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Sustainability-related Task Forces, Projects & Initiatives

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Flex Fund Project

Environmentally Just AI

Examining AI’s environmental impacts through environmental social science.

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Flex Fund Project

Challenging the unsustainability of the UK fashion and textile sector

Regenerative post-growth fashion – challenging unsustainability from the perspective of key suppliers in Bangladesh and India.

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Flex Fund Project

REPAIR

Research on Energy through Participatory Insights from Community Representatives,

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Flex Fund Project

“Taps Aff!”

Voicing experiences of water scarcity in rural Scotland

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Sustainability News and Blogs

Blog Intersections of power, policy and justice: Dr Gerald E. Arhin’s energy-transitions research

Sustainability

Intersections of power, policy and justice: Dr Gerald E. Arhin’s energy-transitions research

Dr Gerald E. Arhin’s interest in extractive governance began with personal experience. He grew up...

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Blog Beyond the field and the lab: How Aryo Feldman’s Asian heritage shapes his work on food systems, science, and justice

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Beyond the field and the lab: How Aryo Feldman’s Asian heritage shapes his work on food systems, science, and justice

Dr Aryo Feldman’s work is rooted in food systems, but it stretches far beyond the...

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Blog Irekpitan Okukpon’s journey through environmental law, waste, justice, and community

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Irekpitan Okukpon’s journey through environmental law, waste, justice, and community

Irekpitan Okukpon’s research explores how global conversations on waste and pollution often miss key dimensions....

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News New ACCESS project on Environmentally Just AI

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New ACCESS project on Environmentally Just AI

An ACCESS project on Environmentally Just AI: Examining AI’s environmental impacts through environmental social science...

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News View the recording of the ACCESSS webinar. How can we de-carbonise travel in the workplace from values to action

Sustainability

View the recording of the ACCESSS webinar. How can we de-carbonise travel in the workplace from values to action

Recorded on Thursday 14 November 2024

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Blog To fly or not to fly? How did we make this decision? A reflective Q&A with the ACCESS team.

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To fly or not to fly? How did we make this decision? A reflective Q&A with the ACCESS team.

In July 2024, the International Association People-Environment Studies (IAPS) 28th Conference was held in Barcelona....

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Blog Professor Stewart Barr: From ACCESS Guiding Principles to Travel Guidance: reflecting on tensions in travel choices

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Professor Stewart Barr: From ACCESS Guiding Principles to Travel Guidance: reflecting on tensions in travel choices

Blog by Stewart Barr, Professor of Geography at the University of Exeter.  Stewart is part...

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News How will Fashion reduce it’s impact on Nature and Regenerate Biodiversity?

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How will Fashion reduce it’s impact on Nature and Regenerate Biodiversity?

Thursday 12 September, 3pm to 5pm, online

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News Where we live next – how can policy help to SHAPE sustainable places?

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Where we live next – how can policy help to SHAPE sustainable places?

Blog by Sarah Baker, Communications Officer, University of Exeter. ‘A fly on the wall’ account...

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News Empowering coastal communities – a new partnership project

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Empowering coastal communities – a new partnership project

Engaging people in decision-making in coastal communities is key to successful marine development

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News RECLAIM – Turning cities from vulnerable spaces to healthy places for people. A webinar series

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RECLAIM – Turning cities from vulnerable spaces to healthy places for people. A webinar series

Past and upcoming webinars from the RECLAIM network can be viewed here

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News Rethinking green flights

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Rethinking green flights

In response to BBC’s story Green flights not in easy reach, warn scientists – BBC News

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