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Wild UCL

Wild UCL is one of UCL’s signature campaigns. It aims to restore natural ecosystems and see UCL become a Nature Positive university by becoming a signatory of the Nature Positive University campaign by 2025 and delivering a 20% biodiversity net gain across UCL campuses by 2034.

What is UCL doing?

As part of the UCL Sustainability Plan 2025-35, we expanded our Wild Bloomsbury campaign and renamed it to Wild UCL to include the breadth of our campus. UCL research shows that bringing nature into urban environments provides a range of ecosystem services, such as carbon sequestration, surface water management, summer cooling, cleaner air and improved health and wellbeing. 

  • Since 2019 we have added 10,000m2 of biodiverse space to our campus.
  • We have instigated several innovative biodiversity interventions from rainwater planters to creating a shared wildlife-friendly space on Gordon Street
  • We have developed innovative nature-based solutions with our community through a living laboratory approach.
  • We have added cycling and walking infrastructure to encourage active travel and reduce air pollution.
  • The People and Nature Lab has been driving biodiversity innovation at UCL East.
  • Staff and volunteers at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL) have improved biodiversity across over 15,000m² of fields and trees.

> Download the Wild Bloomsbury Manifesto (pdf)
> Download the Wild Bloombury Plan (doc)

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Wild UCL case studies

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Clean Air Community

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The Clean Air Community is a collaboration of scholars, staff and local residents in and around UCL estates learning how to collectively promote clean air.

> Clean Air Community

Partner with us 

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UCL has partnered with the University of London, Bedford Estates, Camden Council, Birkbeck, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and SOAS to develop a healthier and liveable Wild Bloomsbury. Contact Sustainable UCL to join.