Our initiatives
We highlight some of our projects and contributions reflecting our commitment to sustainability and biodiversity.
Carbon Literacy training
Bristol Medical School offers Carbon Literacy training to its staff and students and has been accredited as a Bronze Carbon Literate Educator by the UN-recognised Carbon Literacy Project. The aim of the training is to educate and enable individuals to reduce their carbon footprints and to encourage others around them to do the same.
What is Carbon Literacy?
Carbon Literacy is defined as "An awareness of the carbon dioxide costs and impacts of everyday activities, and the ability and motivation to reduce emissions, on an individual, community and institutional basis". It revolves around a day's worth of learning and action on climate change.
Outcomes of Carbon Literacy training
Here are some of the pledges our staff and students have made after the training to become officially carbon literate:
- Exploring climate impact of attending academic conferences and choice of travel
- Transitioning to a part or whole plant-based diet
- Investigating the carbon footprint of daily digital computing
- Commuting to work by cycling, running or walking
- Disposing of old and unwanted lab samples to reduce number of fridges and freezers in labs.