Ever read a book that changed your mind? 📖
For #WorldBookDay @richsulley.bsky.social spoke to @uk.theconversation.com about how Kim Stanley Robinson’s 'Ministry for the Future' opened his eyes to the realities of climate change and how we combat it.
Read the full article here ⬇️
"The need to travel further and faster into a #renewable based energy system with decoupled pricing has never been stronger."
Our Senior Research Fellow in Sustainability Policy, @richsulley.bsky.social shares his reaction to the #SpringStatement.
Read the full response here ⬇️
tinyurl.com/yh25m67x
...and congratulations to Jessye Phillips and Alka Ranjan on being voted the best pair of presenters at this year's event! 🥳👏
A Grantham Scholar presenting in front of an audience at the Methods@Sheffield event
A Grantham Scholar presenting in front of an audience at the Methods@Sheffield event
A Grantham Scholar presenting in front of an audience at the Methods@Sheffield event
Richard Sulley from the Grantham Centre speaking to the audience at the Methods@Sheffield event
Our Grantham Scholars have been presenting research at our Methods@Sheffield event this week!
The twist - they have to present the work of another scholar from an entirely different discipline!
Well done to all our scholars who did a great job 👏
Read about the event here ⬇️
tinyurl.com/j3xpa6nz
Read the full essay in "Global Food Stories: Eating Cultures in Times of Transformation" (p. 62) to see how Social LCA can help us build a food system that is fair for both people and the planet. 🌎
Download the publication here ⬇️
tinyurl.com/4ys2en6p
We often think about the environmental impact of what we eat, but what about the human impact? 🌽
Ben Purvis from our #Sustainability Assessment team explains how Social #LifeCycleAssessment can highlight the often-overlooked human impacts in our food systems. 1/2
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My film will be showing at @sheffielduni.bsky.social through the @granthamcsf.bsky.social on 31 March at 6:30pm.
I’ll be there for a Q&A.
Tickets:
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More dates: fires-and-fascism.co.uk
@sheffgreenparty.bsky.social
@quaker.org.uk
Some thoughts on the Local Outcomes Framework if that's the kind of thing you like
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Poster for the 'Fires and Fascism' film screening and Q&A featuring a photo of a box of matches stuffed with bank notes.
Join us for 'Fires and Fascism' live film screening + Director Q&A
This powerful doc links European wildfires to factors beyond climate change: big business, organised crime & the far right
🗓️ 31 Mar, 6:30-8:30pm
📍 The Diamond - Lecture Theatre 5
Book your free ticket ⬇️
tinyurl.com/Fires-and-Fa...
A powerline at sunset with a quote from Joseph Hammond, Grantham Scholar and AENi Co-Founder, overlaid on top. The quote reads "Our mission is to help the teams who shape critical infrastructure de-risk decisions and transition to clean energy faster."
This new software is set to accelerate the delivery of the world's vital #NetZero infrastructure.⚡
'RunPilot' is a live, collaborative platform, designed by two of our Grantham Scholars, that will help de-risk projects and cut months off the planning process.
Read more here ⬇️
tinyurl.com/56ufacpn
Straw bales are a cheap building materials and they are great for insulation.
Don't tell the Big Bad Wolf... 🐺
Our Sustainability Assessment Lead @runnercalledwalker.bsky.social has built his new garden office out of straw!
Straw is a good insulator, cheap, easy to work with, and absorbs and stores carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Read more ⬇️
tinyurl.com/yucfvvta
South Yorkshire's tree canopy is set to grow!🌳
The 'Trees Together South Yorkshire' project, funded by our Regional Readiness Fund, aims to manage and expand the #SouthYorkshire treescape - maximising benefits for the environment and local communities.
Find out more⬇️
tinyurl.com/5cmac9wa
"We brought a bit of the mattress back and started to grow tomatoes in it!"
At the South Yorks Sustainability Centre's research summit, we learned how visits to a Jordanian refugee camp helped @granthamcsf.bsky.social find new ways to tackle the climate crisis in #Sheffield
✍️ @sammgreg.bsky.social
Richard Sulley from the Grantham Centre presenting at the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals collaborative workshop
Group table discussion at the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals collaborative workshop
Group table discussion at the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals collaborative workshop
Group table discussion at the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals collaborative workshop
Fantastic workshop with Sheffield Teaching Hospitals (STH) today, which we co-hosted with South Yorkshire Sustainability Centre!
Together we explored joint #sustainability research opportunities to deliver the STH's new Sustainability Plan.
Thank you to everyone who came and shared their ideas💡
Our Co-Director Tony Ryan spoke at the SYSC Summit last week about our hydroponic research project at the Zataari refugee camp and how local 'controlled environment agriculture' could help us produce food more sustainably in the UK.
Read the @nowthenmag.bsky.social article ⬇️
tinyurl.com/4e5xa6t6
How do we transform our food systems without losing our cultural heritage, or negatively impacting communities?
Our Co-Director, Rachael Rothman, and our Sustainability Assessment team discuss the social and cultural sustainability in food systems in their new article.
➡️ tinyurl.com/4ys2en6p (p62)
Can research help us build a sustainable future?
This animation explores how food, water and energy challenges are connected, and how @granthamcsf.bsky.social researchers are responding to global challenges.
Watch the video and discover more like it at player.sheffield.ac.uk
#BigEnergySavingWeek
A close up of a car exhaust with the sentence "Low-income and ethnically diverse communities face triple burden" overlaid at the bottom of the image.
We don't all breathe the same air. 😷
New research by our Grantham Associate, Maria Val Martin, has revealed that low-income & ethnically diverse communities in major northern cities face up to 33% more harmful #AirPollution than their wealthier counterparts.
Read more ⬇️
tinyurl.com/4tjkkpn9
Today our new Grantham Scholars had their first Journal Club plus took part in a sustainability quiz!
It's been fantastic meeting our new, enthusiastic cohort of scholars and we're excited to see how they progress over the next three years! 🌱
Read more about our scholarship ⬇️
tinyurl.com/2eps3cd8
My report - Effective Communication for the Modern Industrial Bioeconomy - is now available open-access here: bb-reg-net.org.uk/resource-hub/ The report is the result of 2 years’ work with the amazing Biobased and Biodegradable Regulatory Network.
@granthamcsf.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social
Front cover of the report with the title "Effective Communication to Advance the Modern Industrial Bioeconomy."
Know the difference between biodegradable and compostable?♻️
This new report reveals how unclear communication is slowing the adoption of biobased & biodegradable materials.
Congratulations to our Grantham Associate, Joanna Gavins, and the BB-REG-NET team 🙌
Read the report ⬇️
tinyurl.com/4fprdfmk
We're excited to officially welcome our 2026 cohort of Grantham Scholars! 🙌
We have 26 students joining us from 9 different Schools across @sheffielduni.bsky.social. They're starting their induction today to kick off their journey in sustainability leadership.
Welcome to the Grantham Centre! 🌎
You can find details of all the projects here ⬇️
🔗 tinyurl.com/ba9b85e3
Congratulations to the successful applicants! 👏
We will be sharing updates as these projects progress, so watch this space. 👀
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These diverse projects are tackling some of the planet’s most pressing sustainability challenges, including:
🔥 Detecting wildfires using drones
💧 Removing "forever chemicals" from water
🏥 Tackling the threat of extreme heat to NHS care delivery
🌳 Protecting forests from illegal logging
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📢 We're thrilled to announce the 14 successful sustainability research projects awarded funding from our Grantham Amplification Fund (GA Fund) initiative!
In total we’ve committed £500,000 to projects that will generate real-world impact within South Yorkshire and beyond: tinyurl.com/ba9b85e3
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Christmas gift already broken? You’re not alone. 🎁😢
Dr Stuart Walker from our Sustainability Assessment Team volunteered at a repair café to help fix people's faulty gifts.
Read his @uk.theconversation.com article to find out how these community hubs are tackling waste ⬇️
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"Belém’s approach to mitigation targets falls short of the clear, uncompromising signal needed to align the world with the 1.5°C goal."
We arranged for Amirmohammad Hajnajafi to attend #COP30 as an official online observer. Here he shares his views on the conference ⬇️
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Tony Ryan looking into a large fish tank which forms part of an aquaponic installation
Tony Ryan standing with members of the Jordanian Royal Scientific Society
Tony Ryan and members of the Jordanian Royal Scientific Society standing next to the aquaponic installation
Tony Ryan and members of the Jordanian Royal Scientific Society standing with children and staff of a special needs school in Jordan.
From fish tanks to healthy plants 🐟 Our Co-Director @neofossil-tony.bsky.social continued his visit to Jordan with a tour of an aquaponic installation at a special needs school.
The plants grow in sand that hosts a microbial community which converts the waste water from the fish tank into nutrients
The Desert Gardens project has helped thousands of Syrian refugees grow fresh food in the Jordanian desert.
Our Co-Director @neofossil-tony.bsky.social is back visiting the Zaatari refugee camp to help install new hydroponic systems 🥬
Find out how you can support the project
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