Posts tagged with ‘sustainability’
The Midlands’ Journey to Net Zero
This in-person conference is for researchers, academics, industry representatives and professional services staff who are interested in finding out about how local communities are working towards Net Zero.
Tags: Journey to Net Zero, net zero, Nottingham City Council, Professor Mark Gillott, sustainability
Join us for Sustainability Action Week
Sustainability Action Week will take place from 13-17 March this year and sees a week of […]
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Adapting our cities to climate change: a blue-green vision
In this lecture, Dr Emily O’Donnell will explore how barriers to BGI may be overcome to enable blue-green visions for cities to be realised.
Tags: climate, climate change, School of Education, School of Geography, sustainability
University is third in the world for sustainability
The University of Nottingham has been ranked third in the world in a list of the […]
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Tags: REF, sustainability, UI Green Metric, UI GreenMetric World University Ranking
What does it mean to be a nature positive university?
The university is growing its biodiversity efforts and pledging to become a nature positive university – […]
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Tags: biodiversity, hedge planting, nature positive university, sustainability, Sustainable Nottingham, tree planting
Sustainability Green Gown win for pharmacy technician
A technician from the university has been recognised for his commitment to sustainability by being awarded […]
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Tags: Green Gown, Green Gown Awards, Lee Hibbert, sustainability, sustainability champion
Greening Everything circularity: putting back more than we take out
An economics of ‘wellbeing’ must live within contracting, annual carbon budgets, in which ‘circularity’ is more important than productivity and ‘growth’ is defined more by nature than consumption. This session will explore some of the exciting ways in which some countries and communities are attempting to do so.
Tags: COP27, recycling, sustainability
The ’15 minute city’: connectivity and accountability as drivers of carbon reduction
Disruptive planning; zero-carbon transport networks. Paris: the 15-minute city. Low traffic neighbourhoods and zero-emission zones. Putting communities before cars. Carbon rationing; getting the alternatives in place first. Urban lungs; bringing nature back into cities. The war on waste; lessons in tax and circularity.
Tags: carbon rationing, COP27, Disruptive planning, sustainability, war on waste, zero carbon
Energy: Back to the future – local democracy, public ownership and social inclusion
This session will focus on the (regulatory) art of consuming less. Smart everything; sharing the lessons of localised, integrated energy systems. Empowering communities instead of corporations. Energy: a service not a market. International examples of decentralised and accountable energy systems.
Tags: COP27, energy, renewable energy, sustainability, sustainable economics
Food Security: let them eat what? Transformative approaches to localised supply
War, pandemics and wild weather are tearing today’s globalised food system apart. Spiralling energy costs then turn this into a cost of living crisis affecting producers, providers and the public in equal measure. Beginning with wasting less, what must we do to feed a hungry planet?
Tags: COP27, Food Security, global food security, sustainability