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Meet our 2024/25 Earth Fellows cohort!

Back in November, we formally welcomed our latest cohort of 14 Earth Fellows – a...

December 5, 2024

Energy Enterprise & Innovation Health Innovation Justice Student Experience Students

University entrepreneurs tackle global challenges in startup accelerator

Startups focused on carbon capture, breastmilk donation and machine learning took centre stage at this...

October 3, 2024

Justice Partnership Research Student Experience Students

We’re hiring x 5 Earth Fellow roles for University of Edinburgh students!

As an Earth Fellow, you will be joining a diverse, fun and dynamic team of...

July 18, 2024

Energy Student Experience Students

Edinburgh Earth Fellows champion university climate action at U7+ and Next Forum in Milan

In March, Earth Fellows Joanna Keel and Rania Djojosugito were a part of a delegation...

June 6, 2024

Health Research Students

Clean plate club: Strength2Food research group takes on primary school plate (food) waste

In a multi-country collaboration, the Strength2Food research group conducted a nutritional and plate waste study...

May 22, 2024

Energy Innovation Students

EPSRC’s £6M funding opens doors for 50 offshore renewable energy research engineers at IDCORE

The importance of offshore renewable energy (ORE) research and mutual cooperation between academia and industry...

March 29, 2024

Energy Research Students

FloWave Celebrates 10 Years of Offshore Renewable Energy Research

2024 marks 10 years of operations and industry partnership for the University of Edinburgh’s FloWave...

March 14, 2024

Health Students

Integrating Climate and Health: Bridging Disciplinary Divides for a Sustainable Future

COP28’s inaugural Health Day was reflective of a growing recognition for the intersections of health...

March 4, 2024

Enterprise & Innovation Students

Student ideas for a more sustainable future: Meet the entrepreneurship competition winners

The applications to the first round of our Sustainable Business Idea Competition 23/24, run in...

February 20, 2024

Earth Fellows Partnership Students

Meet the Fellows

In October 2023, 14 new Earth Fellows joined the growing Edinburgh Earth Initiative team to...

December 14, 2023

Health Partnership Research Students

Insights into the BLOOM study: investigating benefits of natural farming on human health

Recognizing that climate change poses an imminent and severe threat to human health, this year’s...

November 30, 2023

Energy Health Justice Partnership Research Students

COP28 Joint Statement by University of Edinburgh Delegates

COP28 – a global conference that tackles the climate crisis – launches today in Dubai,...

November 30, 2023

Health Justice Research Students

Climate and Health profile: Blue and Green Spaces and Sustainable Outdoor Environments

Based at the Edinburgh College of Art, OPENspace is a research centre committed to making...

November 21, 2023

Enterprise & Innovation Innovation Partnership Student Experience Students

Climate conscious student start-ups battle for Accelerator prize

Agricultural tech, seafood waste management and children’s healthcare companies took home the top prizes in...

September 15, 2023

Justice Research Students

Refugee Week 2023: Understanding the impacts of climate change on refugees and displaced people

For Refugee Week 2023, we are spotlighting the work of two University of Edinburgh Earth...

June 23, 2023

Health Research Students

Exploring the Polemics of Fire: ‘Dilli ki Sardi’ Film Screening and Panel

On May 26, the Edinburgh Earth Initiative hosted a film screening and panel discussion to...

June 21, 2023

Health Land & Seas Research Students

The Plastic Pandemic: Rethinking Medical Device Innovation, Use and Disposal for a Circular Economy

A guest blog from Advanced Earth Fellow Marie-Louise Wöhrle, organiser of the ‘The Plastic Pandemic:...

June 13, 2023

Partnership Research Students

On Adaptation, Interdisciplinarity & More: Announcing the Adapt.Ed Project Report

Join us in congratulating Alys Daniels-Creasey and Sarah Manning, our Postgraduate Earth Fellows, for their...

June 13, 2023

Partnership Research Student Experience Students

The Earth Fellows Showcase and Launch of the Earth Fellows Edit 2023

May 31, 2023 was a special day for us at the Edinburgh Earth Initiative! To...

June 8, 2023

Energy Enterprise & Innovation Health Land & Seas Student Experience Students

Announcing the Winners of the Sustainable Business Idea Competition

Abigael Pertet, Emilio Soberon Bravo, Eloise Bevan and Maarten Van Den Ancker were recently announced...

May 25, 2023

Enterprise & Innovation Innovation Research Students

Earth Day 2023: How The University of Edinburgh is Investing in Our Planet

This Earth Day’s focus is ‘Invest in Our Planet’ in recognition of the new dawn...

April 21, 2023

Enterprise & Innovation Health Students

Sanitree: Tackling Period Poverty, One Milestone at a Time

In keeping with the theme of climate and health, the Edinburgh Earth Initiative – in...

March 20, 2023

Justice Partnership Research Students

Gender & the Climate Crisis: A workshop with GENDER.ED

Launched in 2017, Gender.Ed showcases and promotes the range, significance and excellence of teaching, research,...

March 7, 2023

Enterprise & Innovation Students

Announcing the Winners of the Sustainable Business Ideas Competition

On 17 February 2023, the winners of the Sustainable Business Idea Competition – jointly organised...

March 3, 2023

News Research Students

Meet the Earth Fellows: Spring Cohort

In February 2023, 13 new Postgraduate Earth Fellows joined the growing Edinburgh Earth Initiative family...

February 24, 2023

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