SUMED (Sustainable multidimensional media contents) partners – INNOCAMP.PL, University of Gdańsk, Universitat Politècnica de València, Turku University of Applied Sciences and University of Malta - share the ambition to increase their organizations’ social impact. Media education must respond to societal and environmental calls for sustainability, as well as health and well-being at work.

 

Professionals working in the field of media do not acknowledge sustainability enough. Constantly changing media formats, tools, and methods makes integrating sustainability a challenging task.

 

SUMED aims to embed sustainability into educational and production processes to prevent further harm to human well-being and the environment. Overall, the entire media supply chain of the production should be as sustainable as possible. This can be best ensured by incorporating sustainability criteria into the education of the future media professionals, focusing on both the topic and the associated ways of thinking.

 

SUMED will conduct training sessions for professors, offer courses for students, and provide support and inspiration for curriculum re-design to meet new needs. The development of new and improved curricula and courses will contribute to local communities and organizations that offer internships for students and support the skills of their new employees.

 

We stared the SUMED project by collecting knowledge from the working life to map the needs for curricula development. In this booklet we ask: are carbon consciousness, constantly changing media, and sustainable working methods acknowledged in both working life and higher education institutions? What are the various ways of adapting to them?