Hidden in the heart of the Michael Smith Building, the Quad Garden is an urban oasis of biodiversity on campus. Home to various plant and animal species, the Quad is also a hub for community engagement and education. In this blog, Quad Manager Bred Beckett offers a...
In December 2024, the Michael Smith Quad hosted their first Eco-Crafts Event in collaboration with the FBMH Social Responsibility team. With a focus on sustainable materials and foraged supplies, attendees created beautiful ornaments and crafts, just in time for the...
Effective sustainability initiatives require collective effort, but it often takes a committed individual to lead the way. Dr Isobel Taylor-Hearn has helped bring environmental sustainability to the forefront of lab work in FBMH through LEAF. LEAF (Laboratory...
Blog by Dr Maggy Fostier, FBMH Associate Dean for Environmental Sustainability. Welcome to the 5th edition of the FBMH Environmental Sustainability (ES) Good Newsletter. The University is progressing well with its ES agenda, and we are coordinating efforts across...
Air travel contributes approximately 4% to the rise in global temperatures and is projected to cause a 0.1 °C increase in global warming by 2050. With the consequences of the climate crisis intensifying across the world, it is crucial that institutions like...
Blog by Harriet Bickley, Research AssociateIn September, the School of Health Sciences Environmental Sustainability group held its fourth annual Welcome Week Stall. As per the University’s guidance on sustainable giveaways at events, we kept to our tried and tested...
LEAF requires optimising the sharing and rehoming of resources. Earlier this year the FBMH Technical Operations team officially launched the Faculty’s LabGoods4Reuse (LG4R) scheme. This initiative was developed to improve sustainability within FBMH laboratories by...
Amanda Bamford, Emeritus Professor of Plant Sciences at the University of Manchester, has delivered the tenth Irene Manton Lecture. The lecture, which celebrates the significant contributions made by women to the study of the Natural Sciences, was delivered in...
This year's Research Staff Excellence Awards saw a number of FBMH researchers commended for their impressive work in their respective fields. One award-winner, however, was nominated for their work in an entirely different subject area – Social...
Blog by Lydia Wunderley, LEAF and 6R champion, heading the Faculty’s recycling working group. Following on from the Manchester Institute for Cancer Research blog, nine principal investigators (PIs) from the Molecular Cellular Function division have turned their ULT...
