Sustainability Week

LSU and LU's Sustainability Team are joining forces to bring you a three-day Charity Pop-up Sale.

As part of Sustainability Week (10-14 November), the Internal Communications team invited all staff and students to take part in a photography competition that celebrates our collective commitment to a greener future. This exhibition will display the six winning photographs and three runners-up that capture what sustainability at Loughborough means to you.

Take a break in your day and get outside. Join friends and colleagues to remove litter from nature, while enjoying the fresh air.

Join the Sustainability team and share your favourite reads over tea, coffee and cake. To take part, you just need to bring along a book or two to swap. Any books left over at the end of the day will be donated to charity.

Spend a relaxed evening using gel-plate monoprinting techniques to create your own unique tote bags. Using a gel printing plate, fabric paints, and a range of textures such as lace, leaves, and stencils, you will experiment with layering colours and patterns directly onto the fabric.

Bring your lunch and learn about the hidden costs of the fashion and textile industry. You will get an understanding of the real and damaging environmental and social impacts of the industries, and how we can be more conscious buyers/consumers.

Take a tour of Casepak recycling facility, which processes Leicestershire County recycling, including that from the student halls here at Loughborough.

Join this hands-on workshop to make draft excluders from duvets donated by our students. These will be used by Falcon service users to help reduce their energy usage and keep their costs down.

In this interactive and engaging workshop, the Sustainability team will discuss the concepts of intersectionality and climate justice through the lens of sustainability.

This session will help you understand what sustainability should mean to you as a Loughborough University staff member. You can understand the fundamental principles of sustainability, including key terms such as Net Zero, Scope 1, 2 & 3 and how they relate to the University

Join us as we draw a close to Sustainability Week with a film, related discussion and refreshments. The film 'Climate in Therapy' documents a humorous, inventive and serious experiment in which seven climate scientists step into group therapy to explore an unknown area of research: their own emotions.

Join the Sustainability team for a Climate and Environment Dialogue Lunch, a chance to share a meal, connect with colleagues, and discuss the climate crisis and environmental sustainability.

Come along for the EfW tour to understand how energy is generated from your waste, and why it is so important to recycle as much as you can.