Health and Sustainability Week at the UAB

The week will begin on Monday 25 April with a conference on Ukraine and its effects on the energy and climate crises, entitled "Quina influència té la guerra d'Ucraïna en la crisi energètica i l'emergència climàtica", and will end on Friday 29 April with a debate on the future of the current food system: "Col·lapse del sistema alimentari?" and a concert by "Que parlin els esquellots”. There also will be talks, workshops, book presentations and a variety of open-air activities.

Carme Miralles, Vice Rector for Campus, Sustainability and Territory, will be in charge of inaugurating the 12th SiS Week on Monday 25 April, which will mark the beginning of five activity-filled days whose main focus is our health and how to become more sustainable in our everyday lives.

All activities will take place in different indoor and outdoor areas of the campus. Students participating in four activities can validate them with 1 ECTS credit by marking this option on the registration forms of the activities they fill out.

PAS members interested in participating in the activities during compulsory working hours must get authorisation from their direct superiors and mark it with the time management code “IP-Activitat de la setmana saludable”, which will then be counted as flexible hours. There is no need to do anything if the activity takes place outside of the complusory working hours.

 

ACTIVITIES INCLUDED IN THE 12TH HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY WEEK

Monday 25 April

• 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon: Workshop on "Olimpíades Saludables" by Iván Bonilla, lecturer at the Faculty of Psychology. SiS Area, Central Axis. Places available: 30 (with credit recognition for students). Registration form.
• 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.: "What Is Food Health'", by Fundació Autònoma Solidària (FAS). Plaça Cívica, no need to register to attend.
• 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.: Nordic walking, organised by the Physical Activity Service (SAF). SiS Area, Central Axis (with credit recognition for students). Registration form.
• 12.30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.: Inauguration of the 12th Health and Sustainability Week by Carme Miralles, Vice Rector for Campus, Sustainibility and Territory. Followed by a conference on the Ukraine: "Quina influència té la guerra d'Ucraïna en la crisi energètica i l'emergència climàtica?" by Alfons Pérez, member of the Observatory on Debt in Globalization (ODG). Conference hall of the Rectorat Building (with credit recognition for students). Registration form.

Tuesday 26 April

• 10 a.m. to 12 noon: New book releases on Mental Health and display of books. Eight researchers present their new nooks on mental health and wellbeing. Journals Hall of the Humanities Library, no need to register to attend.
• 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.: "Mental Health, a Community Challenge", FAS. Journals Hall of the Humanities Library (with credit recognition for students). Registration form.
• 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.: "Biodiversity Walk", a 6k walk organised by the Environmental Office (OMA). SiS Area, Centra Axis (with credit recognition for students). Registration form
• 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.: Tai chi, SAF. SiS Ara, Central Axis, (with credit recognition for students). Registration form

Wednesday 27 April

• 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.: Living Lab Addictions. "How to Take on Responsible Drinking on University Campuses?", by the CORE in Mental Health. Journals Hall of the Humanities Library, 20 places available (with credit recognition for students). Registration form
• 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.: Yoga, SAF. SiS Area, Central Axis, (with credit recognition for students). Registration form
• 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.: Zumba, SAF. SiS Area, Central Axis (with credit recognition for students). Registration form
• 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.: Visit to the rubbish collection site and zero residue workshop, organised by the OMA and Open Labs. Meeting point will be the SiS Area, Central Axis, (with credit recognition for students). Registration form

Thursday 28 April

• 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Blood Bank. SiS Area, Central Axis.
• 10 a.m. to 12 noon: Let's Clean Up. Clean-up session around the Font del Carme areas, organised by FAS and OMA. Meeting point: football field of the Vila Universitària, no need to register to attend.
• 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Seat Mó Stand. Electric motorcycle. SiS Area, Central Axis.
• 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.: Wheelchair basketball, organised by SAF. SiS Area, Central Axis.
• 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.: Information stand on more sustainable means to access the campus, organised by the Mobility Planning and Management Unit. SiS Area, Central Axis, no need to register to attend.
• 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. / 2 p.m to 3 p.m.: Bike workshop. SiS Area, Central Axis, 10 places per workshop (reconeixement de crèdits per a estudiants). Registration form
• 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.: Body Combat, SAF. SiS Area, Central Axis (with credit recognition for students). Registration form

Friday 29 April

11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.: Closing speech by Carme Miralles, Vice Rector for Campus, Sustainability and Territory, followed by debates on the future of the food system: "Col·lapse del sistema alimentari?: Geopolítica de l'agricultura. Ucraïna i altres guerres", with Antonio Turiel, lecturer at the CSIC; "La resposta a les macrogranges som els pastors i pastores", with Helena Guillén from the group "ramaderes.cat", and "Respostes socials a la crisi: la comunitat i l'acció directa", with Rosa Binimelis, researcher of the Arran de Terra cooperative.

The event will end with a concert by “Que parlin els esquellots”, with Alidé Sans and Gustavo Duch, which will be held in the Cinema Hall (with credit recognition for students). Registration form.

 

More information: Programme of the UAB's 12th Health and Sustainability Week