Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

The twelfth Sustainable Development Goal is to ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.

What we’re doing (University activity)

Operational

The SEED fund, granted by the Sustainability Team, is an opportunity for students to apply for funding for a sustainability project, giving them the chance to make a positive difference at the University and/or within the community. This year, five students pitched for funding for their own creative and impactful projects.

Anna Czyzycka, a postgraduate student within the School of Criminology, decided to tackle the waste produced by e-cigarettes on campus through initiating a recycling scheme with our waste contractor, Enva. Four new bins specifically purposed to recycle e-cigarettes and vapes, have been installed across campus.

Teaching

The Department of Geology offer a module on Anthropogenic Impact on the Urban Environment (GL4106) where students can conduct a pilot study of anthropogenic littering in the environment and design an infographic suitable to message to the general public on an anthropogenic issue.

Research

Scientists at Space Park Leicester have joined an international programme which recognises sustainable laboratories that have created environments which support research quality.

Courses/modules relating to the goal