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Horsing Around: Why did Horsemeat hit the Headlines?
Centre for Environmetnal Strategy Research Fellow Dr Liz York discusses the horsemeat scandal and why it caused such a stir: “Peaceful Coexistence” : Giorgio Galeotti Licence: CC BY 2.0 Food incidents...
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CES@25 reflections by Walter
CES@25 Last Week, the Centre for Environment and Sustainability (née Centre for Environmental Strategy) celebrated informally and convivially her 25th birthday. As its 4th longest-serving member, I was...
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The only safe operating space for humanity by James Suckling
Power: The only safe operating space for humanity I recently attended a talk at the University of Surrey by the formidable Johann Rockstrom on the concept of Planetary Boundaries (PB). These are a set...
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The ‘Right to Repair’ Movement and its Environmental Implications
Winner of the 2018 CES World Environment Day blog competition: Author: Ceri Fenwick Open up the arguments, and things are more complex than they first seem. When I first heard about the right to repair...
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Whole life thinking, supply networks, SDGs and a waterless urinal
By Erica Russell, Doctoral Practitioner, University of Surrey We all know construction is fragmented, supply networks are complex and sustainability issues are messy and wicked (and yes, they are...
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Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering
Luke Deamer is a doctoral practitioner in sustainability sponsored by Keller plc, the world’s largest geotechnical specialist contractor. He is 5 months in to his research, investigating how to improve...
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Community Engagement Sprint by the UK Green Building Council
“A built environment that enables people & planet to thrive” is the UK Green Building Council mission. Recently, doctoral practitioners Rocio Martinez and Luke Deamer contributed towards this...
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Lost in Translation: sustainability down the construction supply chain
by: Luke Deamer, Erica Russell and Jacquetta Lee, Centre for Environment and Sustainability, University of Surrey Introduction We all know the issues of multiple industry PQQs; often irrelevant, time...
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What is sustainability? It’s not always an easy question to answer. We might talk about looking after the environment and improve the lives of people. But what does sustainability mean for companies?...
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A bicycle made from bamboo
by Dr James Suckling As statements go it can’t get much plainer than this: “Public transport and active travel will be the natural first choice for our daily activities.” The opening bullet point of...
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20 Lessons from the Covid-19 outbreak so far: Just in Case vs Just in Time?
CES-Wide blog, 29 March 2020 The Coronavirus / Covid-19 disaster has gripped the world and has led to unprecedented, far-reaching and decisive decisions. The implications for the world, for countries,...
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PDS students articles of interest during covid-19 lockdown
Hi Deidre, Thanks for starting this great initiative! I recently posted on my LinkedIn page a series of videos that clearly highlight one of the environmental impacts of the non-pharmaceutical...
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A short guide to climate disclosure and the TCFD
This blog is by Steffie Clement, an MSc student who completed a placement at Brodie international sustainability and responsible business consultancy. The trend for ESG reporting shows no sign of...
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Confronting Covid-19: meaningful ways companies are combatting the crisis
This blog is written by MSc student, Steffie Clement, who completed a placment at Brodie International Sustainability and Responsible Business Consultancy. The Covid-19 crisis has hit us all in...
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Embedding the SDG’s into Teaching
Alessia Gabriele, an MSc Sustainable Development student, wrote this blog about her placement at SOS-UK – an educational charity created by students and staff at NUS in response to the climate...
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Collective Environmental Action
Ilaria Bo, MSc student in Sustainable Development, started a work placement at Global Action Plan (GAP) as part of the programme. GAP is a charity founded in 1993 which is based in London, and it is...
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Sustainabile Heathcare
Ben Readman, CES MSc graduate, completed his Industrial Placement at Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust (DCHS) and has shared the following blog. To begin these blog posts...
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Reduction of carbon emissions across the Guildford
Industrial Placement blog in 4 parts with Guildford Environmental Forum by Katherien Murphy, MSc graduate. Beginning of Placement with GEF – 3rd March I have started a placement with Guildford...
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Net Zero Leisure Centre Project
MSc graduate, Joseph Granado, shares blog 1-5 about a placement project he had with Cranleigh Parish Council. Cranleigh Parish’s aims to design and construct a new leisure centre, with the...
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Stéphanie Looser Obituary
CES Visiting Research Fellow: Stephanie Looser It is with great sadness, shock and disbelief that I have to report of the sad and sudden loss of Stephanie Looser, one of our Visiting Research Fellows,...
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