🌟 Season’s greetings from all of us at Sustainable Futures! We’re grateful for all the brilliant people we’ve worked with this year and the interdisciplinary community that continues to inspire us. Wishing you rest and joy over the holidays!

🌍 At COP30 in Belém, Brazil, @José A. Puppim de Oliveira reflects on progress since Paris & the challenges ahead. Collaboration + innovation remain key for climate action. Read the full interview 👉 blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/reflecting-o... #COP30 #ClimateAction

✨ Innovation in Action! 🚀 Our Innovation Lab with FutureEverything brought bold ideas to life. Congrats to LanthaGen Bio, Ardwick Climate Action, Cellnex UK & Peak District NP for stellar pitches! Collaboration + creativity = a better future 🌍💡 #Innovation

🌿🎙️ New episodes of Nature Insight are live! Dive into conversations on conservation, biodiversity & climate futures with voices shaping our planet’s story. Listen here 👉 natureinsight.podbean.com #NatureInsight #Conservation #ClimateAction #Biodiversity #Podcast

What a day at the Co-created Futures Conference! 🌍✨ Congratulations to Tetyana Solovey, Topo Mokokwane & Dwica Wulandari for winning the poster competition 👏 Thanks to our speakers & attendees for making it a collaborative experience. 🚀 #CoCreatedFutures #Innovation #Collaboration #FutureThinking

'Challenge Accepted' is now live! 💫 Our global fundraising campaign aims to raise £400 million to help higher education drive real, transformative change: ➿Student inclusion and success 🥼Research with purpose 🔬Innovation and enterprise 🌐Culture and community www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/t...

🚨 Last Chance to Register! 🚨 The Co-Created Futures Conference is almost here 🌍✨ Join us for a dynamic day! 🔑 Keynote: Abigail Herron (Aviva Investors, ESG leader) 🛠️ Interactive stalls & exhibitors 🌱 Climate education with The RoundView 👉 Sign up now: tinyurl.com/3aw64c9x

🌍 How can universities lead the fight against the climate crisis? Join us for our next MIOIR Seminar with Prof Meric Gertler, President Emeritus of the University of Toronto. 📅 1 Dec 2025 ⏰ 15:30–16:30 📍 AMBS & Online Register here👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mioir-semi... #ClimateLeadership

🌿 Session Three at #CoCreatedFutures 🌍 Nature, data & justice collide. 🎙️ Talks by Dr Sarah Sutcliffe, Prof Jamie Woodward & Dr Jenna Ashton. Reimagining care for planet & people. 👉 Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/co-created...

🔬 Co-created Futures Conference, Dec 3 Materials Session: Innovation for a Sustainable Future 👩 Dr Samira Malekmohammadi (Royce Institute / CEAMS) ♻️ Dr Torik Holmes (SCI, UoM) 🧪 Dr Chris Egan Morriss (EPSRC Fellow) 👉 Sign up: tinyurl.com/3xxt9juc #CoCreatedFutures #SustainableMaterials #CEAMS

🌍⚡ Discover the projects powering Greater Manchester’s energy transition! From community-owned renewables to geothermal innovation, Co-Created Futures will showcase pioneering interdisciplinary research work. 📅 Join us 3 Dec @ Sister, Manchester 🎟️ Sign up 👉 tinyurl.com/3xxt9juc

🎉 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