Green roof for Keele’s pharmacy building

Construction and maintenance company J & S Seddon Building has developed a green sedum roof on the site of an innovative new pharmacy centre at Keele University.
Thousands of plants have been used to help the building blend in with the landscape and extend roof life by improving drainage through the retention and absorption of a [...]

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Keele students clean up the neighbourhood

Keele University students got together with Newcastle Borough Council to help clean up an area in Wolstanton this week.
Student volunteers collected a total of 23 bags of rubbish, debris and overgrown vegetation from where two paths lead down to the back of Wolstanton Retail Park, which Community Warden Joanne Morris then disposed of safely.
Joanne also provided [...]

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“Economics cannot solve climate change”, researchers say

Policymakers are relying too heavily on predictions of the impacts of climate change, a new study says.
As a result, they are claiming they need more research and more predictions before they can take action – and when policies are made, too little action follows.
Research by Dr Mark Charlesworth of Keele University and Dr Chuks Okereke [...]

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Project Green offers new skills opportunity to graduates

Graduates have the chance to nurture the green shoots of a new career through a ground-breaking initiative being launched by Keele University.
Project Green, Keele University’s sustainable business programme, offers unemployed graduates – or those at risk of unemployment – the chance to gain new skills in environmental management and get paid at the same time.
The [...]

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Keele leaps up national Green League

Keele University has jumped 41 places in the Green League 2009.
The table provides UK universities with a comprehensive guide on sustainability and looks to recognise excellence in environmental performance.
It is based on information submitted by universities to People & Planet, the largest student network in Britain campaigning to end world poverty, defend human rights and [...]

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