Blog by Yixuan, Y1 undergraduate student, School of Biological Sciences. Can you imagine producing food from the air? Yes, you can. Agriculture relies on plants converting carbon dioxide into carbohydrates, but can we make food without using plants? Now, we can... in...
Blog by Harriet Bickley, Research Associate and Sally Freeman, Reader in Medicinal Chemistry. The School of Health Sciences Environmental Sustainability group and friends ran a series of fun part-wildlife, part-science stalls about trees at three events in June: the...
Blog by Giorgia Ravera (Sustainability Coordinator at University of Manchester Students’ Union) and Maggy Fostier In 2020, the sector of information and communication technologies (ICT) was responsible for between 1.8% and 2.8% of global GHG emissions (more than...
Blog by John Vass-de-Zomba, IT Environmental Sustainability Manager During the kit amnesty last month, staff and students handed in their unwanted kit to IT Services at several drop-off points across campus - both personal property and the University's. Over the week,...
Blog by Rachel Grunnill, Botanical Garden Project Development Officer. In the heart of the University’s Fallowfield campus sits the Firs Botanical Grounds and Environmental Research Station. This site is home to vital environmental research, teaching, wellbeing...
On 30th March, the faculty marked International Day of Zero Waste, a global initiative, led by the United Nations, which resonates deeply with our commitment to sustainability and taking care of the environment. The faculty’s social responsibility team engaged in a...
Blog by Alexandra Prodan, Research Project OfficerOn Tuesday, 7th May the Faculty hosted an Active Travel Breakfast event to encourage staff from FBMH and across the University to use active travel to get to campus (be it through walking, wheeling, cycling or...
Blog by Dr David SigeeFollowing an introductory article on the collection of Victorian microscopic slides in the Museum of Medicine and Health, Dr David Sigee shares more on the Gibson slide collection. A new full report details, tray by tray, the rich variety and...
Blog by Jacob Spensley, Final Year Environmental Sustainability Project Student Biodiversity decline is occurring rapidly across the UK with findings from recent surveys (State of Nature Partnership) shining a light on the severe losses, including; 41% of species have...
As outlined in the University’s Sustainable Future Strategy, we aim to make our campus a space for wildlife to flourish and diversify, whilst also increasing opportunities for our community to engage with nature. Interacting with nature has consistently shown to have...
