News
Spotlight on the latest news from across the Institute.
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Frank Boons appointed as Defra Fellow
10 May 2019
The Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra) has appointed six senior academic Fellows from universities across the UK to focus on ...
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A new home for the SCI
22 Mar 2019
The Sustainable Consumption Institute (SCI) has moved from its two buildings in Waterloo Place to the Alliance Manchester Business School. As of ...
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Why the meat industry could win big from the switch to veggie lifestyles
7 Mar 2019
One of the largest meat processors in the UK, supplying supermarkets across the country with beef, pork, and lamb, has launched a plant-based meat ...
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SCI signs the Greater Manchester Plastics Free Pledge
28 Feb 2019
The Sustainable Consumption Institute (SCI) has signed up to the Greater Manchester Plastics Free Pledge (PlasticFreeGM). With the establishment of...
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School climate strikes: What next for the latest generation of activists?
27 Feb 2019
School students across the UK (and the world) went on strike on 15 February 2019 to protest the lack of effective action on climate change. ...
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New Director appointed for SCI
25 Feb 2019
Professor Frank Boons takes up the role. Congratulations to Professor Frank Boons who has been appointed Director of the Sustainable ...
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Victims, saviours or villains? Children in popular climate imaginaries
19 Feb 2019
With the school children’s #ClimateStrike movement reaching the UK, Catherine Walker explores how children are framed in climate change ...
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PhD Studentship: How are digital platform innovations re-configuring urban mobility systems?
4 Feb 2019
SCI’s Mike Hodson and Andy McMeekin have recently been awarded an AMBS PhD Studentship that addresses the question: how are digital platform ...
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MICRA Presence at Gerontological Association of America Annual Meeting
22 Nov 2018
A number of academics from MICRA presented at the Gerontological Association of America Annual Meeting, held in Boston November 14-18. Tine Buffel ...
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Event: Exploring Lost Property
12 Nov 2018
Are you a serial loser of keys? Do you always leave your umbrella on the train? Perhaps you once lost something really important to you and have never...
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Why France banned meat names for vegetarian alternatives
14 May 2018
France recently passed an amendment to its Agriculture Bill, prohibiting any product that is largely based on non-animal ingredients from being ...
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Can a city ever be truly 'carbon neutral'?
18 Apr 2018
Greater Manchester was initially aiming to be carbon neutral by 2050, but Mayor Andy Burnham has suggested this should be brought forward by at least ...
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Greater Manchester's Green Charter: The Responsibility of Whom?
16 Apr 2018
It is not yet clear whether the GMCA is accepting or denying political responsibility for the environmental problem. Julia Kasmire considers some ...
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Frank Geels selected as Lead Author by the IPCC for its 6th Assessment Report
11 Apr 2018
The SCI’s Professor Frank Geels has been selected as a Lead Author of the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on ...
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On the 'Meat Edge'? Meat Consumption and Reduction in Middle Class Urban China
2 Mar 2018
The researchers suggest we should take the on-going dynamics of everyday life in China as a starting point, rather than simply focusing on creating ...
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Why England’s new litter strategy is actually a bit rubbish
14 Sep 2017
Earlier this year, England got its first ever litter strategy. It was a moment of triumph for groups such as Keep Britain Tidy, which have ...
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