One of the biggest sources of waste for individuals, and particularly plastic waste, comes from packaging. It is often the very definition of single use, being thrown away moments after being used and can be tricky to recycle, especially if you are out and about. Packaging is one of the...
Leeds University Business School (LUBS) are making significant impact in driving sustainability across the school. As part of their LUBS Blueprint plan they recruited no fewer than 8 Student Sustainability Architects who have been hard at work delivering impactful sustainability initiatives this academic year. Student Sustainability Architect roles are part...
Every Friday, biodiversity volunteers have been watching the campus bloom and thrive as spring arrived. St George’s Fields – nestled behind the Henry Price Halls of Residence – is a valuable biodiversity site and is now bustling with life. Here our Student Sustainability Architect Reuben talks about what can be...
Ashley is a PhD student in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences and a Student Sustainability Architect investigating sustainability in labs, with a focus on the use of single-use plastics (SUPs). Find out what Ashley has got up to so far and how she is using LEAF to drive...
Earth Day, widely seen as the birth of the modern environmental movement, marks its 52nd anniversary on Friday 22nd April 2022. This year’s Earth Day theme is ‘invest in our planet’. Here in Leeds our Climate Plan sets out the University’s largest single investment of £174m in support of our...
Hi, I’m Sam, the Student Sustainability Architect working on the University’s biodiversity monitoring programme at Bodington Fields alongside a wider team of Student Sustainability Architects. This is the start of what we’re hoping will be a series of monthly blogs about our projects on and off campus – and which...
‘Not another survey’, I hear you ask? Here’s why this one is so important: The last travel survey took place back in 2019, pre Covid, and a lot has changed in the world since then! Many of us now have different working patterns, some of us have moved house or...
Student Sustainability Architect Akash Modi is working with the University’s Catering Services on a project to develop a food and carbon engagement programme. For Food Waste Action Week, he shares his top tips for more mindful, sustainable food consumption at the University. The impact of food waste Food...
One of the easiest and most effective ways of building sustainability into your studies at the University of Leeds is through your dissertation or other research projects. The campus itself is a perfect environment to carry out lots of different types of research, including through our Living Lab programme which...
This week is Student Volunteering week and here in the Sustainability service we have a range of volunteering opportunities. You could join us on our monthly litter picks, help reduce waste by starting a repair cafe at the University, or help to develop our award winning biodiversity monitoring scheme. We...