Creating a greener, more sustainable Hope can only be achieved with the help of our staff and students. We need your support and input to meet our targets, achieve our goals and to ensure that our projects are successful.
All staff and students have the opportunity to live, study and work in a sustainable environment as well as develop and use their skills and understanding required to contribute to global sustainability throughout their careers.
Sustainability is included at all staff and student inductions (both in the essential information and notebook and accommodation's Moving In Guide).
There are many opportunities to get involved; including a number of sustainability groups available to join to help us shape our sustainability and future ready University:
- Project 28
- Project 28 curriculum sub-working group
- Creative Arts Sustainability and Environmentally aware Learning and Teaching Community of Practice
- Catering sustainability group
What can I do?
Give it a go… there’s something for everyone, no matter what your background, skills, experience or ability.
Check out our top tips throughout this site to see how small changes to your office practices and procurements can have significant benefits, both environmentally, and financially. Adopting these practices can also help you save money and energy at home.
Project 28
The Project 28 sustainability group was set up in November 2023 has members of both academic and professional services (including representatives of both Unison and UCU). The group meets to progress against the Strategic Plan's three environmental sustainability objectives.
2023: 4th and 5th December
2024: 5th and 6th February; 18th March
Project 28 - curriculum sub-group
A sub-group was established in February 2024 to focus on the 'address sustainability in the curriculum' objective. Chaired by the Director of Estates with representatives from each of the four faculties and the Sustainability Manager. This group aims to look at how sustainability is currently addressed in the curriculum and look at ways to further this across all elements of the curriculum.
2024: 1st February; 4th March
Creative Arts Learning and Teaching Community of Practice
This community of practice was launched in 2023 and aims to foreground emerging concepts and practices connected to the environment and sustainability and how these may be retooled for creative arts education. We will reexamine existing learning and teaching approaches with a view to integrating more environmentally-conscious practices into our work, and to facilitate further awareness of how we as a school may adapt our practice to reflect the concerns of the climate crisis.
2023: 30th November
2024: 31 January
Catering Sustainability Group
The dedicated catering sustainability group is chaired by the Catering Operations Manager and is attended by staff and student representatives from the chefs; front of house staff; office and hospitality activities; conference team and sustainability manager.
The Group was launched in November 2023 and regularly meet to discuss and progress sustainability initiatives.
The Group regularly invites suppliers to their meeting to discuss their sustainability goals and initiatives and how they can work together to reduce the environmental impact of catering and conference provision. Recent attendees have included Sea Change, Britvic and Starbucks.
2023: 12th December
2024: 9th February; 21st March; 29th April (Sea Change Knowledge Exchange); 30th April (with presentation from Starbucks); 25th March (Ocean Generation workshop); 6th June (with presentation from Britvic)
LHU Environmental Society
The LHU Environment Society is a very new society wanting to tackle very current issues, we want to explore all possible green avenues within the university, the local community and also the wider world.
See the Green Gazette for the latest information:
May 2024
March 2024
Got an idea for a campaign or of ways Hope SU can improve on sustainability? See @lhu_environmental_society on Instagram.
Knowledge Quarter
We are part of the Liverpool Knowledge Quarter Sustainability Network.
'Nature, Thinking' Ecological philosophy conference - The Association for Continental Philosophy of Religion's online conference, 'Nature, Thinking: from romanticism and idealism to ecological philosophy' will take place 9-11 July. Registration is now open and is free to Hope staff and students.
Festival of Futures from the 2nd to 6th December 2024
Planning is underway for a new University-wide initiative which aims to provide students with the opportunity to broaden their knowledge and skills by immersing themselves in a topic outside of their degree studies.
The Festival of Futures is a weeklong project in which students will work together to find solutions to real-world challenges linked to one or more of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Previous events:
Childwall in Bloom will be holding its annual Open Garden event at Liverpool Hope University, Saturday 15th June 2024 from 1pm - 4pm at Hope Park.
Designing with Plants the Great Dixter Way – Honorary Fellow, Richard Scott, will host this event at the Capstone Theatre on Saturday 22 June. It includes a presentation from one of the most influential living garden designers and horticultural educators in Britain today, Fergus Garrett. Hope staff and students can attend this event for a discounted price of £10. Find out more and book your place, here.
Beguiling bats – Rev. Paul Rooney from the Department of Geography and Environmental Science lead an event at Calderstones Park which illuminated the fascinating world of bats, dispelling the myths and highlighted the important contributions they bring to our environment.
Thursday 25th April 2024 - Climate Justice: Artistic and Educational Responses
Wednesday 24th April 2024 - Towards socially inclusive environmental policy: concepts, insights and challenges
Wednesday 24th April 2024 - The fundamentals of financial wellbeing
Rethinking Sustainable Development and Peace: Adapting to a Changing World in Crisis - an online international Conference organised by the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies and SEARCH Centre of Liverpool Hope Business School, Liverpool Hope University, Hope Park Campus, 26th June 2023
Cost of Living crisis conference - Politicians, social campaigners, third sector representatives, academics and people living in Liverpool City Region came together to find solutions to the cost of living crisis at a conference hosted at Hope Park on Wednesday 28 June 2023.
Cost of Living study - Researchers in the School of Social Sciences are therefore trying to capture the impact this crisis is having on students’ experiences.
