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Be part of a movement to progress sustainability at UCL and beyond

Student Sustainability Forum
Have your voice heard, connect with UCL's sustainability leaders, and make meaningful changes to the university
UCL students for sustainability
Find and join your UCL eco-tribe
Sustainability Ambassadors
Support the Union's action on sustainability
Volunteering opportunities
Sustainability-themed volunteering
Dissertations
Make your research count
UCL Climate Hub
Join a community for change
People & Planet
Campaign for social and environmental justice
Students Organising for Sustainability
Calls to action from SOS UK

Upcoming events

How to Start your Sustainable Career whilst at UCL
06/10/2023 | 13:00 - 14:00
Sign up to this Sector Insight Event to learn more about the sustainability industry.Sustainability is a hot topic. Increasingly, more employers are looking for students with sustainability skills and literacy. And not just in environmentally focused jobs, but in engineering, retail, urban planning and many more! There is a huge range of opportunities in this rapidly growing sector.

News

"It feels like we are doing something useful for the environment..."
Nuzulia is a postgraduate student doing an Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment MSc at the Barlett School of Energy and Environmental Resources.
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Sustainability and Volunteering: Westminster
Sustainability plays a key role in the development of communities. Voluntary organisations make a vital contribution to the environmental, social, and economic sustainability of their communities, and the volunteers that work with them are at the heart of this effort.
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"I feel like volunteering gives you a sense of achievement and enjoyment"
Daisy is a second year Psychology student, and she has been doing an amazing job as Project Leader for the #Zero Food Waste SLP, winner for the Student Led Project of the Year award!
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Sustainability and Volunteering: Islington
Sustainability plays a key role in the development of communities, and volunteering is a vital way through which social and environmental sustainability goals can be achieved.
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Resources for you

Information and tools to help you live more sustainably at UCL

The Hanger Marketplace
Swap shop just for UCL students
Walk & Cycle
Resources to help you plan your walk or cycle to UCL
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
For better waste management on and off campus
Water fountain map
Where to refill your reusable bottle at UCL
Microwave map
Reheat your lunch on campus
Sustainability Induction
Start your sustainability learning experience at UCL
SOS Learning Academy
Progressing sustainability
Sustainability podcasts
Get your eco-inspiration

Strategy and impact

Your Union on its way to becoming truly sustainable

Sustainability Strategy and impact

As the representative body of present and future UCL students, the Students’ Union is uniquely positioned to lead by example through embracing sustainability in all aspects of its work and service provision, educating its members about the dangers of climate change and the urgent need for action to protect the planet, and influencing UCL to accelerate its work to be a truly sustainable university.