Events

We have organised several events at MSSL to raise the profile of sustainability. Below you can read about a few of these.

Biodiversity Walk 2024

As part of a visit from our sustainability colleagues from the main Bloomsbury campus, we organised a departmental walk about the MSSL site. Whilst the weather wasn't the best, we were lucky to spot a variety of flora and fauna en route.

These walks are beneficial in lots of ways, as attendees get to:

• enjoy and learn about the wildlife.
• improve their mental and physical well-being.
• connect with other people from the Department.

Interested in exploring the MSSL grounds? Follow our self-guided walk. 

Sustainable Christmas 2023

We invited everyone to the common room to share ideas about "How to have a sustainable Christmas". Staff and students shared many good ideas to reduce our environmental impact during the festive season while enjoying plastic-free sustainable food delivered by For Earth's Sake. Some of the ideas suggested:

• Reduce waste: use up leftovers.
• Choose a lower-carbon meal: white meat or a vegetarian/vegan option.
• Give useful presents or buy second-hand.
• Use reusable wrapping or save wrapping paper to reuse.
• Reuse your plastic Christmas tree for at least 20 years.

Tree-Planting for the Queen's Green Canopy 2022

On 21st April 2022, the department came together to plant a tree as part of the Queen's Green Canopy. We selected a Hungarian Oak as a more resilient species for coping with climate change in the UK, to prolong its life for carbon sequestration.