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VOICES – using your creative voice for science
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Just One Tree
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Cambridge University launches its 10-year vision for biodiversity
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Hedgehog Friendly Campus
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EAUC's virtual 'Sustainability Sharing Series' March 2020 edition discussed Wildlife on campus. We have produced a best practice document from the...
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biodiversity | wildlife | green campus | Hedgehogs
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Research project funded by the EU Horizon 2020 Programme to assess the health of the Atlantic Ocean. The University of Edinburgh is leading and coordinating the project which...
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'Our Sustainable Food Journey’, a report on the University of Cambridge’s Sustainable Food Policy, in particular quantifying the impact this has had since its...
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biodiversity | food | University of Cambridge | sustainable food journey
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Enhancing the benefits of trees on Campus - University of Leeds
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The University of Winchester has teamed up with the conservation group Hampshire Swifts to develop a ground-breaking initiative to save the Swift population of Winchester.
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university | biodiversity | 2019 | influence2019 | influence | Community and Public Engagement | collaboration | wildlife | ecology | winchester | Swift | liz | swifts | hampshire | birds | bird | harris
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Palm Oil and Biodiversity Webinar
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procurement | biodiversity | policy | poverty | collaboration | supply chain | conservation
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The primary purpose of this Standard is to define the requirements and principles for managing and improving biodiversity at the University. This Standard supports the...
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biodiversity | sustainability strategy
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Environmental conservation is an important issue in today’s world, and there are lots of ways to help in your own backyard. Now more than ever, it is vital to preserve our...
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biodiversity | conservation | natural resources
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Aix Marseille Université : Semaine du Troc Vert
An annual invitation to exchange plants an seeds in order to learn about biodiversity.
Aix Marseille...
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Maintaining the green. Living the sporting dream
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MDX goes green
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More trees mean better health. Trees can clean the air, cool the temperature, quieten the noise and lighten your mood.
Planting more trees means investing in our future health...
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biodiversity | health | trees | pollution | noise
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Three London Plane trees were planted in a specially designed trench in Howard Street, Salford, Greater Manchester in June 2015 with the aim of capturing the impact that trees...
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biodiversity | trees | Flooding | rainwater
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A National Statistics Publication for Scottish Government. This publication aims to provide an easily accessible reference document that offers information on a wide range of...
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waste | biodiversity | water | Scottish Government | conservation | land | Public attitudes and behaviours | National Statistics Publication | Global atmosphere | Air Quality | Key Scottish Environment Statistics 2016 | Radioactivity
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Connecting with nature should be part of every child’s life as it has the
potential to aid nature’s revival while benefiting the child. To embed nature
connection...
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biodiversity | behaviour change | Learning for Sustainability | nature | children | RSPB
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With the kind support of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the University of Essex we’ve established a clear definition of connection to nature and a method for...
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education | biodiversity | nature | measuring | RSPB
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This case study explores the purpose, difficulties and benefits of an
Education for Sustainable Development focus in an inner city primary school.
It describes the processes...
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biodiversity | teaching | Education for sustainable development | environment | WWF | children
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An article by Carin Moffatt and Cathy Dzerefos, WESSA
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education | biodiversity | schools | South Africa | butterflies
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Resources for the 'Sustainable Stirling' Summit at the EAUC-Scotland Conference 2017.
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sustainability | Student Engagement | biodiversity | BREEAM | EAUCS2017 | EAUC-Scotland Conference 2017 | sustainable construction | EAUC-S Conference | University of Stirling | Sustainable Stirling | Sustainable Stirling Summit
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University grounds managers discuss such issues as biodiversity at the University Horticultural Officers Group
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Bookings are now open for the fourth EAUC-Scotland Conference!
The Conference will take place on Wednesday 22nd February 2017 at the University of...
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Scotland | biodiversity | learning | teaching | conference | behaviour change | leadership | change | EAUCS2017 | social responsibility | University of Stirling | compliance | Financing projects | Leading Change | socially responsible
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Jamie Agombar, Head of Sustainability, NUS emailed the Biodiversity Community of Practice with the following request,
“We are working with The Woodland Trust on their...
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biodiversity | student | Member responses | research | trees | woodland
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University of Leeds has been working on a new ‘biodiversity standard’. This is an overarching document with site-specific action plans sitting underneath it...
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Swansea University is blessed with a wealth of habitats, from the beach and dunes of the Bay to the woodland and gardens of Singleton. These habitats are home to a rich variety...
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biodiversity | swansea | biodiversity action plan
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The Biodiversity Index – a tool for facilities management.
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biodiversity | facilities management | University of Northampton | biodiversity index
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Oxford Brookes University Habitat Phase One Survey Toolkit.
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biodiversity | toolkit | survey | Oxford Brookes University | habitat | phase one
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Manduyog Biodiversity Conservation Program
The Aklan State University nestles at the foot of the majestic Manduyog Hill which is naturally blessed with a cool and green...
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sustainability | International | biodiversity | Community Engagement | GUPES Green Gown Awards | conservation | Philippines | Aklan State University
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Helping bees and other pollinators
The University has over the past few years been trying to create habitat and by doing so broaden species range and biodiversity across...
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sustainability | green gown awards | biodiversity | facilities and services | University of York | bees
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“Greening the City”
Nottingham Trent University is one of the largest and most popular universities in the UK. Nearly 27,000 students study with us across three...
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sustainability | green gown awards | biodiversity | facilities and services | nottingham trent university
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This workshop presentation is from the “Learning and Legacy: The Role of Education in Creating Healthier and Happier Cities” EAUC Annual Conference 2016, presented...
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biodiversity | EAUCConf16 | estates | wildlife
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Our planet’s diverse, thriving ecosystems may seem like permanent fixtures, but they’re actually vulnerable to collapse. Jungles can become deserts, and reefs can...
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biodiversity | TED | talk
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Pearl Costello, Environmental Officer, Royal Agricultural University emailed the Biodiversity Community of Practice asking,
“I have a quick biodiversity question for...
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biodiversity | Member responses | wildflower | planting | turf | seeds | flowers
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Sarah Roberts, Sustainable Projects Officer, University of Leicester emailed the Biodiversity Community of Practice network to ask,
“A subject has come up recently in...
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biodiversity | Member responses | environment | control | pigeon | green roof | culling
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The Campus Forest project aspires to build, within the same campus, a display of ecosystems characteristic to the biogeographic environment of the Spanish University of Cordoba....
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biodiversity | guide | campus | Spain | forest
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Ben Tongue, Environmental Manager, University of Bradford emailed the Biodiversity Community of Practice to ask,
“I’m looking at beefing up our biodiversity...
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biodiversity | Member responses | signage
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The management of woodland at Queen’s University Belfast is an important part of the grounds maintenance. A variety of semi natural woodland, planted coniferous woodland...
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biodiversity | guide | campus | Belfast | Northern Ireland | woodland | Queen's | queen's university
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Benefiting from Biodiversity
In 2010 University College Cork (UCC) became the first 3rd level educational institution in the world to be accredited with the prestigious...
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biodiversity | guide | campus | University College Cork
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Records of biodiversity, plants, animals and fungi have been collected at Keele over the past 40 years. These records are available on the Keele website for anyone to use,...
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biodiversity | guide | campus | Keele University
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Keele University is situated in 250 ha of landscaped grounds to the west of the Potteries conurbation in North Staffordshire, UK and has a wide variety of flora and fauna. Some...
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Keele University has 60 ha of woodlands, mostly planted in the 19th century, including large commercial plantations. For the past 50 years Keele University has managed all this...
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biodiversity | guide | campus | Keele University | trees | Woodlands
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The club DD "Vert'Vet" of ENVT contributing for several years to the realization of projects in favor of biodiversity (botany, aquatic, ornithological and...
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green gown awards | biodiversity | Les Trophees des campus responsables | Student Involvement | Ecole Nationale Veterinaire de Toulouse
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The Lisandro Alvarado University has an Agroecológicas Technology Demonstration Centre (CenecoAgro) for combating desertification. Species have been added to the...
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biodiversity | guide | campus | communication | Venezuela
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Being still within the UN-decade of biodiversity and still being far from reaching the goals in biodiversity conservation at the same time, the consequences of degrading...
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biodiversity | guide | campus | communication | Germany | CIPSEM
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University of Wollongong (UOW) has successfully trialled a new method of planting wetland plants in the university pond network. Establishment of plants on pond embankments and...
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biodiversity | guide | campus | Australia | University of Wollongong
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Fiji National University (FNU), Nature Trust of Fiji and Nature Fiji have discussed a project which would see rainforest being protected in the area comprising the Garrick...
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biodiversity | guide | campus | Fiji
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Professor Mohamed Tahiri
I started in 2007 with a Switzerland NGO that specialised in the environment and I worked with a local team for at least one year in an application...
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biodiversity | communication | Morocco
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Sarah Roberts, Sustainable Projects Officer, University of Leicester emailed the Biodiversity Community of Practice with the following request which prompted many responses from...
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biodiversity | Member responses | roofs
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In the past 2 years SRUC have planted over 800m of new hedges and drawn up a maintenance plan for our hedges that will allow a variety of growth types, increasing their habitat...
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biodiversity | guide | campus | sruc | Elmwood Golf Course | elmwood | hedges
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Scouts from the local Scout group have came on site and carried out a bug survey in a range of habitats on the course. The information from the survey was uploaded onto the Opal...
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biodiversity | guide | campus | sruc | Elmwood Golf Course | elmwood
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To meet the needs of an expanding leading university, the University of Cambridge has commenced the development of a site covering around 150 hectares in North West Cambridge....
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biodiversity | guide | campus | North West Cambridge Development
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The University of Hertfordshire is unique amongst its competitors as the proud owner of a field centre located in rural Hertfordshire, called Bayfordbury Campus. Bayfordbury...
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biodiversity | guide | campus | University of Hertfordshire | Bayfordbury Campus
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The quad at the centre of the Michael Smith Building has been established as a biodiversity garden, including a large pond, raised flower beds, wild flower mixtures and areas of...
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biodiversity | guide | campus | University of Manchester
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The cityscape that provides the backdrop for the University of Leicester is characterised by many various types of buildings both old and new with the main campus home to...
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biodiversity | guide | campus | university of leicester | nest boxes | Swift | Nest Box
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The golf course features 3 ponds and all of which contain healthy populations of Palmate newts, frogs and toads along with many more water invertebrates. The ponds have all been...
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biodiversity | guide | campus | sruc | Elmwood Golf Course | elmwood
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The golf course has an environmental working group called the GEO steering group. The responsibility of this group is to work together in strengthening the course’s Golf...
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biodiversity | guide | campus | sruc | Elmwood Golf Course | elmwood
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Growhampton is a sustainability initiative with a big focus on food growing. It was established in September 2013 (initially funded by the NUS Student Green Fund) and is...
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biodiversity | guide | campus | growhampton | University of Roehampton
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In 2014 SRUC replaced 150m2 of grassed verges on our entrance road with a native annual wildflower meadow. The meadow was received well by visitors to the course and removed the...
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biodiversity | guide | campus | sruc | Elmwood Golf Course
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The golf course has been lucky enough to be awarded two tree packs from the Woodland Trust comprising over 800 native trees. The trees have been planted on the golf course by...
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biodiversity | guide | campus | sruc | Elmwood Golf Course | planting | tree
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The golf course is often left with pallets from deliveries and these began to build up in quantity. Greenkeeping students practical classes used the pallets and other waste...
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biodiversity | guide | campus | sruc | Elmwood Golf Course | nest boxes
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The golf course has introduced wildflowers to a number of sites on the course and we plan to continue this practice each year. At the moment we have just under 1Ha of meadows....
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biodiversity | guide | campus | sruc | Elmwood Golf Course | wildflower | meadows
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Aston University has seen a lot of redevelopment of its city centre campus over the last few years. Listed below are some of the features which we’ve incorporated into...
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biodiversity | guide | campus | Aston University | kestrel
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Oxford Brookes University Centre for Ecology, Environment and Conservation has developed an iPad Toolkit, which enables users to efficiently conduct Phase One ecological...
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biodiversity | guide | campus | Oxford Brookes University
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Over the course of the year, a number of community and environmental projects have come to fruition at Birley Campus.
A joint Insect hotel project is well underway between...
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biodiversity | guide | campus | Manchester Metropolitan University | insect
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This year 20 varieties of apple, plum, cherry and pear trees were planted at our recently opened Birley Campus. With the help of Hulme Community Garden Centre who for the...
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biodiversity | guide | campus | Manchester Metropolitan University
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Loughborough University has begun the development of a Science & Enterprise Park to the west of the main campus. This area of campus and the adjoining habitats are the most...
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biodiversity | guide | campus | Loughborough University | ecology
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This autumn, two groups of architecture students created Bug Hotels for Headington Hill Hall Gardens and Harcourt Hill arboretum. The bug hotels provide nesting areas for...
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biodiversity | guide | campus | Oxford Brookes University | bug hotels
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At the University of Stirling, students are encouraged to undertake projects focused on campus issues. This provides a wide range of project opportunities, stimulates action on...
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biodiversity | guide | campus | University of Stirling | surveying
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The vision of Fruit Routes is to plant fruit and nut trees along cycle paths and footpaths planted by people who live, work and pass through these places. The project focuses on...
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biodiversity | guide | campus | Loughborough University
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A large proportion of the development comprises of grass covered surfaces, including natural sports pitches, parkland grassland, amenity grassland and reinforced grass...
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biodiversity | guide | campus | Edge Hill University | grass
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As part of our commitment to sustainability, our university has committed to increasing the land used on campus for growing food and biodiversity. With this in mind, we...
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biodiversity | guide | campus | Manchester Metropolitan University
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The Biodiversity Index is an interactive web-based tool that enables people with little knowledge of ecology to do a rapid but scientific assessment of the level of plant...
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biodiversity | guide | campus | University of Northampton | biodiversity index
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The creation of a fresh water pond and swale, with a variety of planting communities including fringe/edge planting, wetland/grassland planting and shallow and deep water...
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biodiversity | guide | campus | Edge Hill University | pond
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Dr Duncan Westbury, Institute of Science & the Environment
The University of Worcester is committed to enhancing biodiversity on the land it manages through its Strategic...
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biodiversity | guide | campus | University Of Worcester
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The biodiversity value of the campus is considered a priority by the University, so conservation is of the upmost importance and all development projects carried out on campus...
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biodiversity | guide | campus | Edge Hill University
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The wide variety of trees and plant species on campus are an important factor in enhancing and preserving a high level of biodiversity. A large proportion of trees on campus are...
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biodiversity | guide | campus | Edge Hill University
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A mixed native wildflower meadow was planted to encourage a diverse range of flora and fauna. Mixed mass bulb planting provides a colourful display which blooms from spring...
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biodiversity | guide | campus | Edge Hill University | wildflower | meadows
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These warm summer days many of us will be enjoying the beautiful grounds of our University but whichever campus you are based at, there is more to explore!
Did you...
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biodiversity | Oxford Brookes University
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C15Hack was Australia’s biggest green innovation hackathon. 41 students worked in small teams to tackle 7 different challenges from across the campus and Melbourne city-wide
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sustainability | Student Engagement | International | biodiversity | Green Gown Awards Australasia | 2015 | The University of Melbourne
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This case study shares more about an initiative where staff and students at Aston University are being given the opportunity to grow their own food thanks to a new initiative...
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engagement | biodiversity | food | student | campus | green | staff | garden | city
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Growing at Griffith focuses on three innovative biodiversity projects that builds on Griffith’s commitment to maintaining environmental integrity on its campuses.
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awards | International | biodiversity | facilities | services
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In this EAUC Member Spotlight, see how the University of Brighton has adopted sustainability as one of its core goals, as reflected in the institution’s Strategic Plan.
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sustainability | waste | university | recycling | biodiversity | carbon reduction | spotlight | member | member spotlight | sustainable travel | sustainable food | Green Gown Award | University of Brighton | Brighton | green week | c-change | Green Growth Platform
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This presentation is from the “Challenging Connections” EAUC Annual Conference 2015, presented by The University of Leeds and falls under the Partnerships and...
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biodiversity | EAUCConf15 | Leeds
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This presentation is from the “Challenging Connections” EAUC Annual Conference 2015, Further Education Summit and presented by City College Plymouth.
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energy | education | college | curriculum | biodiversity | travel | EAUCConf15 | fairtrade | further | trade | fair | FESummit
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This example is an infographic from University of Leicester and is the Environment Team's Sustainability Scorecard for 2013/14
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energy | waste | carbon | biodiversity | travel | Utilities | data | communication | infographic | scorecard | graphic
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Students have improved the green space on the campus enabling the public to see
‘outside’ what students learn ‘inside’ by creating a Sculpture Trail and...
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awards | Student Engagement | biodiversity | eco
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From saving electricity to increasing biodiversity and pioneering the use of organic calico, Rachel engages community members, students and staff from diverse disciplines
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sustainability | awards | energy | education | engagement | biodiversity | carbon reduction | calico
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Keele’s growth in sustainability activity has been astronomical, fuelled by dedicated high-level support, incredible local-level passion and engagement, and collegial...
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sustainability | awards | waste | education | curriculum | biodiversity | carbon reduction | community | change
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An EAUC 2014 presentation which creatively explores ways of engaging staff and students with sustainability using examples from Canterbury Christ Church University's...
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Student Engagement | biodiversity | student | Operational | estates operations | Staff Engagement and Human Resources | EAUCConf14
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EAUC Member responses collating information on creating wildflower meadows. Includes a case study from University of Sheffield on their proposed areas for wildflowers.
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biodiversity | community | report | estates operations | garden | conservation | maintenance | wildflower | landscape | meadows | pollinators
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The United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014) highlights the fact that education is central to UNEP’s mandate of “inspiring,...
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Student Engagement | biodiversity | guide | leadership | resource efficiency and waste | Operational | Learning and Teaching | Utilities | strategic | Travel and Transport | Staff Engagement and Human Resources | Community and Public Engagement | Sustainable Construction and Renovation | Tools | Leadership Governance
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Biodiversity is the one area that has often been left out of the spotlight in sustainability plans. The SEED project has changed this with the creation of a new, interactive...
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engagement | biodiversity | guide | travel | transport | resource efficiency and waste | Operational | estates operations | Utilities | Sustainable ICT | construction and rennovation | biodiverty
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A presentation from the EAUC Annual Conference 2011 on enhancing biodiversity and how you can do it.
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engagement | biodiversity | community | presentation
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Two presentations from the EAUC Annual Conference 2011, on enhancing biodiversity and what you can do about it.
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biodiversity | presentation | england | trust | wildlife | natural | yorkshire
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How to engage staff & students in stimulating projects and monitoring schemes that have real meaning and can be used to change building and estates policies to include...
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biodiversity | green | spaces | grey
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Here are a collection of the Defra publications on biodiversity.
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biodiversity | DEFRA
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Carbon offsetting is recommended at Loughborough University where a donation is given and the money goes to planting trees to offset travel related carbon emissions.
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carbon | biodiversity | travel | emissions | trees | offsetting
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