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- Earth Day 2025: Our Power, Our Planet
- One Easter Egg at a Time
- RED Sustainable Action Award – What is it, and how can you get involved?
- Have you tried the Co Wheels Car Club?
- Park and Ride – FREE travel for staff and students from Mereoak (Junction 11 of the M4)
- How to Celebrate a Sustainable Valentine’s Day (Without Losing the Romance)
- The White Knight 20 – A Great Success!
- Smile with sustainability: Get Involved in the University of Reading’s Recycling Challenge!
- Veganuary: A Step Towards Sustainability at the University of Reading
- Why Flushing Wet Wipes Can Cost Us All – And How You Can Help
- Leading the way in sustainability: top 5 in the People & Planet League
- Simpler Recycling across the country
- Reuse & Recycle Service: A Sustainable IT Equipment Lifecycle Solution
- University of Reading ranked top 50 in the world for sustainability
- Take a break this Christmas and let your electronics rest too
- The University of Reading Named Times Sustainable University of the Year 2025
- Henley Business School leading the way in Sustainability with top 1 smallest carbon footprint in the UK
- University of Reading decarbonisation plan: winning the Energy Management Award (EMA) for its Business Travel Carbon Budgets
- Our sustainability year 23/24
- Reading students live at COP29
- We loved sustainability at Green Festival 2024!
- Library bike store security upgrade
- The first aspiring energy conscious University!
- Brand new University bus service!
- Goodbye to Doing UoR Bit
- We have a new 5 year Travel Plan!
- Rising to global challenges
- Green move out
- Student results from 2024 Travel Survey
- The results are in from our 2024 Staff Travel Survey
- Maximizing Energy Savings Through Lighting Switch-Offs: A Campus Initiative
- University P&R grows in popularity
- The soft plastics conundrum
- The University of Reading Hedgehog Society
- SportsPark is going electric
- Easter 2024 heating plan
- Sustainable Travel Day on 6 March
- Focus on waste and resource use
- University of Reading Travel Survey 2024
- Rising to the top of the green league
- Going green at Green Festival 2023
- How to keep your bike secure
- Why travel is the next step on our decarbonisation journey
- University of Reading Water Source Heat Pump
- Celebrating sustainability at Green Festival 2023
- Henley Business School- Number 1 business faculty in the UK for smallest carbon footprint
- Consider the air handled! With AHU upgrades
- A Solar Success! New 600kWp Rooftop Solar PV arrays
- A star-studded Fairtrade accreditation
- Staying warm for less – BMS improvements
- Lighting the way with energy efficient LEDs
- Helping our hedgehogs in Reading
- CEDAR Farm Refrigeration Upgrades
- Reading places 1-2-3 in Europe for work towards UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Energy savings in catering outlets on campus
- Bee extinction: more than meets the hive.
- Re-use and our local community
- Hassle-free train travel to Germany
- Fast fashion: A quick way to drive climate change
- Be a good egg – switch off for Easter!
- Famous women in sustainability – Women’s history month
- Make your plate happy: reducing food waste at UoR
- The 360 RUSU bus- a free and safe way to travel to and from the student’s union
- Fairtrade Fortnight: why fairtrade is important and what you can do
- Love your community and environment
- Food Waste at the University of Reading
- FREE Park and Ride service for staff and students from Mereoak (Junction 11 of the M4)
- How to have a more sustainable Christmas
- Celebrating sustainability – Green Festival 2022
- PODCAST – ‘How to be more sustainable and save money’
- Helping staff to travel sustainably at UoR
- Sustainable travel target achieved!
- How students can travel sustainably in Reading
- Welcome to Doing #UoR Bit for students!
- New lift share tool has now been launched
- University shortlisted in three categories at the 2022 Green Gown Awards!
- Every drop matters!
- Saving energy in our kitchens with Cheetah!
- Getting heat de-carbonisation underway at UoR
- A new LEAF in laboratory sustainability at the university
- Taking action for a cleaner, healthier future on Clean Air Day
- A cool 91% energy saving from our new air conditioning units
- Installing solar panels – are they worth it?
- Take a self guided walking tour to explore our Whiteknights Campus
- Reducing food waste at the University of Reading
- BEIS’ Green Heat Network Fund (GHNF) grant
- Energy Manager’s Association (EMA) award for Net Zero Strategy 2021
- Big Sustainability Awards’ Carbon Reduction Project of the Year
- Movin’ on up the Green League
- Delivering Net Zero Carbon – FAQs
- Grant funding award for Earley Gate decarbonisation study
- Get the 360 to 3sixty
- Let’s reuse more!
- Fridge freezer upgrades completed
- How data and the Institute for Environmental Analytics’ expertise are helping Small Islands States in their journey to renewables
- University of Reading is now an official Race to Zero signatory
- New LED Lamps shine a light on SAPD’s research
- First Salix grant-funded project complete!
- University carbon reduction projects underway
- Earth Day 2021
- Annual Sustainability Report 2019/20
- Sustainability spotlight: Giki
- Recycling household items in Reading with re3
- In defence of ‘Net Zero’ Carbon
- 2020 Travel Survey Results
- University achieves double ISO certification
- Embedding sustainability within your department
- Easit discount scheme terminated by GWR
- University Energy Manager recognised in national awards
- Progressing Towards a Sustainable Future
- Saving energy, saving the planet!
- Exploring low carbon heating in Henley-on-Thames
- Sustainable university living
- Travel in May
- Do you really need a car?
- Creating skilled cyclists
- Going green in 2019
- A kitchen for bicycles?
- Summer Re-use challenge 2018
- Cycle Light Up 2018
- Get On Your Bike event October 2018
- The Egg-cellent April Re-Use Challenge!
- Cycling to Safety!
- Setting up a telephone conference using Skype for Business
- Bus stop closures on Whiteknights campus over summer
- Travel Survey 2018 Results
- BikeSmart prize leads to new Bicycle maintenance equipment available to borrow on campus
- Renewables come of age at University
- Student Sustainability Assistants
- Are we focusing on the right environmental issues?
- Staff and student travel survey 2018
- Cheese or Chocolate?
- Green Gown Award win for Carbon Reduction
- Reading Bicycle Kitchen on campus
- Be Safe Be Seen – Light up
- Cycle skills and safety project
- Green Gown shortlisting for smashing our 35% carbon target!
- University leads the way in reducing carbon emissions
- New drinks machines provide free water and cut plastic waste
- Why not Cycle2Work?
- Readybike half price and free taster trips for September only
- Reading Rail Station substantial line closures September 2017
- Q and A with Abi, our summer intern
- Environmental Fund – Success Story!
- How did we achieve our 35% carbon reduction target?
- Skype for Business – Top Tip
- Green Festival 2016 – A look back…
- University wins national Green Gown Award
- Interning with Sustainability Services
- Extracting carbon savings from our science labs