go! March newsletter: Your sustainable choices matter

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March 2024

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As we wrap things up for this term, we focus on climate education, with some student stories and training opportunities for all. There's news of research funding and the university's annual carbon reduction targets.

If you're moving out for Easter or having a spring clean, Pack for Good and donate you clutter to BHF.

So let’s get going!

Things you can do now

1-4pm 27 March

Climate Fresk

Want to help tackle climate change but not sure where to start? Climate Fresk is an interactive workshop that explores the science behind the climate emergency in a fun and engaging way!

Find out more

Donate items to BFH

If you’re moving out over Easter, it’s the perfect time to have a clear out and donate unwanted items to charity.

Where to donate

News and announcements

Nottingham project set to reduce CO2 emissions through AI

Researchers at UoN have received a share of one billion pounds for a project to reduce CO₂ emissions through the creation of an AI model that will improve the accuracy of short-range weather forecasting for photovoltaic production.

Humans have driven the Earth’s freshwater cycle out of its stable state

A new analysis of freshwater resources across the globe shows that human activity has pushed variation in the planet’s freshwater cycle well outside of its pre-industrial range.

Read more

Operational Sustainability Report 2022-23

Monitoring of our sustainability programmes is carried out through internal reporting and external assessment. The 2022-23 report is out now.

Read the report

The university met its carbon reduction target for 2022/2023 and saved an extra 1,608t CO2

Sustainability Action Week

Thank you to everyone who took part in, organised or promoted an event for SAW 2024.

It was great to see so many people across the university engage in the week. We bought second hand books, we went on green walks, built wildlife habits and we watched the BBC concert orchestrate perform Wild Isles to name a few! Watch the video to see more.

If you took part in an event, or even if you didn't, please complete our short feedback survey. You could win a Wild Campus book as a thank you.

Complete the survey

The Sustainability Challenge

The Sustainability Challenge – part of Sustainability Action Week – invited some of our senior leaders to spend the week living as sustainably as possible. This year our chancellor, Baroness Lola Young, has taken on the challenge.

Find out how she got on

Time to celebrate!

On campus halls have been competing to reduce their landfill waste and increase their recycling. The winning hall this semester was Florence Boot, with Southwell and Melton Hall coming 2nd and 3rd place. Congratulations to all the halls for their efforts.

Read more

Florence Boot Hall reduced their waste by 168kg, the same weight as 120 laptops!

Upcoming events

Dr Bike is on campus

Dr Bike is a free on-site bike maintenance service run with local charity Nottingham Bikeworks. This service is open to all UoN staff and students. Sessions are run at locations on UoN campuses most weeks.

Book your place

14 May

Carbon Literacy Training

UoN staff are invited to become Carbon Literate with a training session from Nottingham Trent University. From this single day of training, you can earn a globally recognised CLT accreditation.

Places are limited, sign up now.

Get rewarded

On the blog

Sustainability in Action: Research, teaching and personal experience

Sustainability is central to ensuring that the world we live in is maintained for future generations to thrive. It's a core theme in research and teaching at UoN, and students are also making it their personal responsibility to create change for the better.

An interdisciplinary module brings together Natural Science and Liberal Arts students to solve a real-world problem relating to the UN SDGs. Students presented their research solutions on topics from sustainable clothing dyes and managing sea lice infestations in salmon farms, to new sustainable treatments for Rheumatoid arthritis and improving gender inequality in schools. This research could actively contribute to achieving global sustainability and encourages students to practice key skills that are essential for tackling issues of sustainability.

Sustainability also features in students’ personal lives. Kirsty Fox and Nancy Verma are passionate about sustainability and creating a better world and have shared their stories for all to hear.

Read the blog

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