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Climate Emergency

Food waste – making the most of your food

Sustainability Team

04 October 2022

Love your clothes – Sustainable Fashion blog

Sustainability Team

04 October 2022

Keeping our grounds beautiful, sustainably

Our grounds team strive to provide an attractive, clean and interesting setting with a sound, conservation-minded attitude to campus flora and fauna.

Sustainability Team

27 January 2022

We’ve got to cool down the globe… Reflections on COP26

Studying for an MA in Environmental Futures with Climate Change in the Department of Government, Ismet Soyocak talks about his observations from the UN COP26 climate conference in Glasgow.

Ismet Soyocak

25 November 2021

As a core aspect of our direct environmental impact it is important that we play our part in tackling the climate crisis by reducing the greenhouse gas emissions we produce in the day to day operations of our University.

Sustainability Team

19 October 2021

The Climate and Ecological Emergency Q&A Carry Somers Fashion Revolution

Carry Somers launched her multi-award-winning ethical fashion label Pachacuti in 1992. She founded Fashion Revolution, the world’s largest fashion activism campaign, in 2013. Stephen Matthews caught up with her, to discuss the need for change and ways ahead.

Stephen Matthews

19 April 2021

Sustainability Team

06 April 2021

Sustainability Team

27 January 2021

Sustainability Team

26 January 2021

Following discussion at the University Steering Group (USG) on 11 February 2020, it was agreed that the importance and urgency of climate issues requires a formal, coordinated response that draws on all key areas within the University.

Sustainability Team

15 October 2020

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Climate Emergency

Food waste – making the most of your food

Love your clothes – Sustainable Fashion blog

Keeping our grounds beautiful, sustainably

We’ve got to cool down the globe… Reflections on COP26

We want to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2035 – but why?

The Climate and Ecological Emergency Q&A Carry Somers Fashion Revolution

A Perfect Planet

Do you know your carbon footprint?

Reducing plastics

Meet the Climate Emergency Group