We're proud to become a founding signatory of the UK Packaging Pact - a new ten-year collaborative programme to help transform the UK’s packaging system. Find out more about the UK Packaging Pact ⬇️ tinyurl.com/mr2d2az7

“Change the system, not the climate” You'll hear this a lot on #EarthDay - but what system do we want?🌎 Join us for our screening of ‘Outgrow the System’ - a film showcasing new economic ideas that could change the world. 📅 21 May 🕕 6-8pm 📍 The Diamond - Lecture Theatre 5 🎟️ tinyurl.com/38ka9x5e

Yesterday, the UK government announced a plan for an "Era of Clean Energy". Our Senior Research Fellow in Sustainability Policy, @richsulley.bsky.social, shares his thoughts on the new government initiative. ⬇️ tinyurl.com/z5upt449 #CleanEnergy #NetZero #Sustainability #EarthDay

Event: 9/7: Finding Common Ground: An Interdisciplinary Symposium on Soil by @granthamcsf.bsky.social

Could the 'People's Emergency Briefing' be the key that unlocks a mass response to the #ClimateCrisis? @nowthenmag.bsky.social spoke to @richsulley.bsky.social to find out the motivations behind hosting the live film screening. Read here ⬇️ tinyurl.com/ymhs7mhp @nebriefing.bsky.social #PEBuk

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework is leading us the wrong way! 🚧 Grantham Associate, @joannagavins.bsky.social, argues the #SDGs framework is damaging to people and the planet, as it links #EconomicGrowth with prosperity. Read her article to find out more ⬇️ tinyurl.com/7nf4scw7

Yesterday, we hosted a live screening of the People's Emergency Briefing. Throughout the film, UK scientists issued stark warnings about the climate crisis. Here are just a few responses made by our audience members following the film. @nebriefing.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social

Don't miss this special screening of the 'People's Emergency Briefing' at @sheffielduni.bsky.social This eye-opening film is a call to action to treat climate change as the emergency it is. 📅 15 April (12 - 1:30pm) 📍The Diamond - Lecture Theatre 3 🎟️ tinyurl.com/4j3uwtx5 @nebriefing.bsky.social

There are still some tickets left for the People's Emergency Briefing screening briefing 🎟️ Get yours here ➡️ tinyurl.com/4j3uwtx5

📢 Join us for a screening of the People’s Emergency Briefing. In this film, scientists explain the climate & nature crisis — and what it means for food, health, weather & cost of living. A panel discussion will also explore how our Uni should respond to the crisis. Book here: tinyurl.com/4j3uwtx5

How can Social #LCA help us make a fairer food system? @benpurvis42.bsky.social from our #Sustainable Assessment team explains the human impact behind what we eat. Watch here ⬇️

Musicians played an enormous plastic bottle marimba, a wall of tuned glass bottles, discarded flower pots, cooking pans and a washing machine drum.

Can a concerto played with trash help spread the message of sustainability? 🎻 The Britten Sinfonia orchestra tried to do just that as part of the Barbican Centre’s 2025-26 concert season. Read our Grantham Scholar @jennmac42.bsky.social's review for @uk.theconversation.com ⬇️ tinyurl.com/37f53yen

Thank you to everyone who came to our fascinating #DoughnutEconomics workshop today, led by Emma Woods from Flourish Economics.🍩 During the session we took an in-depth look at the #Sheffield snapshot, exploring its metrics and limits, to see how it can help the city become a fairer place to live.

Frustrating stuff from Unite The Union www.linkedin.com/posts/richar...

📣 We're thrilled to announce the Grantham Foundation has renewed its commitment with an £3.5m investment - enabling us to deliver world class research, train the next generation of sustainability leaders and steer global climate policy for the next 10 years! Read more here ⬇️ tinyurl.com/bdhxjfpv

We're excited to be hosting this insightful and inspiring participatory workshop on how #DoughnutEconomics can help #Sheffield become a fairer place to live. 🍩 Join us on Tuesday, 17th March from 11am - 1:30pm (lunch provided). Register to book your place ⬇️ tinyurl.com/32sh8vnj

Ever read a book that changed your mind? 📖 For #WorldBookDay @richsulley.bsky.social spoke to @uk.theconversation.com about how Kim Stanley Robinson’s 'Ministry for the Future' opened his eyes to the realities of climate change and how we combat it. Read the full article here ⬇️

"The need to travel further and faster into a #renewable based energy system with decoupled pricing has never been stronger." Our Senior Research Fellow in Sustainability Policy, @richsulley.bsky.social shares his reaction to the #SpringStatement. Read the full response here ⬇️ tinyurl.com/yh25m67x

Our Grantham Scholars have been presenting research at our Methods@Sheffield event this week! The twist - they have to present the work of another scholar from an entirely different discipline! Well done to all our scholars who did a great job 👏 Read about the event here ⬇️ tinyurl.com/j3xpa6nz

We often think about the environmental impact of what we eat, but what about the human impact? 🌽 Ben Purvis from our #Sustainability Assessment team explains how Social #LifeCycleAssessment can highlight the often-overlooked human impacts in our food systems. 1/2 📽️ youtu.be/U403Bi3U7VE?...

My film will be showing at @sheffielduni.bsky.social through the @granthamcsf.bsky.social on 31 March at 6:30pm. I’ll be there for a Q&A. Tickets: www.linkedin.com/posts/granth... More dates: fires-and-fascism.co.uk @sheffgreenparty.bsky.social @quaker.org.uk

Some thoughts on the Local Outcomes Framework if that's the kind of thing you like www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-do...

Join us for 'Fires and Fascism' live film screening + Director Q&A This powerful doc links European wildfires to factors beyond climate change: big business, organised crime & the far right 🗓️ 31 Mar, 6:30-8:30pm 📍 The Diamond - Lecture Theatre 5 Book your free ticket ⬇️ tinyurl.com/Fires-and-Fa...

This new software is set to accelerate the delivery of the world's vital #NetZero infrastructure.⚡ 'RunPilot' is a live, collaborative platform, designed by two of our Grantham Scholars, that will help de-risk projects and cut months off the planning process. Read more here ⬇️ tinyurl.com/56ufacpn

Straw bales are a cheap building materials and they are great for insulation.

Don't tell the Big Bad Wolf... 🐺 Our Sustainability Assessment Lead @runnercalledwalker.bsky.social has built his new garden office out of straw! Straw is a good insulator, cheap, easy to work with, and absorbs and stores carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Read more ⬇️ tinyurl.com/yucfvvta

South Yorkshire's tree canopy is set to grow!🌳 The 'Trees Together South Yorkshire' project, funded by our Regional Readiness Fund, aims to manage and expand the #SouthYorkshire treescape - maximising benefits for the environment and local communities. Find out more⬇️ tinyurl.com/5cmac9wa

"We brought a bit of the mattress back and started to grow tomatoes in it!" At the South Yorks Sustainability Centre's research summit, we learned how visits to a Jordanian refugee camp helped @granthamcsf.bsky.social find new ways to tackle the climate crisis in #Sheffield ✍️ @sammgreg.bsky.social

Fantastic workshop with Sheffield Teaching Hospitals (STH) today, which we co-hosted with South Yorkshire Sustainability Centre! Together we explored joint #sustainability research opportunities to deliver the STH's new Sustainability Plan. Thank you to everyone who came and shared their ideas💡

Our Co-Director Tony Ryan spoke at the SYSC Summit last week about our hydroponic research project at the Zataari refugee camp and how local 'controlled environment agriculture' could help us produce food more sustainably in the UK. Read the @nowthenmag.bsky.social article ⬇️ tinyurl.com/4e5xa6t6

How do we transform our food systems without losing our cultural heritage, or negatively impacting communities? Our Co-Director, Rachael Rothman, and our Sustainability Assessment team discuss the social and cultural sustainability in food systems in their new article. ➡️ tinyurl.com/4ys2en6p (p62)

Can research help us build a sustainable future? This animation explores how food, water and energy challenges are connected, and how @granthamcsf.bsky.social researchers are responding to global challenges. Watch the video and discover more like it at player.sheffield.ac.uk #BigEnergySavingWeek

We don't all breathe the same air. 😷 New research by our Grantham Associate, Maria Val Martin, has revealed that low-income & ethnically diverse communities in major northern cities face up to 33% more harmful #AirPollution than their wealthier counterparts. Read more ⬇️ tinyurl.com/4tjkkpn9

Today our new Grantham Scholars had their first Journal Club plus took part in a sustainability quiz! It's been fantastic meeting our new, enthusiastic cohort of scholars and we're excited to see how they progress over the next three years! 🌱 Read more about our scholarship ⬇️ tinyurl.com/2eps3cd8

My report - Effective Communication for the Modern Industrial Bioeconomy - is now available open-access here: bb-reg-net.org.uk/resource-hub/ The report is the result of 2 years’ work with the amazing Biobased and Biodegradable Regulatory Network. @granthamcsf.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social

Know the difference between biodegradable and compostable?♻️ This new report reveals how unclear communication is slowing the adoption of biobased & biodegradable materials. Congratulations to our Grantham Associate, Joanna Gavins, and the BB-REG-NET team 🙌 Read the report ⬇️ tinyurl.com/4fprdfmk

We're excited to officially welcome our 2026 cohort of Grantham Scholars! 🙌 We have 26 students joining us from 9 different Schools across @sheffielduni.bsky.social. They're starting their induction today to kick off their journey in sustainability leadership. Welcome to the Grantham Centre! 🌎

📢 We're thrilled to announce the 14 successful sustainability research projects awarded funding from our Grantham Amplification Fund (GA Fund) initiative! In total we’ve committed £500,000 to projects that will generate real-world impact within South Yorkshire and beyond: tinyurl.com/ba9b85e3 1/3

Christmas gift already broken? You’re not alone. 🎁😢 Dr Stuart Walker from our Sustainability Assessment Team volunteered at a repair café to help fix people's faulty gifts. Read his @uk.theconversation.com article to find out how these community hubs are tackling waste ⬇️ tinyurl.com/5x5dzhkf

"Belém’s approach to mitigation targets falls short of the clear, uncompromising signal needed to align the world with the 1.5°C goal." We arranged for Amirmohammad Hajnajafi to attend #COP30 as an official online observer. Here he shares his views on the conference ⬇️ tinyurl.com/bdeppedb

From fish tanks to healthy plants 🐟 Our Co-Director @neofossil-tony.bsky.social continued his visit to Jordan with a tour of an aquaponic installation at a special needs school. The plants grow in sand that hosts a microbial community which converts the waste water from the fish tank into nutrients

The Desert Gardens project has helped thousands of Syrian refugees grow fresh food in the Jordanian desert. Our Co-Director @neofossil-tony.bsky.social is back visiting the Zaatari refugee camp to help install new hydroponic systems 🥬 Find out how you can support the project ➡️ tinyurl.com/2xnhmxr9

COP30 marked 10 years since the Paris Agreement. But how far have we actually come? 🌎 We arranged for Eleni Stathopoulou from @sheffielduni.bsky.social to attend #COP30 as an Official Online Observer. Read her thoughts on the outcomes of the conference here ⬇️ tinyurl.com/mvapns5f

Had a fantastic day at the House of Commons today, launching the white paper for our BB-REG-NET project. Really proud of everything we’ve achieved and honoured to be part of such a brilliant team. @granthamcsf.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social bb-reg-net.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Three decades of conferences have not halted the rise of global emissions. So is COP a failure and should we stop sending delegates? 🌎 Not according to Michael Jacobs who believes its achievements so far are evidence that the world really is acting on #ClimateChange. Read the full article ⬇️ #COP30

All eyes on #Belém 👀 #COP30Brazil starts today! World leaders, scientists, activists, & policymakers are in Brazil to try and negotiate further efforts to tackle the #ClimateCrisis and we are sending 3 delegates from @sheffielduni.bsky.social to join them! Find out more ⬇️ tinyurl.com/yna4pxc8

Street food vendors in #Indonesia risk being left behind as the country moves toward a #GreenTransition. Grantham Scholar, Eva Andriani, travelled to Indonesia to conduct participatory research with vendors to develop a financial literacy training programme. Read her story ⬇️ tinyurl.com/2fv89v25

Did you know, standing near 67 bananas could give you a very low level waste (VLLW) dose of radiation! ☢️ That was just one of the facts shared at today's ISAC event. Five Grantham Scholars gave insightful presentations on their research covering everything from radioactive waste to carbon capture.

🥼📣 If you are a #scientist and want MPs to attend this vital Emergency briefing, please sign our open letter. Not received this via academic channels? Email [email protected] with subject line "Send letter" for details.