🎉 1 Month to Go! 🎉We’re counting down to Co-created Futures—our annual conference on 3 Dec at Sister, Manchester! 🌍 Theme: Co-produced research 🔬 Focus: Materials | Energy | Nature 🎓 Poster Comp for UoM ECRs & PhDs—submit by 21 Nov! 🎟️ Grab your ticket 👉 tinyurl.com/3xxt9juc #ResearchImpact

Last week, Hannah Ritchie's new book, Clearing the Air, was showcased as part of the #MCRLITFEST. Yours truly attended. As with her first book, she discusses climate change issues but, crucially, she advances optimism and hope in order to empower readers to take meaningful, impactful action.

♻️ New from the Sustainable Consumption Institute: "One Step Forward, Two Steps Back" explores how optimism and pessimism shape our responses to sustainability challenges. 📖 Read the full post: tinyurl.com/mhshhzsk #Sustainability #ClimateAction #EmotionalIntelligence #SCI #EnvironmentalPsychology

🌱 Students are leading the green transition and universities are backing them. At The University of Manchester, the University Living Lab is turning the campus into a testbed for sustainable innovation. 📖 Learn more: tinyurl.com/bde59hh9 #GreenTransition #LivingLab #Sustainability #ClimateAction

🎨 Following the success of Embedded exhibition, the Henry Royce Institute invites you to Sculpted Forms: A Response to Embedded — an evening of poetry, art, and conversation led by acclaimed writer and curator Inua Ellams. 🗓️ Monday 3rd November 🕠 17:30–19:30 🎟️ Reserve your spot: lnkd.in/e_-y-ddV

🎧 New podcasts alert! If you're curious about the future of the aviation industry, have a listen to the new BBC Sounds Rethink podcasts our co-director, Prof Alice Larkin, has contributed to: Rethink: how can flying be less polluting? lnkd.in/e-TFS_9d Rethink: should we stop flying? lnkd.in/erQGKqJ5

🎧 Podcast spotlight! Our co-director, Prof Alice Larkin, features in two BBC Rethink episodes exploring aviation and sustainability: ✈️ How can flying be less polluting? 🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... ✈️ Should we stop flying? 🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Give them a listen and share your thoughts

Right now #wind is meeting 35% of the National Grid's electricity demand. https://winderful.uk

🚨 Deadline Extended! 🚨 Great news for changemakers and innovators: the deadline to apply for the Sustainable Futures Innovation Lab has been extended to 22 October! 🌍✨ 🔗 Learn more and apply now: www.sustainablefutures.manchester.ac.uk/events/susta...

📣 Don’t miss the ESRC Festival of Social Science this month! We’ll be at Manchester Victoria Station on 5 Nov with Our Green Working Lives 🌱 - come say hi! Explore the full programme: festivalofsocialscience.com/events/partn... #ESRCFestival #Sustainability #GreenJobs #ManchesterEvents

This week is Sustainable Travel Week!! @manchester.ac.uk 🌿🚲 📅 14 Oct Travel Fair 🚴 15 Oct Cycling Day 🧘 16 Oct Health & Wellbeing

🌍 Join the Sustainable Futures Innovation Lab 📅 10 Dec 25 🕛12:00–17:30 📍 University of Manchester 🔍 We’re seeking non-academic partners (corporates, SMEs, public sector, VCSE) ready to collaborate with top researchers to tackle real sustainability challenges. 📥 Apply by 20 Oct: tinyurl.com/35ne8pbe

🧠🌍 Celebrating #PostdocAppreciationWeek PhD students & ECRs at @OfficialUoM - join us for the AI & Sustainability Workshop. Interdisciplinary, collaborative and full of fresh ideas. 🎤 Speaker slots open - email [email protected] to get involved. Details: tinyurl.com/47fk9mzz

📢 Leadership update Dr Helen Holmes & Prof Alice Larkin are the new Co-Directors of Sustainable Futures 🌍 Exciting times ahead as they drive the platform forward under the new #M2035 strategy ⚡ #Sustainability #Research #ClimateAction #UoM

🚍🏘️🌱 Just registered for Organising for the Future with @CitizensUK - an online event spotlighting fairer transport, housing & communities. Stories, campaigns, action. Sept 24, 1:30–2:45pm. Sign up: actionnetwork.org/events/celeb... #CommunityPowert #FairAndGreenFuture

UNEP’s Civil Society Unit is offering two internship opportunities to support stakeholder engagement ahead of UNEA-7. 🟢 Civil Society Engagement Programme Support 📅 Start: October 2025 ⏳ Duration: 3–6 months 📌 Apply by: Sept 19, 2025 🔗 careers.un.org/jobSearchDescription/263785?language=en

🚨JOB ALERT🚨 We’re looking for a #Postdoc to play a key role in a new #interdiscipinary project on the risks to human health from mining activities across Africa. Full details: shorturl.at/X7Tbr @uomseed.bsky.social @globaldevinst.bsky.social @sustainableuom.bsky.social #academicjobs #ECRjobs

🧭 New opportunity at @OfficialUoM: Pan Africa Mining Study (PAMS) Research Associate 📅 Apply by 18 Sept 2025 💼 £37,694 | Full-time | Fixed-term until July 2026 🔗 jobs.ac.uk/job/DOP018/research-associate-the-pan-africa-mining-study-pams #AcademicJobs #Postdoc #GlobalHealth #EnvironmentalJustice

🚣#WorldLakeDay🚣 Researchers at @OfficialUoM have developed metal-organic cages (MOCs) that trap pollutants like medicine and cosmetic residues in water-an exciting leap in fighting water pollution near urban lakes and rivers. 🔗 tinyurl.com/ahrx352r #GenerationRestoration #CleanWater #UNEP

🚣 #WorldLakeDay 🚣 Lakes store most of our surface freshwater, support biodiversity, and sustain livelihoods but they’re shrinking fast due to climate change, pollution, and poor sanitation. Let’s protect these vital ecosystems. Sign the petition to safeguard Windermere: tinyurl.com/5n8ynruk 💧

🚣#WorldLakeDay🚣 Watch the video below to find out more about how water companies are using greenwashing and disinformation to avoid accountability for the damage they are inflicting on UK's rivers and lakes! youtu.be/5MJ_lC3Tcvw #WorldLakeDay #UNEP #GenerationRestoration

🚣Happy #WorldLakeDay! 🚣 Let’s protect our lakes and freshwater ecosystems together. Dive into powerful data at SDG661.app to see how science drives restoration. Like, repost, and follow for updates from us and @UNEP. #GenerationRestoration #UNEP

🎓 Meet Dr Jack Benton, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at @OfficialUoM. His research bridges urban design, public health & behavioural science—focusing on green spaces, physical activity & data-driven change. 🏙️🌿 🏆Hear his advice for early career researchers: tinyurl.com/me5heres

🌍 Two weeks ago, we teamed up with Policy@Manchester for a packed event exploring how research drives global sustainability policy. The panel, chaired by Prof Michael Shaver, featured: Prof Diana Mitlin, Prof Matthew Paterson and Wasundara Doradeniya. Catch the full recording: tinyurl.com/yvehch87

🌿 Looking for fun, meaningful ways to spend time with your children this summer? Here are a few nature-inspired ideas that are kid-friendly and impactful 👇

🌍 Just out: UK Gov’s Climate Resilience Review of the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio. Ten low-carbon technologies assessed for vulnerability to hazards. 🔍 Key takeaway: No tech is “highly vulnerable,” but many face challenges. 💡 Adaptation solutions offered. 📎 Full report: tinyurl.com/3d99ky9y

🌱 Sustainable Threads – a fantastic initiative weaving purpose into fashion. Deserving of recognition and support 👏 🎥 Watch the video to learn more about the project: 🔗 lnkd.in/eRkJ8vqB #SustainableFashion #CircularEconomy #Innovation #EcoThreads #ClimateAction

#MindfulMonday: The Ocean Cleanup has unveiled its 30 Cities initiative, aiming to reduce plastic pollution entering the oceans via rivers by 33% by the year 2030. Read more here: theoceancleanup.com/updates/the-... #CitiesAgainstPlastic #PlasticPollution #CleanWaters

🎓 Just graduated? Explore career support from the Royal Horticultural Society! From bespoke taster days to apprenticeships and workplace training, the RHS offers a range of hands-on opportunities in horticulture 🌿 🔗 Check it out: www.rhs.org.uk/education-le... #GreenCareers #RHS #Horticulture

🌍 Celebrating our UMRI awarded projects exemplifying how interdisciplinary collaboration can unlock real-world solutions: - Community-led Energy Renewables by Jaise Kuriakose - Route 66: Visions for Rapid Decarbonisation of Transport by Andrew Welfle - Pan Africa Mining Study by Gareth Clay

More good news: Manchester now proudly holds dual UNESCO titles—City of Literature and City of Lifelong Learning— reflecting a deep investment in culture, education, and equity. Read more here:

Great news for the Consumption & Society team (inc our drdjwelch.bsky.social) who are celebrating their young journal's third birthday with a brilliant impact factor...also of 3.0 @uomsoss.bsky.social @sustainableuom.bsky.social @manchestersci.bsky.social

🌍 UoM joins EPSRC Prosperity Partnerships, a £97M initiative uniting academia + industry to tackle real-world challenges. CHaMP—led by Prof Michael Shaver with Bupa + Unit M—aims to reduce healthcare’s environmental footprint by rethinking plastics, waste, and reuse in clinics and hospitals. #EPSRC

🌆 Can cities beat the heat by turning up the shine? #UoM research shows that boosting how much sunlight city surfaces reflect can cool things down in a meaningful way. The breakthrough?A model that lets reflectivity shift over time, mimicking real-world changes like white roofs or ageing materials.

#MindfulMonday post: New scientific research reveals that ash trees are mounting a natural resistance to the devastating disease that has swept through the British countryside. Read more here:

Really encouraging stats!

Today, Manchester transforms—70 life-sized puppet animals stampede through the city in #TheHerds, launching #MIF25 with awe and urgency.This epic migration mirrors a 20,000km flight from the Congo Basin to the Arctic Circle—animals escaping habitat loss in a world gripped by crisis. www.theherds.org

🌍 New study from @manchester.ac.uk‬ shows how developing countries can hit net-zero and grow their economies. Part of #FutureDAMS, it offers real strategies for climate, energy, water & food security. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🔗 www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/m...

Last chance to register! How to Create a Good Food Revolution 🌍 🗓 Wed 25 June | 🕠 17:30–19:00 📍 AMBS + online 🎙 Prof Kevin Morgan + expert panel Join us to explore how public food policy can drive system-wide change—for justice, health and ecological integrity. 🔗 Register: bit.ly/3HLYBf4

🚨 Big news from Manchester! The Uni joins a new £13.6M #EPSRC Hub on Sustainable Engineering Plastics, led by Prof Michael Shaver. Focus: greener plastics through reuse, repair & recycling—with 60+ industry partners incl. Siemens & Polestar. 🌍🔁 🔗 www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/t... #Sustainability

💜 We’re proud to share that The University of Manchester has been ranked 1st in the UK and Europe and 2nd in the world for social and environmental impact in the 2025 #THEglobalimpact Rankings. #THEUniRankings @timeshighered.bsky.social www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/u...

Today is World Refill Day 🌍 – a global call to reduce plastic waste by reusing and refilling. 🐝 The University of Manchester’s Bee Cup promotes reusable cups to cut single-use plastics. Watch our video below to find out more about this scheme:

Join us on Bridgeford Street and unleash your inner street artist at the #ManchesterUniversallyFestival! @digitaluom.bsky.social @healthierfutures.bsky.social @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social

Our team volunteered at Platt Fields Market Garden with Manchester Urban Diggers, swapping laptops for trowels. It was a day of teamwork and learning, supporting MUD's sustainable growing. Read more about MUD here: www.wearemud.org/about #Volunteering #Sustainability #CommunityEngagement #GivingBack

🌍 Still buzzing from last week’s Threads of Change: Tackling the Textile Waste Crisis workshop, brilliantly led by @Libby Allen! This session brought together passionate individuals from industry to share real-world challenges and successes and explore how to scale sustainable practices.

From oceans to rivers, bins to bottles — the projects mentioned below show how research can drive real-world change. We all have a role in protecting our planet. Let’s work together to #BeatPlasticPollution 💚 #WorldEnvironmentDay

🗑️ “One Bin to Rule Them All” proposes a unified plastic recycling system across the UK. By simplifying recycling, we can boost infrastructure, cut confusion, and push towards a circular economy. 🔗 tinyurl.com/25surrsz #WorldEnvironmentDay #BeatPlasticPollution

🌊 Prof Jamie Woodward developed a toolkit to help communities track sewage pollution in rivers. Empowering citizen scientists = cleaner waterways + local impact. 🔗 tinyurl.com/5bwxwch9 #WorldEnvironmentDay #BeatPlasticPollution

♻️ Dr Tom McDonald is helping turn household plastic waste into sustainable packaging. His work on recycled HDPE shows how smart data and innovation can power a greener supply chain. 🔗 tinyurl.com/mph34f98 #WorldEnvironmentDay #BeatPlasticPollution

🔬 Dr Holly Shiels investigated microplastics in sea turtle reproductive organs. Her research suggests plastic pollution could threaten marine species' ability to reproduce — a stark reminder of ocean plastic's impact. 🔗 tinyurl.com/mt5k4zht #BeatPlasticPollution #WorldEnvironmentDay