Trade fair to combat climate change Unjust in its impacts By Ridwan A (Sustainability Leader) The issue of climate change is a growing one for our generation, who have the means to combat it. Buying…
Sustainable Food
Spilling the ‘Tea’: Fairtrade at City
By Atrayee De (SustainabilityLeader) What is Fairtrade? The commonly misunderstood term Fairtrade can be simplified as the trade that promotes fairness and improves livelihoods for producers and workers by paying them fair prices that reflect the costs…
Wow, what a week!
Thanks to everyone who joined us for our first Global Goals Week: five days packed full of free workshops and activities for students and staff to discover more about the UN Global Goals and what we can…
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…
Vegan-friendly, no-cook chocolate cake – it exists!
This month is World Vegan Month and here at City we’re embracing the environmental benefits of animal-free food! Did you know that having just one meat free day a week can help cut greenhouse gases…
Sustainable City Week 2017
Campus was a hive of activity during Sustainable City Week 2017 as we celebrated all things sustainable! We kicked the week off by transforming CityBar into a pedal-powered cinema! Fuelled with free popcorn and nachos,…
Five Fun Fairtrade Events…
Got a spare half hour at lunchtime? Grab some colleagues and arrange a Fairtrade event to raise awareness of Fairtrade and earn yourself some Extra Mile points for the Sustainable City Challenge. It couldn’t be…
Sustainable Dieting with Crispy Critters
When people think of sustainability events, they usually think of recycling drives, water awareness, or energy conservation campaigns. These are all important, but the Information Services Sustainability Team decided to do something a little more…unusual for our…