2026 Special Focus—Unseen Unsustainability: Addressing Hidden Risks to Long-Term Wellbeing for All

• Cultivating a Complexities of Place Ethos for Change

  Brian Castellani, John Bothwell
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Data, Metrics, Patterns and Gaps - Unseen Consequences of Ignoring Climate Signs

  Carlos Fiorentino
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• It Takes Two (Brain Hemispheres) to Tango

  Björn Hassler
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Is Ecoanxiety a Misdiagnosis?

  Peter Graham
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Managing Our Evolutionary Hack

  Robert Jones
  Innovation Showcase

• Enhancing and Optimizing Sustainability Strategies in the Generative AI Ecosystem

  Ikechukwu Nwabufo, Suresh Chandran
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Beyond Immersion

  Chengcheng Yin
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• From “Heat or Eat” to Energy Justice

  Aristides Kiprakis, Androniki Papathanasi
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Education, Assessment and Policy

• Intercollegiate Waste Audits

  Helen Turner, Amanda J Gale
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Reimagining Adult Education

  Katrina Rogers, Elena Nicklasson
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Unseen Sustainability

  Vitalia Kinakh
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Green Literacy

  Jen Cullerton Johnson
  Innovation Showcase

• STEM Environments In Secondary Education Sustainability Programs

  Ray Wu Rorrer, Peter Mecca
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• When Indigenous Wisdom and Catholic Social Thought Cooperate

  Catherine Craft Fairchild
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Climate Focus Co-Curricular Activities to Promote Environmental Stewardship and Sustainable Future

  Biplob Deb
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Implementing Sustainability Evaluation Tool for Higher Education Institutions at a Franciscan Institution

  Alicia H. Sprow, Spencer S Stober
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Adjusting to a New Normal

  Tameka Womack
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Sustainability Through Play

  Zahidah Abdkadir
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Sustainability in Support of Teaching, Training, and Research in the Didactics of Artistic Disciplines

  Catherine Grivet Bonzon
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Becoming a Global Citizen

  Ellen Thursby
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Ecological Realities

• Sustainable Forest Management Systems within the North West Region of Cameroon

  Leoga Galega Sylviline, Achu Walters Awa
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Water, Growth, and Governance

  Collin Wogenstahl
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Applying the Precautionary Principle to Hidden Collapse

  Rhett Martin
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• How Big International NGOs Shape Protected Areas in Latin America

  Marina Ruiz
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Thinking with Machines in the Anthropocene

  Dirk Van Rooy
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Economic, Social, and Cultural Context

• Bridging Art and Science to Foreground Inuit Culture

  Melanie Zurba
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• The Importance of SDG 17 in Promoting the Socioeconomic Position of Women in Rural Spain

  Elena Bulmer
  Poster Session

• Redefining University Roles in Sustainability Governance

  Hamidreza Harati
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• The Benjamin Netanyahu Research Laboratory

  Atar Brosh
  Innovation Showcase

• Narratives and Emotions

  Angel Rodríguez Soler
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Financing Sources for Entrepreneurship

  Carlos Lopez Gutierrez, Andrea Pérez, Ana Fernandez Laviada
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• GMT Ground Services' Sustainability Strategy

  Kelly George
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• EagleVille International Airport Sustainability Strategy

  Kate Evans, Kelly George
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Cultural Sustainability and Greater Localization for Economic Resilience

  Anne Marchand
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Many Strands Left Behind

  Jessica Telfer
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Transnational Environmental Obligations Legal Analysis and Application in Ecuador's Electrical Crisis

  Jesus Ramon Jaimes Becerra
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Generation Z's Emotional Involvement and Detachment with Nature

  Tim Bickerstaffe
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Peace Education for Social Sustainability

  Jack Maebuta
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Leadership for Sustainable Ecosystems

  Lori Trudell
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Political Greenwashing in Canada

  Malaika Jacques Bérubé
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Participatory Process

• Between the Challenges and Innovations of Female Climate Leadership

  Carmen Daniela Maier
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Let's Play - Toys and the Circular Economy

  Janet Mc Kennedy, Siobhan Enright
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Alignment of Current Public Participation Practices in Environmental Decision-Making with International Agreements

  Thandokazi Maxam
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• A Letter to Pen a New, Black Farmer Ecosystem

  Jamila Walida Simon
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Cultivating a Complexities of Place Ethos for Change

  Brian Castellani, John Bothwell
  2026 Special Focus—Unseen Unsustainability: Addressing Hidden Risks to Long-Term Wellbeing for All

• Intercollegiate Waste Audits

  Helen Turner, Amanda J Gale
  Education, Assessment and Policy

• Reimagining Adult Education

  Katrina Rogers, Elena Nicklasson
  Education, Assessment and Policy

• Sustainable Forest Management Systems within the North West Region of Cameroon

  Leoga Galega Sylviline, Achu Walters Awa
  Ecological Realities

• Unseen Sustainability

  Vitalia Kinakh
  Education, Assessment and Policy

• Data, Metrics, Patterns and Gaps - Unseen Consequences of Ignoring Climate Signs

  Carlos Fiorentino
  2026 Special Focus—Unseen Unsustainability: Addressing Hidden Risks to Long-Term Wellbeing for All

• Bridging Art and Science to Foreground Inuit Culture

  Melanie Zurba
  Economic, Social, and Cultural Context

• Redefining University Roles in Sustainability Governance

  Hamidreza Harati
  Economic, Social, and Cultural Context

• Narratives and Emotions

  Angel Rodríguez Soler
  Economic, Social, and Cultural Context

• Financing Sources for Entrepreneurship

  Carlos Lopez Gutierrez, Andrea Pérez, Ana Fernandez Laviada
  Economic, Social, and Cultural Context

• GMT Ground Services' Sustainability Strategy

  Kelly George
  Economic, Social, and Cultural Context

• EagleVille International Airport Sustainability Strategy

  Kate Evans, Kelly George
  Economic, Social, and Cultural Context

• STEM Environments In Secondary Education Sustainability Programs

  Ray Wu Rorrer, Peter Mecca
  Education, Assessment and Policy

• Water, Growth, and Governance

  Collin Wogenstahl
  Ecological Realities

• When Indigenous Wisdom and Catholic Social Thought Cooperate

  Catherine Craft Fairchild
  Education, Assessment and Policy

• It Takes Two (Brain Hemispheres) to Tango

  Björn Hassler
  2026 Special Focus—Unseen Unsustainability: Addressing Hidden Risks to Long-Term Wellbeing for All

• Climate Focus Co-Curricular Activities to Promote Environmental Stewardship and Sustainable Future

  Biplob Deb
  Education, Assessment and Policy

• Is Ecoanxiety a Misdiagnosis?

  Peter Graham
  2026 Special Focus—Unseen Unsustainability: Addressing Hidden Risks to Long-Term Wellbeing for All

• Cultural Sustainability and Greater Localization for Economic Resilience

  Anne Marchand
  Economic, Social, and Cultural Context

• Many Strands Left Behind

  Jessica Telfer
  Economic, Social, and Cultural Context

• Transnational Environmental Obligations Legal Analysis and Application in Ecuador's Electrical Crisis

  Jesus Ramon Jaimes Becerra
  Economic, Social, and Cultural Context

• Implementing Sustainability Evaluation Tool for Higher Education Institutions at a Franciscan Institution

  Alicia H. Sprow, Spencer S Stober
  Education, Assessment and Policy

• Generation Z's Emotional Involvement and Detachment with Nature

  Tim Bickerstaffe
  Economic, Social, and Cultural Context

• Adjusting to a New Normal

  Tameka Womack
  Education, Assessment and Policy

• Enhancing and Optimizing Sustainability Strategies in the Generative AI Ecosystem

  Ikechukwu Nwabufo, Suresh Chandran
  2026 Special Focus—Unseen Unsustainability: Addressing Hidden Risks to Long-Term Wellbeing for All

• Applying the Precautionary Principle to Hidden Collapse

  Rhett Martin
  Ecological Realities

• Beyond Immersion

  Chengcheng Yin
  2026 Special Focus—Unseen Unsustainability: Addressing Hidden Risks to Long-Term Wellbeing for All

• Between the Challenges and Innovations of Female Climate Leadership

  Carmen Daniela Maier
  Participatory Process

• Peace Education for Social Sustainability

  Jack Maebuta
  Economic, Social, and Cultural Context

• Leadership for Sustainable Ecosystems

  Lori Trudell
  Economic, Social, and Cultural Context

• Political Greenwashing in Canada

  Malaika Jacques Bérubé
  Economic, Social, and Cultural Context

• Let's Play - Toys and the Circular Economy

  Janet Mc Kennedy, Siobhan Enright
  Participatory Process

• How Big International NGOs Shape Protected Areas in Latin America

  Marina Ruiz
  Ecological Realities

• Alignment of Current Public Participation Practices in Environmental Decision-Making with International Agreements

  Thandokazi Maxam
  Participatory Process

• Thinking with Machines in the Anthropocene

  Dirk Van Rooy
  Ecological Realities

• From “Heat or Eat” to Energy Justice

  Aristides Kiprakis, Androniki Papathanasi
  2026 Special Focus—Unseen Unsustainability: Addressing Hidden Risks to Long-Term Wellbeing for All

• A Letter to Pen a New, Black Farmer Ecosystem

  Jamila Walida Simon
  Participatory Process

• Sustainability Through Play

  Zahidah Abdkadir
  Education, Assessment and Policy

• Sustainability in Support of Teaching, Training, and Research in the Didactics of Artistic Disciplines

  Catherine Grivet Bonzon
  Education, Assessment and Policy

• Becoming a Global Citizen

  Ellen Thursby
  Education, Assessment and Policy

Innovation Showcase

• Green Literacy

  Jen Cullerton Johnson
  Education, Assessment and Policy

• The Benjamin Netanyahu Research Laboratory

  Atar Brosh
  Economic, Social, and Cultural Context

• Managing Our Evolutionary Hack

  Robert Jones
  2026 Special Focus—Unseen Unsustainability: Addressing Hidden Risks to Long-Term Wellbeing for All

Poster Session

• The Importance of SDG 17 in Promoting the Socioeconomic Position of Women in Rural Spain

  Elena Bulmer
  Economic, Social, and Cultural Context

It Takes Two (Brain Hemispheres) to Tango

Björn Hassler
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Climate change is one of our times most important and complex challenges. It will lead to large scale changes such as higher temperatures, water scarcity, more unpredictable precipitation and intense storms, which in turn will increase drought, flooding, infrastructure damage, forest fires and more. Possibly, we might also face tipping points such as ice sheet collapse, permafrost thawing, collapse of vital sea currents, and Amazon dieback. Although we know quite well what causes climate change and that both mitigation of greenhouse gases and increased adaption to cushion unavoidable changes are necessary, policy responses have so far not been sufficient and efficient enough. This paper addresses why climate change is so difficult for us human beings to handle politically as well as psychologically, with a minimum of formal terminology. It takes its point of point of departure in distinguishing between intuition and strategy, which in many ways match differences in the left and right brain hemispheres (McGilchrist 2019). Intuition comprises everything we do without much thought. Our brains delegate as much as it can to functions beyond our temporary or permanent control and awareness to save energy and increase efficiency. Thus, intuition guides us via hardwired circuits, sensor inputs, emotions and feelings towards the ultimate objective of survival. However, we also have an ability to act strategically, typically using our conscious awareness to make simulations of alternative futures.