Catalysing & embedding the evidence & practice of compassion within the University & in our relationships across the city,Scotland & the world. @GlobalHealthEdi
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At the start of #COP28 we’re emphasising the essential role of compassion: Compassionate processes are essential to change our relationship with the Earth.
Read more on our 1-pager: bit.ly/compSDG13
#Compassion4theSDGs #GlobalGoals #Compassion #ClimateChange #SDG13
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By 2030, 60% of the world's population is projected to reside in
cities - a critical focus for #compassionate design.
#WorldCitiesDay #GlobalGoals #SDG11 #Compassion4theSDGs
Read our 1-pager produced with @FACEofHealth @GlobalHealthEdi @TempletonWorld bit.ly/compSDG11
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“Hunger on this scale… is a symptom of a dysfunctional #FoodSystem that buckles under pressure & abandons the most vulnerable first.” - Dr Agnes Kalibata #SDG2 #EndHunger #WorldFoodDay
See our 1-pager bit.ly/compSDG2
#Compassion4theSDGs
@FACEofHealth @TempletonWorld
It's #WorldHealthDay: A compassionate lens reveals the urgency of ending the injustices that underpin poor #health and development.
#HealthForAll #Compassion4theSDGs #SDGs @FACEofHealth @TempletonWorld @GlobalHealthEdi
Download our #SDG3 resource: ed.ac.uk/global-health/sdgs-…
Compassion helps us to reframe #water as the connective element among us all as humans and between humans and the earth.
#Compassion4theSDGs Marking #WorldWaterDay2023 #SDG6 #Compassion
@FACEofHealth @TempletonWorld
Download our resource: ed.ac.uk/global-health/sdgs-…
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“Your living conditions are much more determined by what is outside your control – the place, time, and skin you are born into...” #InequalityIsIntersectional
New #Compassion4theSDGs resource #SDG10
ed.ac.uk/global-health/sdgs-… #FightRacism #Compassion
@FACEofHealth @TempletonWorld
"Centering the shared suffering of women and working together in integrated, coordinated ways on global and local fronts can accelerate change."
Read our latest #Compassion4theSDGs resource launched to honour #IWD2023 #SDG5 ed.ac.uk/global-health/sdgs-… @FACEofHealth @TempletonWorld
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"Compassionate action requires energy that does not, itself, lead to greater suffering".
Launching our next #Compassion4theSDGs resource #WSED #WorldSustainableEnergyDays #SDG7 @FACEofHealth @TempletonWorld #SustainableEnergy
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"Compassion calls us to connect with our #CommonHumanity, which draws to the fore efforts like gender-responsive education frameworks." #empowergirls
Download our #SDG4 resource shorturl.at/ewSVW #compassion4theSDGs @FACEofHealth @TempletonWorld #EducationDay
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At the #SDGs midpoint, failure seems imminent without radical changes. We believe #compassion can shift the paradigm. Read more shorturl.at/cEX29 #compassion4theSDGs @FACEofHealth @TempletonWorld
Captured visually: the stimulating discussion at last week's event "Human values, Inhuman futures: Tensions & paradoxes in realizing a compassionate planet with #technology" @jaspernotwell @operaqueenie @aimeevanrobot & Bishop Tighe with @ShannonVallor #CompassionatePlanet21
“Our social systems have become too morally deregulated. And that’s part of our suffering.”
Chair of the International Psychoanalytic Association's Climate Committee @sallyweintrobe speaking at #CompassionatePlanet21 #compassion @IPAonline #MentalHealth
Great start to #CompassionatePlanet21: Wake Up & Make Change
@GlobalHealthEdi @CCARE @EdinburghUni @UoE_EFI
@compassionEdi @centreTMFutures @lizgrant360 @jamesrdotymd @monicaworline
Illustration: Ronna Alexander
'Loads of economic #students around the world are telling their professors "stop teaching us traditional economics" – #YoungPeople are coming together with passion & #WorkingTogether to collaboratively redesign curricula for the economies we need!' @KTrebeck #compassion
“The natural world is so important. We DEPEND on it. – Dr Jane Goodall speaks at our Realising #Compassion Event #Climate #COP26 @JaneGoodallInst
We're really proud to be co-hosting today's event: Realising a #Compassionate Planet.
If you're meeting us for the first time, here's a little intro about our Global Compassion Initiative at @EdinburghUni
Our final quote before tomorrow's virtual conference - from @LauraBerland of @BeingCompassion - reminds us that we can all contribute to a positive change. You can join us tomorrow to hear more about compassion science meeting climate science, at acompassionateplanet.org/.
