environment

Every year, as December 1st draws closer, we watch as various brands and stores battle it out with their Christmas adverts. Perhaps surprisingly, it was Iceland’s which was banned from broadcast this year, for being ‘too political’. Is this the case, and what does it say about advertising? The...

As you may or may not be aware, the European Parliament announced on October 24th that it was banning all single-use plastic. That means that all plastic products which are not reusable will be forbidden. So what does this ban entail, exactly, and what are the consequences of it?...

Amidst a rising awareness about the environmental and social impact of many of the products we use regularly, sustainability has evolved into a key consideration for global corporations who are concerned about their position in an age of ethical consumerism. Lush has been pioneering in this regard since they...

For most people, going vegan happens for one, or a combination of, three reasons; to save animals, to help the environment and for personal health. For me, growing up with vegetarian parents, I’d love to say that all three of these factors influenced me from a young age. In...

As a student, one is probably in that ‘adolescent’ bracket of society and thus statistically more likely to engage in activism. Activism is a term which often receives negative connotations, but it simply means actively attempting to achieve a social, economic or political objective. Doing some or all of...

One of The University of Nottingham’s (UoN) latest projects includes a £7 million Research Accelerator Demonstration (RAD) building that concentrates on researching geothermal energy – sustainable heat from the earth.  The determined location of the RAD building is within Innovation Park on Jubilee Campus, described as ‘an exemplar of...

Months after being named the most environmentally-friendly campus in the world for the fourth time running, the University of Nottingham has been ranked seventieth out of a hundred and fifty universities in a different league table, after universities nationwide are reported to be struggling to meet green goals. In...