The University aspires to be one of the greenest in the country.
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Sustainable Essex
Sustainability is a core principle of all of the research, teaching and
business activities at the University of Essex. Through these activities, we
seek a future for Essex as an educational model for healthy and sustainable
living. The University aspires to be one of the greenest in the country, and to
act as an exemplar both to other institutions of higher education and to
regional bodies.
The need for more sustainable patterns of living and development set enormous
challenges for institutions and individuals. Sustainable development is not
easy. Graduates of every discipline will have to address the sustainability
agenda in one way or another, and we wish to equip those from the University of
Essex with the best skills and leadership capacities to effect change in the
future.
- Green Task Force
The GTF is a body of staff and students concerned with coordinating and
implementing a sustainability policy for the University of Essex. There are
seven environmental priorities: recycling, biodiversity, energy management,
local and fair-trade food, sustainable transport, green procurement, carbon
footprint.
- Interdisciplinary Centre
for Environment and Society
The iCES is an interdisciplinary centre designed to increase collaboration
between disciplines and departments. It is engaged in a range of
environmental research; in teaching and training; and in outreach through
publications, seminars and workshops. The geographic focus ranges from the
local to national and international, and covers both industrialised and
developing countries.
- Environmental Courses
- Students' Union and Sustainability
- Estate Management
- Corporate Social Responsibility Agenda