Biology setting off on the green road

I've just heard that the Biology department (Institute of Biological Sciences) is embarking on a project to embed and integrate sustainability into its curriculum and teaching!

They've recieved funding from the Higher Education Academy to carry out this nine-month project, whose aims are to assess the content and delivery of teaching and research in terms of sustainability and being green, scrutizining suppliers for their green credentials, encouraging students to be greener and more sustainable and to identify impacts and areas for improvement in IBS activities!

Getting a start at the departmental level is terribly important - the departments, their teaching and research is what a university is all about, so hopefully this will give some impetus to other departments to be green!

If you're a IBS student and want to find out more, please contact Zena Wilmot (azw@aber.ac.uk)!