During Go Green Week 2021, the university held a free plant giveaway and planting workshop for students. Students at the workshop learned how to pot and maintain a plant as a way of encouraging wellbeing among students. Read more →
Tag: People & Planet
Fossil Fuel: Divest Uni’s £5.2billion
£5.2 billion. That’s a huge amount of money, no matter how you look at it this. Unfortunately, this astronomic figure is the amount that British universities puts into the fossil fuel industry. This, however, this attitude is changing for the better. There’s an increasing movement to take this huge investment out of this unsustainable industry, a practice that is known… Read more →
Student Sustainability Conference 2015: My Experience
The issue of sustainability is perhaps the biggest issue that we face as a species going into the future, so I was amazed to find out that the Student Sustainability Conference, which took place at Leeds University on 23rd March, was the first of its kind. Me and my fellow publishing assistants at Susthingsout travelled up to the event… Read more →