Sustainable Futures

Last week, Hannah Ritchie's new book, Clearing the Air, was showcased as part of the #MCRLITFEST. Yours truly attended. As with her first book, she discusses climate change issues but, crucially, she advances optimism and hope in order to empower readers to take meaningful, impactful action.

♻️ New from the Sustainable Consumption Institute:
"One Step Forward, Two Steps Back" explores how optimism and pessimism shape our responses to sustainability challenges.
📖 Read the full post: tinyurl.com/mhshhzsk
#Sustainability #ClimateAction #EmotionalIntelligence #SCI #EnvironmentalPsychology

🌱 Students are leading the green transition and universities are backing them. At The University of Manchester, the University Living Lab is turning the campus into a testbed for sustainable innovation.
📖 Learn more: tinyurl.com/bde59hh9
#GreenTransition #LivingLab #Sustainability #ClimateAction

🎨 Following the success of Embedded exhibition, the Henry Royce Institute invites you to Sculpted Forms: A Response to Embedded — an evening of poetry, art, and conversation led by acclaimed writer and curator Inua Ellams.
🗓️ Monday 3rd November
🕠 17:30–19:30
🎟️ Reserve your spot: lnkd.in/e_-y-ddV

🎧 New podcasts alert!
If you're curious about the future of the aviation industry, have a listen to the new BBC Sounds Rethink podcasts our co-director, Prof Alice Larkin, has contributed to:
Rethink: how can flying be less polluting?
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Rethink: should we stop flying?
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Rethink - Rethink: how can flying be less polluting? - BBC Sounds Aviation is fiendishly difficult to decarbonise - but how can it be made cleaner?

🎧 Podcast spotlight! Our co-director, Prof Alice Larkin, features in two BBC Rethink episodes exploring aviation and sustainability:
✈️ How can flying be less polluting?
🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
✈️ Should we stop flying?
🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Give them a listen and share your thoughts

The winderful.uk dashboard showing that wind is generating 11,285 MW. That's enough to power 123 % of UK homes!

Right now #wind is meeting 35% of the National Grid's electricity demand. https://winderful.uk

🚨 Deadline Extended! 🚨
Great news for changemakers and innovators: the deadline to apply for the Sustainable Futures Innovation Lab has been extended to 22 October! 🌍✨
🔗 Learn more and apply now: www.sustainablefutures.manchester.ac.uk/events/susta...

📣 Don’t miss the ESRC Festival of Social Science this month!
We’ll be at Manchester Victoria Station on 5 Nov with Our Green Working Lives 🌱 - come say hi!
Explore the full programme: festivalofsocialscience.com/events/partn...
#ESRCFestival #Sustainability #GreenJobs #ManchesterEvents

This week is Sustainable Travel Week!! @manchester.ac.uk 🌿🚲

📅 14 Oct Travel Fair
🚴 15 Oct Cycling Day
🧘 16 Oct Health & Wellbeing

AI & Sustainability PhD/ECR Workshop A workshop designed for PhD students/ECRs to share insights, tackle real-world problems and discover innovative interdisciplinary solutions.

Want to find out more? Join us and Digital Futures for our PhD/ECR Workshop!
📅 Workshop: 30 Oct, 1–3.30pm
📍 Nancy Rothwell Building
📝 tinyurl.com/e9n6chy8

🌍 Join the Sustainable Futures Innovation Lab
📅 10 Dec 25 🕛12:00–17:30
📍 University of Manchester
🔍 We’re seeking non-academic partners (corporates, SMEs, public sector, VCSE) ready to collaborate with top researchers to tackle real sustainability challenges.
📥 Apply by 20 Oct: tinyurl.com/35ne8pbe

🧠🌍 Celebrating #PostdocAppreciationWeek
PhD students & ECRs at @OfficialUoM - join us for the AI & Sustainability Workshop. Interdisciplinary, collaborative and full of fresh ideas.
🎤 Speaker slots open - email sustainablefutures@manchester.ac.uk to get involved.
Details: tinyurl.com/47fk9mzz

📢 Leadership update

Dr Helen Holmes & Prof Alice Larkin are the new Co-Directors of Sustainable Futures 🌍

Exciting times ahead as they drive the platform forward under the new #M2035 strategy ⚡

#Sustainability #Research #ClimateAction #UoM

Organising for the Future: sustaniable, fair and healthy housing, transport and communities We need a fairer and greener future. Where public transport is safe, affordable and reliable and our homes are healthy and affordable to heat. We want clean neighbourhoods where our communities can f...

🚍🏘️🌱 Just registered for Organising for the Future with @CitizensUK - an online event spotlighting fairer transport, housing & communities.
Stories, campaigns, action.
Sept 24, 1:30–2:45pm.
Sign up: actionnetwork.org/events/celeb...
#CommunityPowert #FairAndGreenFuture

UNEP’s Civil Society Unit is offering two internship opportunities to support stakeholder engagement ahead of UNEA-7.
🟢 Civil Society Engagement Programme Support
📅 Start: October 2025
⏳ Duration: 3–6 months
📌 Apply by: Sept 19, 2025
🔗 careers.un.org/jobSearchDescription/263785?language=en

🚨JOB ALERT🚨
We’re looking for a #Postdoc to play a key role in a new #interdiscipinary project on the risks to human health from mining activities across Africa.

Full details: shorturl.at/X7Tbr

@uomseed.bsky.social @globaldevinst.bsky.social @sustainableuom.bsky.social

#academicjobs #ECRjobs

Research Associate - The Pan Africa Mining Study (PAMS) at The University of Manchester Recruiting now: Research Associate - The Pan Africa Mining Study (PAMS) on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board

🧭 New opportunity at @OfficialUoM:
Pan Africa Mining Study (PAMS) Research Associate
📅 Apply by 18 Sept 2025
💼 £37,694 | Full-time | Fixed-term until July 2026
🔗 jobs.ac.uk/job/DOP018/research-associate-the-pan-africa-mining-study-pams
#AcademicJobs #Postdoc #GlobalHealth #EnvironmentalJustice

Manchester scientists develop ‘molecular trap’ to clean pollution from water Scientists from The University of Manchester have developed a new material that could help reduce water pollution caused by harmful chemicals, such as from leftover medicines and hygiene products,…

🚣#WorldLakeDay🚣
Researchers at @OfficialUoM have developed metal-organic cages (MOCs) that trap pollutants like medicine and cosmetic residues in water-an exciting leap in fighting water pollution near urban lakes and rivers.
🔗 tinyurl.com/ahrx352r
#GenerationRestoration #CleanWater #UNEP

💧 Join the #GreatUKWaterBlitz! 💧
From 19–22 Sept 2025, people across the UK will test the quality of their local rivers, lakes, and streams.This biannual citizen science campaign helps build a national picture of freshwater health - and you can be part of it.
🔗 Sign up to take part: lnkd.in/e5GVxhpE

🚣 #WorldLakeDay 🚣
Lakes store most of our surface freshwater, support biodiversity, and sustain livelihoods but they’re shrinking fast due to climate change, pollution, and poor sanitation.
Let’s protect these vital ecosystems. Sign the petition to safeguard Windermere: tinyurl.com/5n8ynruk 💧

🚣#WorldLakeDay🚣

Watch the video below to find out more about how water companies are using greenwashing and disinformation to avoid accountability for the damage they are inflicting on UK's rivers and lakes!

youtu.be/5MJ_lC3Tcvw

#WorldLakeDay #UNEP #GenerationRestoration

🚣Happy #WorldLakeDay! 🚣
Let’s protect our lakes and freshwater ecosystems together. Dive into powerful data at SDG661.app to see how science drives restoration.
Like, repost, and follow for updates from us and @UNEP.
#GenerationRestoration #UNEP

Manchester expert collaborates on major study evaluating active travel improvements An expert from The University of Manchester has played a key role in a new research study evaluating the impact of active travel infrastructure improvements at Delapre Park in Northampton.Working in c...

Read about Jack's latest project here: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/m...

Jack Benton - ECR Spotlight Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

🎓 Meet Dr Jack Benton, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at @OfficialUoM. His research bridges urban design, public health & behavioural science—focusing on green spaces, physical activity & data-driven change. 🏙️🌿
🏆Hear his advice for early career researchers: tinyurl.com/me5heres

UNEP - Shaping the Future of Global Sustainability Policy Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

🌍 Two weeks ago, we teamed up with Policy@Manchester for a packed event exploring how research drives global sustainability policy.
The panel, chaired by Prof Michael Shaver, featured: Prof Diana Mitlin, Prof Matthew Paterson and Wasundara Doradeniya.
Catch the full recording: tinyurl.com/yvehch87

Make this summer count - for nature, for learning and for fun 🌍💚
#NaturePlay #EcoKids #CitizenScience #ClimateAction #SummerIdeas

cartoon of a mangrove

🌱 Mangrove World
A conservation game from @OfficialUoM where you restore coastlines and capture carbon.
Beautiful, immersive, and educational.
🔗 keepithuman.itch.io/mangroveworld

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🗑️ LitterLotto
A clever app that gamified litter picking and supported mangrove planting 🌱
Check if it’s still live in your area:
🔗 litterlotto.com

little bird in a tree

📱 Seek by iNaturalist
Like Pokémon Go, but for real-life plants and animals. Snap a photo, get an ID, and log your sightings.
🔗 lnkd.in/e2eYuCj