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28 Mar 2017: ‘Spotlight on’ months allow the University to raise awareness of sustainability issues over an entire month and our recent Spotlight on Sustainable Food month was a great success and has led to change in many parts of the University. Next month

29 Sep 2017: During your time at the University of Cambridge you will have an opportunity to experience so many things, to develop as an individual and to make this world of ours a better place.

31 Aug 2017: The University carries out a vast amount of research which has a significant environmental impact. The new Sustainable Labs Coordinator, Martin Howes, will be working with University laboratories, helping them to become more sustainable. Read on to

25 Jul 2017: The winner of the Carbon Challenge was announced at our recent Cambridge Green Challenge awards. The announcement followed a number of months of project development and collaboration between students and staff from different departments.

25 Apr 2017: Hundreds of people queued throughout the day on Saturday 22 April at the David Attenborough Building to get a glimpse of their heroes and to hear them speak.

25 Jul 2017: Extracting air safely from the Chemistry department’s 322 fume cupboards takes a lot of power and involves 37 fan systems that have been installed at various times over the building's lifetime.

26 Oct 2017: The Environment & Energy section recently hosted the Laboratory Efficiency Action Network (LEAN).

24 May 2017: 1. Name: Alex Reeve 2. Position: Sustainable Buildings Advisor 3. What does this position entail? Providing specialist advice to promote the design and construction of environmentally sustainable new build and refurbishment projects. 4. What is your

26 Oct 2017: In 2015-16 the University disposed of 3,385 tonnes of operational waste, which is the weight of almost two London Eyes! While 1,114 tonnes of this waste was recycled, audits of the composition of waste disposed from University buildings have shown

4 Dec 2017: while 20% was paper towels.