• Edge Hill Academic invited to the Caribbean to talk about Botanic Gardens and SDGs

    Nicholas Catahan, self-proclaimed “Place Ecologist”, Programme Leader and Senior Lecturer at our Business School was invited by the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), tourism development agency linked to the Ministry of Tourism, and Royal Botanic Gardens of Trinidad and Tobago, to talk about cutting edge research on Botanic Gardens worldwide, their development and their instrumental part…

  • UN Day 2020: Moving a global vision to local action

    With the United Nation’s marking its 75th anniversary this weekend, a team of academics at Edge Hill University have warned that greater local action is needed in order to deliver a sustainable future for the planet.   The 17 SDGs were adopted by all UN member states, as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which set out an ambitious 15-year plan to achieve the goals.  With the 10-year countdown on to meet the 2030 Agenda, a…

  • Edge Hill Academic’s sustainability research wins her global recognition

    An Edge Hill academic has won a global award from the Sustainability Research Network in recognition of her pioneering work to improve climate change education. Dr Laura McGuire has scooped an esteemed Emerging Scholar Award due to her important work with the public to encourage positive behaviour change and instil messages about tackling climate change…

  • World Ozone Day – what have we learned in the global fight against climate change?

    More than 30 years on since the landmark Montreal Protocol united the world in a bid to save the ozone layer, an Edge Hill academic reflects on the lessons to be learned in the greatest environmental challenge ahead – climate change.  When expeditions to Antarctica in the 1980s confirmed that chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), found in household appliances and personal hygiene products, had caused a hole in the ozone layer, the news…

  • Are Britain’s young people going plant blind?

    Researchers at Edge Hill University have discovered why fewer students are choosing to study the biology of plants and are calling for changes to the curriculum to address ‘plant blindness’ to protect this much needed profession. With climate change, food security and the natural world regularly in the spotlight, academics have been intrigued as to…

  • New law to curb deforestation in supply chains won’t address bigger climate change issues

    The UK government unveiled plans this week to make it illegal and impose fines on companies who are unable to provide details of the origins of products and who do not comply with the new law in protecting forests and other natural ecosystems. Although this is a step in the right direction, Dr Sven Batke,…

  • Climate change and COVID-19

    SustainNET members Prof Geoff Beattie and Dr Laura McGuire have recently published a short article in The Conversation entitled ‘Coronavirus shows how to get people to act on climate change – here’s the psychology’. Read the article in The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-shows-how-to-get-people-to-act-on-climate-change-heres-the-psychology-143300.

  • Historic Opportunity to Create a More Sustainable East Asia

    In this short article published in the East Asia Forum on 4th June 2020, Prof Christopher Dent discusses how a post-Coronavirus recovery provides an historic opportunity to put East Asia – the most carbon-intensive region on the planet – on a more sustainable path of economic and social development. Read the article: www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/06/04/historic-opportunity-to-create-a-more-sustainable-east-asia

  • World Environment Day

    Academics at Edge Hill University are highlighting the effect of Covid-19 on the natural rather than human world to mark World Environment Day. The fallout of the global pandemic for the human race has been well-documented but on World Environment Day, Friday 5th June, it is important to remember the outcomes for the natural world…

  • ‘Trophy Hunting’ Shortlisted

    Geoff Beattie’s book ‘Trophy Hunting’ has been has been shortlisted for a 2019 Taylor & Francis Outstanding Book and Digital Product Award in the Outstanding Professional Category! This book explores the psychology of trophy hunting from a critical perspective and considers the reasons why some people engage in the controversial activity of killing often endangered animals…