Get involved with the sustainability agenda
Want to get involved with the sustainability agenda at the University of Plymouth? Here's how whether you're staff or student
!['What did one pigeon say to the other pigeon?' – two Rock Doves (Columba livia) on lunch break in Drake's Place Reservoir. Captured by Eve Pryor, BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering, for the 2024 Biodiversity Photography Competition.](https://d3bpgcke55gfwt.cloudfront.net/rails/active_storage/representations/proxy/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBNzMxRVE9PSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--ad6a835b4937f7ff101bc40dcaa7a41f08b9a79c/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdDRG9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFKWUFta0NMQUU2Q25OaGRtVnlld2s2RTNOMVluTmhiWEJzWlY5dGIyUmxTU0lIYjI0R093WlVPZ3B6ZEhKcGNGUTZEbWx1ZEdWeWJHRmpaVlE2REhGMVlXeHBkSGxwVUE9PSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoidmFyaWF0aW9uIn19--42754237235ba1e6f9325deaf83c5a2657141cd3/23_1280x720.jpg)
Computer Science students undertook a waste audit in April 2024 to understand current recycling habits at the University as part of an app development
Students were given a tour of the newly commissioned Water Source Heat Pump in April 2024
World Sustainable Procurement Fair was hosted in the Roland Levinsky Building during March 2024
Women's Network taking place in a Climate Fresk during January 2024
Students and staff sowing wildflowers at our North Campus in November 2023
Staff undertaking a cycle ride as part of the Bicycle User Group in July 2023
Rebel Botanists from Green Minds Plymouth were invited to campus to help students and staff identify campus flora in April 2023
Students involved in the Coronation BioBlitz in Drake’s Place on 3 May 2023
Pollenize facilitating a BioBlitz of our wildflowers on 27 March 2023, photographed by Chris Parkes
Sustainability is embedded not just in operations across the University but also in our course provision, education methods and research.
Sustainability courses and programmes
Plymouth offers a range of sustainability themed courses and programmes across many disciplines.
Sustainability education
Discover how the Centre for Sustainable Futures works to embed sustainability across our faculties.
Sustainability research
Our Sustainable Earth Institute is about advancing research, knowledge and innovation for a more sustainable Earth.