Six steps to energy saving in your department During Spotlight on Energy Month , we are encouraging every University department, institute and building to take simple steps to reduce their energy use. Here are six simple steps for tackling the energy use of your workplace. As you're reading this page, look out for the...

2019 has been designated as the Year of Green Action in the UK. This follows 2018, a year where environmental issues were rarely out of the news; “single-use” was the Collin’s Dictionary word of the year, our collective environmental conciousness was raised and everyone from David Attenborough to the cast of Love Island...

On the 28 November a unique event took place on the University of Cambridge’s Downing Site. Just before lunchtime, staff from the University Catering Service, Darwin College and Murray Edwards College appeared with three tasty dishes to be handed out for free to students and staff. Crowds began to gather, eagerly...

When you meet someone for the first time, it is quite nice to discover that you have something in common. For Phd students, Lucia Corsini and Francesca O’Hanlon one of the things they had in common when they met was a dislike of single-use plastic bottles. Both Lucia and Francesca had seen the devastation caused by these...