evidence into decision-making processes. Also, they learn to design environmental campaigns.

For the communication component of the program, we collaborate with a number of professionals with a long trajectory in this field. We count on professors from our sister School of Communication. Key contributions come from professionals working for four different companies. Each of them works on comunications in different environmental domains (sustainability, water, biodiversity, and energy / climate change mitigation).

One highlight of this component on communication is a workshop on environmental communication that will be given by Harriet Kingaby. Harriet is a consultant for Futerra, a London-based company that leads innovation in sustainability communication.

We look very much forward to her contribution to the programme! Also, like last year, Futerra will offer the opportunity for students of the Master to do an internship at their London headquarters.

As a taster of the fresh ideas Harriet will bring to the Master, I copy Futerra’s Credo (or rather Ten Commandments) below.