Last week President Professor Sir Paul Curran and Students’ Union President Kristina Perelygina signed the SDG Accord on behalf of City and City Students’ Union. The SDG Accord is a commitment to support the UN Sustainable…
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Supporting the Global Goals at City
City, University of London is taking action to embed the 17 UN Global Goals into our education, research, leadership, operations and engagement activities. But what are those Goals, and how can you take action to…
Leading creative design with the Sustainability team
We work with staff and students to embed sustainability into learning, teaching, curriculum design, research and student-led activities. One of our most recent curriculum initiatives was with the Master’s in Innovation, Creativity and Leadership course,…
90kg Fairtrade rice challenge
In Malawi, a farmer needs to sell 90kg of rice to send his child to high school for a year. Nicha and Lea, two of our student Sustainability Leaders, took on the challenge earlier this…
A year in Extra Mile projects
As we approach the end of the Sustainable City Challenge 2018/19, we take a look back at some of the Extra Mile highlights from the year. The Extra Mile strand of the Sustainable City Challenge…
Guilt-free glitter!
We love glitter, and now that the festival season is approaching, it’s everywhere! But how can you add extra sparkle without costing the Earth? Conventional glitter contains microplastics which often end up in the ocean,…
London Student Sustainability Conference 2019
On Thursday 28 February, City hosted the first London Student Sustainability Conference. The conference saw 19 students present their work which inspires positive impact in the world and links to one (or more) of…
Creating a buzz: Beeswax candle-making workshop
Natalie and Monica, two of our student Sustainability leaders, talk about their candle-making workshop which they organised at Christmas using the beeswax from our hives. “We organized a two-hour workshop in which participants could create…
Bin confused? Let’s get it sorted!
Sorting out your waste can be confusing. At City, University of London we use a waste contractor which may be different to the one your local council uses, even if you live in Islington. So…
How do you move a live bee hive?
Having lived happily on the roof of Innovation Centre for 3 years, our bees were in for a shock when we had to relocate due to construction work. We found a new home for them…