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Lancaster Environment Centre

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Members of the citizens

New research uses people-powered panel to show government how to save energy in UK homes

Lancaster University researchers have launched the results of a new citizens’ panel project which aims to inform government of the policies, support and incentives homeowners need to lower emissions and save money on energy bills.
2-part image: on the left Eve smiles to the camera wearing graduation gown and mortarboard; right is an image of a pile of clothes in a industrial historical industrial setting including Sewing Café Lancaster

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.
Construction machinery on soils

Task force sets out to ensure construction doesn’t ‘cost the earth’

Each year in the UK millions of tonnes of one of our most precious non-renewable resources – soil - ends up in landfill as a result of construction activities.
Montage: in the centre Professor Kirk Semple smiles to the camera, between images of the inside and outside of Lancaster Environment Centre

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.
Western red cedar

New evidence shows planting around school playgrounds protects children from air pollution

Scientists have published new evidence showing that selective planting of vegetation between roads and playgrounds can substantially cut toxic traffic-derived air pollution reaching school children.

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Research Challenges

Our research challenges provide a focus for our fundamental and applied research, ensuring our work helps provide the underlying knowledge needed to find effective solutions.

Research Groups

Our research groups include a wide range of researchers from the natural and social scientists. They work in multi-disciplinary teams within, across and beyond these groups to help find solutions to the big global environmental challenges.

Upcoming Events

26th Sep

Reflections on running an interdisciplinary research body

Monday 26 September 2022, 10:00am to 12:00pm
13th Oct

Global Futures: The Future of Truth

Thursday 13 October 2022, 7:00pm to 9:00pm
1st Nov

LEC Plant and Crop Science Seminars

Tuesday 1 November 2022, 1:00pm to 2:00pm
6th Dec

LEC Plant and Crop Science Seminars

Tuesday 6 December 2022, 1:00pm to 2:00pm
7th Feb

LEC Plant and Crop Science Seminars

Tuesday 7 February 2023, 1:00pm to 2:00pm

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