"community" blog posts
Sustainability Week 2023
The University’s first ever Sustainability Week took place between 20th-28th February, as part of the Feel Good February initiative.
Posted on: 9 March 2023
World Book Day: News From Nowhere’s sustainability must reads
To celebrate World Book Day, Liverpool's not-for-profit radical and community bookshop, News From Nowhere have compiled their top 10 sustainability book recommendations, especially for Sustainable Liverpool.
Posted on: 1 March 2023
Cutting our travel emissions
Whether it’s commuting to University, travelling to international conferences, or students going home at the end of the academic year, travel is one of the largest contributors to our Scope 3 emissions. Sustainability Programme Manager, Sally Shaw, explains the journey ahead for how we can cut our travel emissions and sets out some of measures which are in place to help us change how we get around.
Posted on: 29 November 2022
How our students help to Leave Liverpool Tidy
Leave Liverpool Tidy is an initiative helping to harness the skills and enthusiasm of students across Liverpool to reduce the number of items going to landfill and encourage a new approach to consumption and waste.
Posted on: 21 September 2022
Community Clean-Up Day at Festival Gardens
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool City Council (Gardens) and St Michaels Councillors teamed up to organise a Volunteer Community Clean Up Day at the Liverpool Festival Gardens back in August.
Posted on: 21 September 2022
The importance of urban food production
The Liverpool Food Growers Network (LFGN) brings together University of Liverpool researchers, food growing projects and partners from across the Liverpool City Region (LCR). Clara Steiner, former project manager for the Network, carried out research exploring the scale and scope of food growing in the region. Here’s what she discovered.
Posted on: 21 September 2022
Food for thought
With an exponentially growing population, millions of more mouths to feed and our current food systems being more strained and environmentally damaging than ever before, it’s vital that we find sustainable alternatives to manage this.
Posted on: 21 September 2022
Introducing the Sustainability Programme Team
Given the complexity – and importance – of delivering the University’s Sustainability Strategy, it’s vital that we have the right people in the right roles to turn this ambitious vision into measurable change. Sally Shaw, Sustainability Programme Manager explains.
Posted on: 21 September 2022