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28 Mar 2019: Meet at Cancer Research UK to explore nature, both on the Addenbrookes Site and in the surrounding area.

20 Mar 2024: Any member of the University can access their guidance and sign up to hear about the latest news and learning opportunities in the sector (register at the member portal).

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

27 Mar 2020: 13% are classified as threatened with extinction from Great Britain. Fed up of bad news stories? ... The good news is that with April around the corner, now is the perfect time to sow your wildflower seeds!

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

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.

6 Jan 2015: Search site. Sustainability. Cambridge CLOCS: new driver training sessions announced. Submitted by Catrin Darsley on Tue, 2015-01-06 12:47.

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

25 Apr 2017: As part of their ongoing Green Impact work, the Department of Politics and International Studies has taken a number of measures to ‘bee’ more biodiverse.

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

11 Feb 2019: This page sets out a list of key environmental legislation that all University buildings and sites must comply with. For University staff with any queries on the following information, or compliance with this legislation, please contact

24 Feb 2021: In contrast, between April and May 2020, over 7,000 new members signed up to record bird and wildlife sightings.

26 Mar 2020: This scheme allows you to spend up to £2,000 on a new bike and/or cycling equipment through the Cyclescheme.

26 Sep 2023: Assessment into our scope 3 emissions has shown these emissions to be around 90% of University emissions scope_3.png The University has been reporting annually on carbon emissions relating to scope 1, 2 and 3 sources for a number of years, past

27 Apr 2020: It will also be fantastic to see a new Communication and Engagement Strategy developed for the E&E section and pilot a scheme across the University to deliver environmental action at ... My new bike and rucksack paniers. I was born in the old Mill Road

25 Jan 2017: Submitted by Grainne Kennedy on Wed, 2017-01-25 08:19. Have you failed to sustain your well-intentioned New Year’s resolutions?

26 Oct 2017: In 2015-16, a new food waste collection system diverted 153 tonnes of food waste to a composting facility, where it was turned into a useful product.

25 Jul 2018: Search site. Sustainability. WarpIT – giving items a new home and reducing departmental costs. ... This year alone it is estimated that £16,228 has been saved by departments who chose to source from other departments rather than buy new, and the good

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.

3 Sep 2020: Search site. Sustainability. Reducing, reusing and recycling just got easier with our new waste guidance! ... The guidance forms part of the University of Cambridge’s new Waste Strategy, approved in 2019, which aims to improve performance on waste

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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

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

16 Oct 2023: The University of Cambridge’s 2023 annual travel survey is now open, and all staff are invited to complete it online by 5pm on 30 October. The short survey, which takes less than five minutes to complete, asks about how you travelled to work each

29 Mar 2016: You may have heard about the University’s Energy and Carbon Reduction Project (ECRP), which provides funding for large and complex energy and carbon saving projects. Did you know, however, that the project can also help fund much smaller

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.

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

25 Nov 2016: In 2012 some of the fluorescent lights in the Electrical Engineering Division (formerly the CAPE) Building began to fail.

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

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

28 Mar 2019: Meet at the Alison Richards Building to explore nature both on the Sidgwick Site and in the surrounding area.

26 Feb 2019: Luckily there are many College garden societies who welcome new members. ... You can join us via our brand new facebook page.

28 Mar 2017: There’s a lot going on with the Living Laboratory for Sustainability at the moment: The Cambridge Carbon Challenge will see its second round of judging at the beginning of April. Teams are in the process of compiling their business cases which

7 Dec 2015: During November, the Environment & Energy section focused on waste and recycling for the first ever ‘Spotlight on Waste’ month. Here we round up some of the action: Amey Questions? We took a trip to Amey Cespa with a number of our departmental

27 Jul 2016: The new posters include:. Website updates. Visit our website for new information on waste & recycling,including:. ... new case studies on how people at the University have addressed recycling challenges in different ways.

25 Nov 2016: The Cambridge Carbon Challenge is a competition that launched in October, inviting staff and students to submit their ideas for reducing building energy use and associated carbon emissions (Scope 1 and 2 emissions) across the University estate. Six

28 Mar 2017: Many of us do not travel just to and from work, we also travel as part of our work, either within the city or further afield. Business travel, be it for research or other work, is a part of University life but it is not without its environmental

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.

29 Jan 2019: Global health is something that we are hearing discussed more and more in Climate Change discussions.

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

7 Sep 2018: The event will be held at Storey's Field Centre, a brand new building in Eddington, the University of Cambridge's new district in the City.

24 Jun 2020: 13 tonnes of waste prevented. A new item has been added more than once a day on average! ... 548 new members of staff have also signed up in the last year.

28 Nov 2018: It also helps staff who are disposing of “stuff” to find new owners - saving on waste disposal costs. ... New to WarpIt - charitable donations. While the first destination for unwanted items ideally should be within the University, the online WarpIt

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.

10 Oct 2018: To determine if there is a business case for investing in new transport initiatives for staff.

27 May 2016: Latest Projects Three complementary projects are being carried out with Lucy Cavendish College to support the College’s understanding of its energy use.

27 May 2016: finding new owners for unwanted items.

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.

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

28 Jan 2020: These sessions aim to establish the issues with the way car parking permit allocation happens across the University at the moment so we can take them into account when the new