The Sustainability committee
The sustainability committee was created in July 2023, in a move to encourage better sustainability practices within the department. The committee is chaired by Professor James Keeler.
Read these pages to discover simple ways to reduce your impact
- Ensure your group is represented in the Sustainability committee. Contact sustainability@ch.cam.ac.uk for details.
- Follow the University guidelines for sustainable business travel.
- Ask about enrolling your lab into our RIG level LEAF scheme, a programme set up by UCL to improve the sustainability and efficiency of laboratories. More information regarding LEAF certification within RIGs is to follow soon.
- Consider how your group can reduce and replace single-use laboratory plastics (more on this to come).
- Join the Cambridge tradition and get on your bike. Read about our bike schemes and deals. And did you know the University has provided a number of bicycle repair stations throughout the city in case you get stuck?
- Separate your food waste from dry waste, so that we can transform the concept of waste into resource recovery. See how Mountain Recovery handles our waste.
- Read electronic journals, not printed ones.
- Use jugs of tap water instead of bottled water in meeting rooms.
Other resources
- Check out the Green Impact noticeboard for up to date information of University initiatives and upcoming events.
- Visit the University Sustainability Team website.
- Find out about how University research is combating climate change through Cambridge Zero.
