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🚗💥Revisiting Prof Henrietta Moore’s SCI lecture on Roadkill Cars don’t just pollute — they shape inequality, sprawl & public health. Time to rethink mobility, transport & urban design! Check out the lecture recording🎥 youtube.com/watch?v=pqWcoY… #UrbanFutures #SustainableCities

📑 Report: pure.manchester.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles… 🎥 Webinar: youtube.com/watch?v=sTg8y2…

Can climate action also tackle inequality & the cost of living crisis?🌍New research from the JUST Centre shows it already is. Across the North of England, initiatives are linking climate with jobs, health & community action 🤝 Strong foundations exist but need better networks🌐

🔋♻️ Circular economy roadmaps are booming—but what analytical groundwork do they really need? 🤔 New paper by Sampriti Mahanty, Frank Boons & Nick MacInnes explores this using lithium-ion batteries + systems thinking 🧠 📄 doi.org/10.1016/j.tech… #CircularEconomy

🚨 Less than one week to go until our Sustainability in Practice Panel Event 🌍 🎟️ Tickets are limited – register via the link below 👇

Read more: blogs.manchester.ac.uk/sci/2026/03/06…

🚗 SCI Annual Lecture Professor Henrietta Moore explored the hidden costs of car dependency in Roadkill: Unveiling the True Cost of Our Toxic Relationship with Cars. The talk challenged car-centric planning and called for “social collectivity at the core of urban design.” 🌍

We’ll explore the realities of implementing sustainability in organisations — from resistance and trade-offs to what “good enough” really means in practice. 💬 🔗Register to attend: eventbrite.co.uk/e/sustainabili… #Sustainability #Business #ClimateAction #AMBS

🌍 Sustainability in Practice: Moving Beyond Rhetoric to Real-World Impact Join us on 19 March (13:00–15:00) at @AllianceMBS for a panel discussion with practitioners from @greatermcr, Manchester Airports Group, Ethical Trading Initiative, and Climate Stuff. 🌱

🔗Read the article here: ojs.library.lancs.ac.uk/jpt/article/vi…

📚 New Publication: Re-viewed: Alan Warde’s Consumption and Theories of Practice Written by Torik Holmes, Dale Southerton, Tamzin Rollason, Jenny Rinkinen & Elizabeth Shove, the article is a 20-year re-reading of a foundational text in consumption studies🔎

👏♻️ New Article Accepted! Towards a circular economy of plastic: exploring the vital role of everyday household disposal. Helen Holmes & Torik Holmes, with Michael Shaver & Kris Kortsen, share insights on recycling & supply chain misalignment. 🔗doi.org/10.1080/232510…

As civic space shrinks and environmental protections come under pressure, groups are seeking new tools to challenge harmful planning decisions. 🔗 Read more: blogs.manchester.ac.uk/sci/2026/02/20… #EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateAction #Planning #GreaterManchester

⚖️🌱 The Climate and Justice Group, with support from the Sustainable Consumption Institute, brought together campaigners, lawyers & researchers to explore how legal strategies can strengthen environmental activism in Greater Manchester.

We invite critical, interdisciplinary work on power, AI, data, labour & sustainability—especially Global South and counter-intuitive perspectives. 📝 Abstracts (300 words): 15 Feb 💸 Funding available 📧 kaley.black@manchester.ac.uk (cc aarti.krishnan-2@manchester.ac.uk)

🚨 Reminder: Call for Abstracts🚨 🌱🤖Eco-Bytes Conference Eco-Bytes: Navigating Sustainable Futures at the Digital and AI Frontiers of Food and Agriculture 📍 University of Manchester 📅 25–26 June 2026 Organised by GDI & Alliance Manchester Business School

📄Check out the research that inspired it: ideas.repec.org/p/ehl/lserod/1…

🌱💰 New article by James Jackson & Matthias Larsen in Green Central Banking How the People’s Bank of China shows that central bank independence can sometimes slow progress toward #NetZero. Read more: bit.ly/4a47T0m

📖 Read the article: bit.ly/3Z8UDCJ 📄 Explore Torik’s latest report: bit.ly/4t8nFQv

🔬♻️ SCI Research Spotlight Research Fellow Torik Holmes is featured in Chemistry World, discussing why plastic recycling is shrinking and how current policy fails to incentivise investment in recycling infrastructure, drawing on his research on the political economies of plastic