Learn more about Coventry’s waste network. This blog was written by Environment Team Student Ambassador Robyn McSharry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q3yYvN9lzM&t=1s Sherbourne Recycling Limited serves eight local authorities in the West Midlands. These authorities are Coventry City Council, North Warwickshire Borough Council, Nuneaton and Bedworth, Borough Rugby Council, Stratford-on-Avon District Council, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, Walsall Council and Warwick…
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Better Transport Week: The State of Play in 2024
Written by Robyn McSharry, Coventry University Student Ambassador. Running between 17 to 23 June 2024, Better Transport Week is a celebration of sustainable transport. Learn more about their campaign here. Transport is an essential sector, with millions travelling to school, work and for leisure every day. So how do we making one of the most…
World Environment Day
Visit to Sherbourne Recycling Plant – by Edward Ileomoh What happens when you mix human ingenuity, robots, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) and waste management? The answer is the Sherbourne Recycling Plant. As a Student Ambassador for Coventry University Environment Team, the team and I had the opportunity of visiting the Sherbourne Recycling Plant and we…
No Meat May: What does the future look like?
As May comes to an end, we round up the month and look at why it’s important we reduce meat consumption in our diet, and what we may eat in the future. What is No Meat May? No Meat May is a campaign which started in 2013. Year on year, the campaign has grown, partly…
Veganuary –
Is Eating Less Meat Better for the Environment? As January concludes, and we can start to look forward to lighter nights (even if it’s only by minutes!), so also comes to the end of the annual Veganuary campaign. In this blog, we’ll take a look at what the campaign is (ready for next year if…
Cop 28, 29th November – 12th December
COP 28: Towards Progress or a Petrostate Smokescreen? In just under a weeks’ time, world leaders, environment ministers, dignitaries, business leaders, climate scientists and journalists will all be in attendance for the 28th COP. This years event is held in Expo City, part of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The Conference of the Parties,…
How to Have a Sustainable Halloween! 🕸️🎃
“Celebrate a Sustainable Halloween: Tricks and Treats for a Greener October 31st” Halloween is a fun time for costumes, sweet treats, and spooky decorations. However, the environmental impact of this beloved celebration can be quite scary! From single-use plastic decorations to individually wrapped goodies, Halloween can generate a lot of waste. But fear not… you…
How Can You Be More Sustainable at University?
A Guide to Sustainable Life at Coventry University Now that term is well underway and you are either settling into Coventry or retuning, it’s an ideal time to ask yourself; what can I do for the environment? The climate crisis represents a very real and pressing global challenge. We are beginning to see an acceleration…
Pod Café and Food Union Blog
Organic September – Chat with Pod Café & Food Union Each year ‘Organic September‘, a campaign developed by the Soils Association, promotes the benefits of organic produce for people and the planet. I had the pleasure of chatting with Chris and Greg, who manage two interlinked Coventry-based organisations: the Pod Café and the Food Union….
Plastic Free July- Chat with Zero Waste Shop Owner Rachel Ward
The Refill Revolution We had a chat with Rachel Ward, owner of Cogs of Coventry and zero waste guru to talk all things plastic free. Cogs is a small, independent zero-waste business selling unpackaged foods and household goods. Q: When did you first learn about climate change? Rachel: I was just a teenager, a geography…