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Sustainability Matters

Sustainability is about ensuring a healthy, thriving planet for current and future generations. Understanding the current state of the environment is the first step toward making informed decisions that benefit both people and the planet. Knowledge empowers us to adopt sustainable practices, advocate for meaningful change, and contribute to solutions that make a difference locally and globally.

In this guide, you’ll find:

  • Insights into the latest environmental research and innovations: Explore library resources, including books, journals, articles, and databases, offering a wealth of information—from academic studies to everyday tips for reducing your environmental impact.
  • Positive stories of individuals and organisations leading the way in sustainability: Discover how NGOs, activists, and creators are proving that everyone can take action, no matter how small, to help create a sustainable future.
  • Information about UHI initiatives, courses, and events: Learn about the university’s commitment to sustainability and how you can get involved.
  • Details on relevant legislation and policies shaping our future: Stay informed about the frameworks guiding environmental progress locally and globally.

Together, we can turn awareness into action and work toward a more sustainable future for everyone.

Featured

 

Reuse and Repurpose: Creativity in Action

Who says sustainability can’t be beautiful? UK artist Jane Perkins transforms discarded items like toys, shells, buttons, plastic cutlery, beads, and broken jewelry into stunning works of art. Without adding any color, she uses materials exactly ‘as found,’ showcasing the incredible potential of recycled creativity. Visit Jane Perkins | Artist in Found Materials to find out more.

There Is No Planet B

This is the big-picture perspective on the environmental and economic challenges of our day, laid out in one place, and traced through to the underlying roots - questions of how we live and think. This updated edition has new material on protests, pandemics, wildfires, investments, carbon targets and of course, on the key question: given all this, what can I do?

 

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GreenFile

Over 4,700 articles from academic and general-interest titles on aspects of human impact to the environment; also index and abstracts for more than 384,000 records. Subject Areas include : Global Warming; Green Technologies; Pollution; Renewable Energy; Sustainable Agriculture.

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Think Environment, Think Sustainability

A curated collection of resources, from books and journals to websites and organisations, to help you find your next inspiring read.

 

 

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