Blog by Maggy Fostier, Associate Dean for Environmental Sustainability in FBMHA year ago, I attended the Royal Society conference on Sustainability in the research and innovation endeavour (report on their website). I had a wonderful day learning about progress to...
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A look into the Division of Medical Education’s Biodiversity Social Afternoon
Blog by Jenny Herbert, Lecturer and Social Responsibility lead in the Division of Medical Education.Within the division of medical education (DoME) we decided this year for our divisional gathering to do something that had an environmental twist. Gathering and...
Trees for Life Stalls: How the School of Health Sciences promoted tree conservation in June
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...
Tips for a Digital Cleanup
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...
The Latest Community Engagement Activities at the Firs Botanical Grounds
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...
Fueling Sustainable Commutes: A Recap of Our Active Travel Breakfast Event
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...
The Gibson Microscope Slide Collection: Behind the scenes at the museum
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...
Progress with the Environmental Sustainability agenda in FBMH
In this blog series, Dr Maggy Fostier, FBMH Associate Dean for Environmental Sustainability, will provide a run down on all the latest Environmental Sustainability news in FBMH.Welcome to the third edition of the FBMH Environmental Sustainability (ES) Good Newsletter....
Do you want to make a little difference?
Blog by Ilayda Akbulut, PhD student who completed her BBRSC PIP internship as SBS sustainability volunteers coordinator in Autumn 23. Our volunteers and Environmental Sustainability Project students have carried out numerous campaigns on campus last semester. Here is...
A Look into the Rollout of Food Waste Collection Caddies Across Main Campus Kitchens
Blog by Simon Atkinson, UoM Waste Manager.The Directorate of Estates and Facilities has now rolled out food waste collection caddies to all staff kitchens on Main Campus – nearly 400 caddies in total.The University successfully trialled the collection of food waste in...