University of Exeter's Environment and Sustainability Institute
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Our Environment and Sustainability Institute is a dynamic incubator dedicated to restoring the environment and placing people at the heart of nature. #ExeterESI
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In 2025, the Environment and Sustainability Institute advanced vital research on environmental change, helped conserve and regenerate nature, informed sustainability policy, and developed cleaner ways to power the future.
This is our year in review.
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This is our year in review.
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December 18, 2025 at 9:43 AM
In 2025, the Environment and Sustainability Institute advanced vital research on environmental change, helped conserve and regenerate nature, informed sustainability policy, and developed cleaner ways to power the future.
This is our year in review.
vimeo.com/1147279648/e...
This is our year in review.
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A recent #policy paper shows that nature markets rely too much on voluntary action and inconsistent metrics, risking low-integrity claims and reduced investor confidence.
More on this study by researchers from the ESI, ExCEL, LEEP and the University of Oxford.
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More on this study by researchers from the ESI, ExCEL, LEEP and the University of Oxford.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
A recent #policy paper shows that nature markets rely too much on voluntary action and inconsistent metrics, risking low-integrity claims and reduced investor confidence.
More on this study by researchers from the ESI, ExCEL, LEEP and the University of Oxford.
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More on this study by researchers from the ESI, ExCEL, LEEP and the University of Oxford.
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Innovation & Leadership for the Renewable Sector.
Fully funded 2-week flexible online course, plus two-day in person residential for individuals residing in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly.
More information: sites.exeter.ac.uk/greenskills/...
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Fully funded 2-week flexible online course, plus two-day in person residential for individuals residing in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly.
More information: sites.exeter.ac.uk/greenskills/...
Submit your expression of interest: tinyurl.com/52jzp9av
December 2, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Innovation & Leadership for the Renewable Sector.
Fully funded 2-week flexible online course, plus two-day in person residential for individuals residing in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly.
More information: sites.exeter.ac.uk/greenskills/...
Submit your expression of interest: tinyurl.com/52jzp9av
Fully funded 2-week flexible online course, plus two-day in person residential for individuals residing in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly.
More information: sites.exeter.ac.uk/greenskills/...
Submit your expression of interest: tinyurl.com/52jzp9av
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November 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
If you missed Dr Jonathan Bennie's talk yesterday entitled "Shifting grounds: rethinking conservation in an age of rapid climate change," you can view the full video recording here:
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November 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
If you missed Dr Jonathan Bennie's talk yesterday entitled "Shifting grounds: rethinking conservation in an age of rapid climate change," you can view the full video recording here:
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Natural Environment Research Council Red Alert #PhD available. Deadline 16 January. Please repost.
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#MacroAlgae #bioremediation #riverEcology #biomining #microbes #microbiology
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#MacroAlgae #bioremediation #riverEcology #biomining #microbes #microbiology
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November 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Natural Environment Research Council Red Alert #PhD available. Deadline 16 January. Please repost.
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#MacroAlgae #bioremediation #riverEcology #biomining #microbes #microbiology
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#MacroAlgae #bioremediation #riverEcology #biomining #microbes #microbiology
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Research has shown that mixtures of the antibiotic ciprofloxacin plus one other non-antibiotic drug increased selection for antibiotic resistance. This highlights the importance of non-antibiotics in pollutant mixtures for antibiotic resistance selection tinyurl.com/29jtn925
#WorldAMRawarenessWeek
#WorldAMRawarenessWeek
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Research has shown that mixtures of the antibiotic ciprofloxacin plus one other non-antibiotic drug increased selection for antibiotic resistance. This highlights the importance of non-antibiotics in pollutant mixtures for antibiotic resistance selection tinyurl.com/29jtn925
#WorldAMRawarenessWeek
#WorldAMRawarenessWeek
New study shows that helping communities manage green spaces, by understanding how they use and value the area, could be an effective way for local governments to tackle the biodiversity crisis.
Authors: Fay Kahane, Melissa Ralph and Rosalind Shaw
🌱 tinyurl.com/2jymh2ye
#MakingSpaceForNature #MS4N
Authors: Fay Kahane, Melissa Ralph and Rosalind Shaw
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#MakingSpaceForNature #MS4N
November 19, 2025 at 9:27 AM
New study shows that helping communities manage green spaces, by understanding how they use and value the area, could be an effective way for local governments to tackle the biodiversity crisis.
Authors: Fay Kahane, Melissa Ralph and Rosalind Shaw
🌱 tinyurl.com/2jymh2ye
#MakingSpaceForNature #MS4N
Authors: Fay Kahane, Melissa Ralph and Rosalind Shaw
🌱 tinyurl.com/2jymh2ye
#MakingSpaceForNature #MS4N
Do tune in to hear Dr Jonathan Bennie's (hybrid) talk "Shifting grounds: rethinking conservation in an age of rapid climate change" on Monday 24 November 1.30 - 2.30pm.
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#esiChallengeOfTheMonth
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#esiChallengeOfTheMonth
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November 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Do tune in to hear Dr Jonathan Bennie's (hybrid) talk "Shifting grounds: rethinking conservation in an age of rapid climate change" on Monday 24 November 1.30 - 2.30pm.
www.exeter.ac.uk/research/ins...
#esiChallengeOfTheMonth
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#esiChallengeOfTheMonth
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November 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
PhD studentship available. Please repost.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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November 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Dr Jonathan Bennie has taken up the ESI Challenge of the Month for November 2025.
Tune in to listen to his (hybrid) talk "Shifting grounds: rethinking conservation in an age of rapid climate change."
www.exeter.ac.uk/research/ins...
#esiChallengeOfTheMonth
Tune in to listen to his (hybrid) talk "Shifting grounds: rethinking conservation in an age of rapid climate change."
www.exeter.ac.uk/research/ins...
#esiChallengeOfTheMonth
November 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Dr Jonathan Bennie has taken up the ESI Challenge of the Month for November 2025.
Tune in to listen to his (hybrid) talk "Shifting grounds: rethinking conservation in an age of rapid climate change."
www.exeter.ac.uk/research/ins...
#esiChallengeOfTheMonth
Tune in to listen to his (hybrid) talk "Shifting grounds: rethinking conservation in an age of rapid climate change."
www.exeter.ac.uk/research/ins...
#esiChallengeOfTheMonth
New paper: Aqueous potentially ecotoxic metal(loid)s in a tropical mining-affected river system: sources and environmental and human health risks.
Authors: John Kennedy Okewling, Matthew Eyre & Karen A. Hudson-Edwards.
(First paper from John's PhD research👏)
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Authors: John Kennedy Okewling, Matthew Eyre & Karen A. Hudson-Edwards.
(First paper from John's PhD research👏)
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
October 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
New paper: Aqueous potentially ecotoxic metal(loid)s in a tropical mining-affected river system: sources and environmental and human health risks.
Authors: John Kennedy Okewling, Matthew Eyre & Karen A. Hudson-Edwards.
(First paper from John's PhD research👏)
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Authors: John Kennedy Okewling, Matthew Eyre & Karen A. Hudson-Edwards.
(First paper from John's PhD research👏)
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New publication in @microbiologysociety.org "Seaweed exposure modulates Escherichia coli plasmid conjugation rate."
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
#AMR #AntiMicrobialResistance #seaweed
Authors: David Sünderhauf, Macaulay Winter, Jasmine Ramshaw, Emily Stevenson and Michiel Vos.
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
#AMR #AntiMicrobialResistance #seaweed
Authors: David Sünderhauf, Macaulay Winter, Jasmine Ramshaw, Emily Stevenson and Michiel Vos.
October 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
New publication in @microbiologysociety.org "Seaweed exposure modulates Escherichia coli plasmid conjugation rate."
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
#AMR #AntiMicrobialResistance #seaweed
Authors: David Sünderhauf, Macaulay Winter, Jasmine Ramshaw, Emily Stevenson and Michiel Vos.
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
#AMR #AntiMicrobialResistance #seaweed
Authors: David Sünderhauf, Macaulay Winter, Jasmine Ramshaw, Emily Stevenson and Michiel Vos.
New publication in @jappliedecology.bsky.social "Artificial light at night alters earthworm communities and soil aggregation" by Jiaqing Cai, Jonathan Bennie, Maisy Inston and @kevinjgaston.bsky.social
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October 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
New publication in @jappliedecology.bsky.social "Artificial light at night alters earthworm communities and soil aggregation" by Jiaqing Cai, Jonathan Bennie, Maisy Inston and @kevinjgaston.bsky.social
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24th October: Want to be inspired by real stories of recovery and collaboration? Don’t miss the panel “Recovering Nature on Land”, where conservation leaders will share how they’re restoring habitats, protecting species, and bringing landscapes back to life!🌱
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October 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
24th October: Want to be inspired by real stories of recovery and collaboration? Don’t miss the panel “Recovering Nature on Land”, where conservation leaders will share how they’re restoring habitats, protecting species, and bringing landscapes back to life!🌱
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cornwall-i...
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The second round of the Sustainability Projects Fund is still open for applications!
Open to all University of Exeter staff and students on all campuses (*students must apply with a faculty or staff sponsor).
Deadline: 21st Oct 2025. Apply now!
www.exeter.ac.uk/about/sustai...
Open to all University of Exeter staff and students on all campuses (*students must apply with a faculty or staff sponsor).
Deadline: 21st Oct 2025. Apply now!
www.exeter.ac.uk/about/sustai...
October 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The second round of the Sustainability Projects Fund is still open for applications!
Open to all University of Exeter staff and students on all campuses (*students must apply with a faculty or staff sponsor).
Deadline: 21st Oct 2025. Apply now!
www.exeter.ac.uk/about/sustai...
Open to all University of Exeter staff and students on all campuses (*students must apply with a faculty or staff sponsor).
Deadline: 21st Oct 2025. Apply now!
www.exeter.ac.uk/about/sustai...
Registration closes on 28 October. Limited funds are available for @cornwall.exeter.ac.uk investigators living in Cornwall for overnight stay in Bristol.
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October 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Registration closes on 28 October. Limited funds are available for @cornwall.exeter.ac.uk investigators living in Cornwall for overnight stay in Bristol.
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This focused lecture explores decolonial approaches to African and Black material cultures, embodied heritages, natural resources, law, and extractive legacies shaped by Africa–Europe entanglements.
www.exeter.ac.uk/events/detai...
#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #BHM
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#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #BHM
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October 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
This focused lecture explores decolonial approaches to African and Black material cultures, embodied heritages, natural resources, law, and extractive legacies shaped by Africa–Europe entanglements.
www.exeter.ac.uk/events/detai...
#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #BHM
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www.exeter.ac.uk/events/detai...
#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #BHM
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October 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Dr Karen Scott will be delivering the #esiChallengeOfTheMonth hybrid talk on 3 November entitled "The politics of re-imagining sustainable wellbeing in a post-normal context."
Watch this space to follow her research throughout this month!
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Watch this space to follow her research throughout this month!
www.exeter.ac.uk/research/ins...
October 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Dr Karen Scott will be delivering the #esiChallengeOfTheMonth hybrid talk on 3 November entitled "The politics of re-imagining sustainable wellbeing in a post-normal context."
Watch this space to follow her research throughout this month!
www.exeter.ac.uk/research/ins...
Watch this space to follow her research throughout this month!
www.exeter.ac.uk/research/ins...
Our ESI PhD students Abhishek and Hao are at the Heritage Expo 2025 at the University of Exeter Cornwall stall at Pendennis Castle. Do visit and chat about how our research supports 'conservation in action' in Cornwall and beyond.
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October 3, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Our ESI PhD students Abhishek and Hao are at the Heritage Expo 2025 at the University of Exeter Cornwall stall at Pendennis Castle. Do visit and chat about how our research supports 'conservation in action' in Cornwall and beyond.
letstalk.cornwall.gov.uk/heritage-exp...
@cornwall.exeter.ac.uk
letstalk.cornwall.gov.uk/heritage-exp...
@cornwall.exeter.ac.uk
🌞💧 Floating Solar + Green Hydrogen = A Clean Energy Future for Hong Kong 💧🌞
Our latest study explores the transformational potential of Floating Solar Photovoltaics (FPV) across Hong Kong’s reservoirs, combined with green hydrogen production.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Our latest study explores the transformational potential of Floating Solar Photovoltaics (FPV) across Hong Kong’s reservoirs, combined with green hydrogen production.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 2, 2025 at 10:11 AM
🌞💧 Floating Solar + Green Hydrogen = A Clean Energy Future for Hong Kong 💧🌞
Our latest study explores the transformational potential of Floating Solar Photovoltaics (FPV) across Hong Kong’s reservoirs, combined with green hydrogen production.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Our latest study explores the transformational potential of Floating Solar Photovoltaics (FPV) across Hong Kong’s reservoirs, combined with green hydrogen production.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...