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25 Jul 2018: Cycle to Work Day takes place on 15 August this year. Now in its sixth year, Cycle to Work Day is the UK’s largest cycling event with thousands of enthusiastic cyclists taking to street to celebrate everyday cycling.

15 Oct 2018: Dr Bike session award for highest departmental response rate for staff travel survey One Dr Bike session will be awarded to the department with the highest response rate to the staff travel survey. Following the closure of the survey the response

28 Jun 2018: On 9 June over 500 cyclists came to Eddington, the new community being delivered by the University of Cambridge, for the first ever Eddington Cycling Festival. The festival was a fun, family-friendly day for residents and the wider Cambridge

25 Jan 2018: Many of the University's Colleges are looking to improve their environmental performance, with fantastic achievements led by both staff and students. In this article we focus on St John's College. The College’s Environmental Policy includes

7 Sep 2018: The University of Cambridge’s Green Impact 2018 launch is taking place on 16 October at 12pm, and all interested staff and students are welcome to attend.

10 Oct 2018: Have your say on the transport issues at the University and in Cambridge and how we can improve your journeys Every year the University gathers data from staff about their journeys to work and at work via the Annual Staff Travel Survey.

25 Sep 2018: In the two years since the introduction of the University bus service, the Universal, passenger numbers have increased by a massive 49%! We hope to see those numbers increase even further as the service extends from 7 October.

25 Sep 2018: When we think of our University being a world leader in sustainability we often think about technological solutions. While these things are essential for us to make our way to a sustainable future, what is sometimes forgotten is the role of staff

29 Aug 2018: The Living Laboratory for Sustainability provides opportunities for students to develop their skills and tackle environmental sustainability issues on the University’s operational estate. Internships is one of the ways we do this.

23 Nov 2018: WarpIt is an online marketplace to help redistribute resources legally and conveniently within the University for free. It is designed to make it easy for staff to find others with spare items - reducing procurement spend. It also helps staff who

28 Nov 2018: 2018 was a big year for the fashion industry. Through documentaries like Fashion’s Dirty Secrets and the True Cost, we learned that the clothes that we wear have a huge impact on the environment and on the welfare of communities who make our

31 Oct 2018: This year has definitely been a year of action when it comes to waste. Last week there was the announcement of an EU ban on single-use plastics, with the UK consulting on similar legislation.

26 Apr 2018: The Environment and Energy team have been busy this month turning the spotlight on travel. With 14 events at seven University sites, staff learnt about the support available to travel using sustainable modes and how they can reduce the environmental

26 Sep 2018: Electricity is fundamental to our modern lives, and most of us could save on how much we are using during our work and study.

29 Aug 2018: Search site. Sustainability. Creating a GreenBRIDGE to excellent research. Submitted by Grainne Kennedy on Wed, 2018-08-29 09:26. ... In 2009 a group of graduate researchers came together to form GreenBRIDGE (Buildings, Research, Innovation, Development,

28 Jun 2018: Could you reduce the amount of single-use plastic you use and dispose of in just one month? Plastic Free July takes place next month, this initiative has the goal of helping people identify their plastic use and come up with strategies for reduction.

30 May 2018: A healthy biodiverse ecosystem provides a number of natural services for everyone, and as a world leader in conservation research the University has a wealth of knowledge that can be drawn

28 Jun 2018: I’ve also spent time working as a research assistant on various field projects in Borneo and Australia.

28 Nov 2018: When you meet someone for the first time, it is quite nice to discover that you have something in common. For Phd students, Lucia Corsini and Francesca O’Hanlon one of the things they had in common when they met was a dislike of single-use plastic

28 Feb 2018: My research for my Masters focused largely on sustainable transport and, in particular, cycle-logistics (deliveries by bike) which is really where my interest in sustainable transport began.