The Centre for Global Eco-Innovation

Lancaster University takes a key role in prestigious £5M global prize for the environment

A leading sustainable solutions centre at Lancaster University has been invited to play a key role in a prestigious prize led by Prince William and Sir David Attenborough.

Businesses plan for sustainable futures in Cumbria

More than 30 companies from across Cumbria came together for a Lancaster University event to do their part to address environmental and societal challenges.

Liverpool SMEs leading the charge to net zero with Lancaster University collaborations

Businesses have saved more than 170 tonnes of greenhouse gases

18 fully funded internships and five part-funded 12-month Master's by Research projects available to the next trailblazing SMEs

Much of the clothing given to Lancaster charity shops ends up in landfill

Lancaster district residents generate more than a million kilograms of clothing waste each year, which is often shipped abroad for disposal, according to a prizewinning graduate.

New LEC Director – from soil microbiology to multidisciplinary collaborations that make a positive difference

Bringing people together across disciplines and continents and giving everyone a voice to support sustainable, resilient and equitable futures, is the ambition of the Lancaster Environment Centre’s new director.

R&D programme on target to cut 3,850 tonnes of CO2e

A programme funding and enabling business-university collaborations to tackle climate change is on target to cut 3,850 tonnes of CO2 emissions, with a ‘melting pot of disruptive innovation’ created through over 180 business-university collaborations so far