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Our Initiatives

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊMS is proud to have pioneered a suite of sustainability projects and initiatives.

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Our PledgesÌý

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊMS staff voted for their top five pledges to improve sustainability at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Medical School:

  1. Only order environmentally-friendly stationery and supplies
  2. Have a PC and lights shutdown every Friday
  3. Reduce single-use items in Clinical Skills Centres and let students know
  4. Reduce food waste by ordering less for events, donating or composting leftover catering
  5. No longer buy single-use water bottles and signpost students to water fountains

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Sustainability Education Award

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊMS is proud to have won the Sustainability Education Award is a joint award for staff and/or students who have integrated a comprehensive sustainability education plan into the formal or informal curriculum.

  • Adesh Sundaresan

Honorary Clinical Lecturer, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Medical School

Adesh designed and ran a novel module for medical students dedicated to empowering, educating and inspiring students on the health impacts of climate change.

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Medical School’s MBBS Climate Change and Sustainability Working Group brought together aÌýteam of students and staff who worked through the MBBS curriculum map, looking for opportunities to signpost and integrate issues linking healthcare, climate change, and sustainability teaching into the MBBS curriculum. Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊMS established the first medical StudentÌýSelected Component (SSC) in climate change and health in the UK and contributed to the Declaration of the Climate Change Emergency, which was a national initiative amongst UK medical schools.

  • Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÌý Planetary Health Report Card Team

ÌýCatherine NapperÌýresearched and reviewed the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Faculty of Medical Sciences’ commitment to climate change education and sustainability in the faculty’s curriculum, interdisciplinary research, community outreach, support for student-led initiatives, and campus sustainability, in addition to setting up a board to further improve the faculty’s engagement in the future as part of the Planetary Health Report Card (PHRC) Initiative

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