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19 Jul 2022: With the Sustainability Team:. Sustainable Business Travel Intern – This intern is producing a plan for raising awareness and understanding of the new guidelines on sustainable business travel, and guidance on ... The aim of the new film is to collate

14 Feb 2022: A new hybrid working pattern may help us to reduce the University’s overall carbon emissions. ... The University’s new Civil Engineering Building has achieved the BREEAM ‘Excellent’ standard.

28 Sep 2022: Fast Fashion', the rate at which fast fashion brands cycle around new trends and the rates in which consumers buy is not sustainable!

4 Apr 2022: rather than buying anything new.

4 Feb 2022: The person completing this assignment will be invited to share their recommendations on how the findings from their work could be incorporated into the new Sustainability Strategy.

25 Jan 2022: Following consultations with the leadership of Caius a new ‘highlighter system’, in which those who do not want junkmail can signify it on their name cards, will go ahead early next

21 Mar 2022: With a multipronged approach, we have set up policies (such as no hedge cutting during nesting season) and installed new physical structures (such as additional bird boxes and bee hotels). ... Later this year, when our new Passivhaus eco-build is complete

1 Apr 2022: The good news is that a quick survey of our operations has found lots of post room best-practice aligned with the general themes of ‘Reduce, Re-use and Recycle’.

16 Dec 2022: The Climate Challenge (previously named the Carbon Challenge) is an entrepreneurship competition for postgraduate and PhD students and postdoctoral researchers. Over the Lent term, participants have the opportunity to attend training sessions on

21 Jul 2022: The kidney-shaped area of longer grass in the middle of the lawn is a new addition this year.

25 Oct 2022: On the 3rd October, the Sustainability Team began a 12-month trial of a car park space booking system at the Greenwich House & University Library West Road car parks. Participating in the trial is optional and open to current parking permit holders

17 Oct 2022: Submitted by Susannah Cook on Mon, 2022-10-17 08:49. The new contract will provide a ‘split service’, with half of Universal buses serving Girton College at the northern end ... The new Mellor Sigma 12 buses are designed, engineered and fitted out in

8 Jun 2022: Getting to grips with how things are done at the University, meeting more new colleagues and getting my first projects underway. ... The scheme included the option to request new packs or replenishments of certain items.

9 Feb 2022: calculations. Yes. The percentage of new buildings. that are certified at least BREEAM. ... update the data is considered reasonable, a change will be made to the totals and the new.

24 Jun 2022: An artificial holt has been constructed at King’s College to provide a bankside habitat for otters in the River Cam.

29 Nov 2022: College Biodiversity Baseline In 2018, a Biodiversity Baseline was completed for both the University’s rural and operational estate. This desk-based research project produced a comprehensive document cataloguing species and habitat types across

20 Jul 2022: The University of Cambridge is seeking a knowledgeable and committed individual to join the University's Sustainability Team as the Assistant Sustainability Manager.

20 Jul 2022: I’m a big foodie, and I love nothing more than trying out new vegetarian / vegan recipes and restaurants.

24 Nov 2022: Register for Love to Ride’s winter competition and every quick bike ride you take from the 1st to the 25th of December will enter you for daily prize draws. Plus, if you encourage someone else to ride, you get an entry into the additional

12 Aug 2022: This will be even more important in the current months while we develop the University’s new Sustainability Strategy..

14 Oct 2022: The University of Cambridge is seeking a knowledgeable and committed individual to join the University's Sustainability Team as the Sustainability Coordinator.

25 Jul 2022: What does your position involve?   I am the Sustainable Supply Chains intern and my work will focus on assessing the cradle to grave carbon impacts of identified product(s) of the University’s supply chain.

15 Mar 2022: They discovered lots of unwanted equipment, listed it on WarpIt and it all went to good new homes! ... One Green Team member Amy Bains said that:. 'One lovely thing about the Green Team is that it is allowing us to meet new people from across the dept

25 Mar 2022: LEAF is our new tool, launched in October, to help laboratories across the University make changes in their lab spaces that reduce the carbon footprint of their work.

21 Mar 2022: What does your position involve? The Energy Team offers a Service Level Agreement to the University and the 31 Colleges to centrally support energy usage and reduce our carbon footprint. I support the College side with the energy inbox and validate

16 Jun 2022: It is always exciting when you see bees visit your garden. If you have a closer look at which bees are in your garden you may notice one type of bee is more abundant than the others.

7 Feb 2022: I am really excited to get stuck into all the communications work involved with the University of Cambridge's new Sustainability Strategy as well as my first Green Impact submission, audit ... I am very new to Cambridge but I have never been so happy to

27 Jul 2022: The University of Cambridge Estates Division is looking to recruit an Interim Deputy Head of Sustainability. This is a senior role within the Sustainability Team in the Estates Division, reporting to the Interim Head of Sustainability.

13 Apr 2022: I’m particularly looking forward to the mobilisation of the new waste contract and improving the University’s reuse and recycling rates through engagement initiatives and a shift towards the circular ... I am a foodie at heart, so in my free time you

23 Jun 2022: If you were leaving Greenwich House on Wednesday, you might have seen the motley crew of 12 members of the Sustainability Team getting ready to be taken on our team cycle tour of Cambridge, led by one of our Transport Managers, Mike Davies.

25 Oct 2022: What does your position involve? I’m the Interim Deputy Head of Sustainability. So that means leading the Carbon and Energy team - although to be honest first impressions are that they really know their stuff – which is a real plus!

17 Feb 2022: Another remarkable year: view the University’s 2020–21 Environmental Sustainability Report online now. The University is committed to reporting its progress towards the targets set out in its Environmental Sustainability Vision, Policy and

14 Feb 2022: A new hybrid working pattern may help us to reduce the University’s overall carbon emissions. ... The University’s new Civil Engineering Building has achieved the BREEAM ‘Excellent’ standard.

25 Jul 2022: Talking to individual departments about their practical barriers to the new guidelines, so I can help to make the guidelines as easy as possible to follow.

24 Oct 2022: The proposals by the Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP) include a new bus network for the city alongside improvements to cycling and walking routes, with revenue to be generated through a proposed

26 Sep 2022: The 2022/2023 Green Impact year is fast approaching, and you might be wondering how to get started in your College or workplace. A key first step, if you don’t already have one, is to set up a dedicated Green Impact Team that will work together on

10 Mar 2022: Utilising more plant-based ingredients in the dishes they prepare is nothing new for the inventive Robinson College Chefs – there has been a conscious increase in the plant-based food provision

1 Apr 2022: patiently on the bookcase before I can transport her back to my new office space in the department. ... The outer area is clean and ready to receive some more containers and in the inner courtyard I have weeded the raised beds – all ready to be planted

25 Jan 2022: about. Check the news and, with constant regularity, scientists and politicians discuss climatic points of no return. ... I see allotments as the perfect ideal of environmentalism: they strengthen our link with the earth and the elements and they foster

12 Aug 2022: For those of you who worked towards your Gold Green Impact certification this year, you will know that supporting an Engage for Change student was worth 6 points (G024). Engage for Change is a 12 week programme for students keen to engage in

21 Feb 2022: Our new Transport Coordinator Stewart, who joined us in November, used the service and provides the following account. ... Now it’s time to give this journey a try and see if this new travel behaviour can be embedded into my working day.

14 Mar 2022: In October 2021, the Sustainability Team conducted the latest staff Travel Survey, the response rate to which was 32%, the highest we have ever received, so thank you! In this article you can find the headline results about working and travel

10 Mar 2022: Great ideas too. Thanks all.". "It was a great event. I really enjoyed meeting new people and having such an interesting conversation with you all.

21 Jul 2022: This was a new concept for securing travel plan delivery and financial assurance from housing developers within the county. ... I am looking forward to seeing some of the hard work being delivered through the introduction of new pool bikes and the data

7 Mar 2022: All you need is an interest to learn something new! 1.

26 Jan 2022: Last year the University of Cambridge’s Sustainability Team launched our Single Out campaign, which sought to find out the top single-use items produced by the University.

16 Dec 2022: Gold Food December: Sharing food at Christmas More than 700 hampers filled with seasonal food have been pledged through the Christmas Hamper appeal.

14 Dec 2022: Turn talk into action! Apply here Engage for Change (EfC) is a twelve-week programme for students at the University of Cambridge who want to learn how to make change happen.

27 Jun 2022: He took the whole Department on the Biodiversity walk  and planned our new flower beds. ... This was a new initiative for us and a positive way to engage with climate activism amongst our students.

16 Dec 2022: This new planting is part of the University’s Biodiversity Action Plan, and the University Farm’s Higher Level Stewardship agreement, and aims to replace these lost trees, guided by thinking