Pages tagged with: sustainable-earth
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€2.5million project aims to develop sustainable soils from construction waste and by-products
The €2.5million ReCon Soil project, led by the University of Plymouth, brings together scientists, industry and educators to revolutionise how waste material from construction projects is managed
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Could fabricated soils be the key to global food security?
Experts from the University of Plymouth are working with the world-famous Eden Project to explore how recycled and waste material could be transformed and then reused in agriculture and other sectors
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Interdisciplinary approach the only way to address devastating effects of soil erosion
A study led by the University of Plymouth has shown traditional pastoralist communities – such as the Maasai in East Africa – are abundantly aware climate change and intensive grazing are having a marked effect on the resources they rely on for survival
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University soil research earns success at inaugural Tech South West Awards
FABSOIL, for which the University of Plymouth is working with the world-famous Eden Project, is exploring how recycled and waste material could be transformed and then reused in agriculture and other sectors
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International project aims to help communities address the effects of soil erosion
The University of Plymouth has received funding as part of a joint BBSRC-NERC Research Translation programme, and builds on the Jali ardhi (meaning ‘care for the land’ in Swahili) project
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UK’s first sea-going electric ferry launches in Plymouth
The UK’s first sea-going electric ferry - designed and developed in partnership with the University of Plymouth - has set sail for the first time in Plymouth, Britain’s Ocean City.
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Exhibition shows healing power of creativity for refugees coming to terms with life in UK
A unique exhibition will combine photographs, layered maps and first-hand testimony to tell the stories of refugees and asylum seekers now living in the South West of England, UK.
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Sustainable Earth
University of Plymouth Invenite magazine. Issue 2. Sustainable Earth
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“If I eat good food, I feel good”
A new film by the University of Plymouth and media company Fotonow CIC aims to shed light on the impact of food poverty within the city of Plymouth
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University becomes part of international hub helping communities at risk from natural disasters
Scientists from the University of Plymouth are working as part of the new £20million UKRI GCRF Multi-hazard Urban Disaster Risk Transitions Hub, which is aimed at reducing disaster risk for the poor in tomorrow’s cities
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University gets UNESCO backing to enhance global geoscience awareness
Professor Iain Stewart, Director of the Sustainable Earth Institute at the University of Plymouth, has successfully applied to create a UNESCO Chair in Geoscience and Society
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![<p>Sir Tim Smit, Eden Project</p>]()
In the theatre of science, the storyteller is king
Find out more about the Sustainable Earth Institute public talk from Sir Tim Smit at Plymouth University
