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The recently completed Biodiversity Baseline Report has given us a picture of the variety of habitats and species that there are across the University’s estate. Some of these habitats are rich in species while others may not be as diverse due to their location, the type of planting or site aspect. University sites, in...

Clare College’s Environmental Policy has guided and inspired the actions of College staff and students for the last five years, and so much has been achieved. This month we will look at what has been done in the area of energy saving. Maintenance works have given facilities staff at Clare College, led by Estates Director...

In December of 2018, Sir David Attenborough spoke at the opening of the UN climate change conference in Poland: "Right now, we are facing a man-made disaster of global scale. Our greatest threat in thousands of years, climate change. If we don't take action, the collapse of our civilisations and the extinction of much of...

The sun is out and there is no better place to get your Vitamin D than in the garden. There are many benefits of gardening; first you have that sense of achievement as your efforts result in some tasty produce, second it is a gentle way to exercise and third, gardening has been shown to benefit our mental health . Luckily...