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Sustainability at The University of Salford
@uossustain.bsky.social
By embedding sustainability we will enable our University community to create positive change for society & environment.

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🌍 Go Green Salford is here! 🌿

From 6–19 Oct, take part in workshops, film screenings, training & more, from Is Climate Change Racist? to the Repair Café and our big Sustainability Fair.

Full programme 👉 link in bio

#GoGreenSalford #SustainabilityAtSalford #PeoplePlacePlanet
September 25, 2025 at 11:44 AM
🦔 Join us today for a Hedgehog-Friendly Litter Pick!
🕛 12:00–13:00
📍 Peel Park Ranger Base

Help make our green spaces safer for wildlife - and take a break from your desk while you're at it.
See you there! 🌱

#SalfordSustainability #BecomeUnstoppable
July 29, 2025 at 9:16 AM
We’re screening Albatross - a powerful, poetic film by Chris Jordan about plastic pollution and our connection to the natural world.

Free to attend, open to all (12+). Come early, switch off, and immerse.

🗓️ Thursday 31 July
📍 Ground Floor, MediaCity Campus
🕒 17:30 - 19:30
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July 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM
🌱 Ready to get your hands dirty?

Our Community Growing Space session is on today - come along, dig in, and grow something great with us.

#SalfordGrows #CommunityRoots #BecomeUnstoppable
July 23, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Join us for today’s Community Gardening Session - meet new people, get your hands dirty, and help us grow something great together.

📍 Garden behind Clifford Whitworth Library
🕒 12:30 - 13:30

#SalfordCommunity #Sustainability #GrowWithUs
July 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🌿 Week One of #PlasticFreeJuly is here!

Join us for hedgehog-friendly litter picking, community gardening, and a hands-on DIY soap workshop.

📍 Peel Park Campus | 🗓️ 1–4 July

#PlasticFreeUoS #SustainabilitySalford #BecomeUnstoppable
June 30, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🌍 Plastic-Free July is live at the University of Salford!

Join us for a month of DIY workshops, gardening, litter picks & more.

Let’s ditch single-use plastic together 💪♻️

📅 Full details in our bio

#PlasticFreeUoS #PlasticFreeJuly #Sustainability #SalfordUni
June 25, 2025 at 9:52 AM
🌍✨ Join Empowering Futures - a free online event diving into sustainability, brand value, employability & responsible AI in higher education.

📅 Wed 18 June | 10:00–14:30 BST | Online
🔗 Sign up in bio

#EmpoweringFutures #ResponsibleFutures #SustainabilityInHE #GreenSkills #StudentVoice
June 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🦔 Litter isn’t just unsightly - it’s a hazard to our local hedgehogs.

Join us tomorrow for a hedgehog-friendly litter pick 🌿

📍Peel Park Ranger Base
🕐 12:00 - 13:00
📅 Tuesday 2 June 2025

Bring your energy, your mates and your care for our prickly neighbours.

#SalfordLitterPick #HedgehogFriendly
June 2, 2025 at 10:21 AM
🌍 World Environment Day 2025 is a call to tackle plastic pollution - together.

Join us on Thursday 5 June for events across campus, from awareness stalls to tree walks and our Community Garden.

Let’s act for a greener future. 💚

#WorldEnvironmentDay #GreenSalford #BecomeUnstoppable
May 29, 2025 at 10:50 AM
🚲 Fancy a lunchtime ride? Join us for a guided bike tour on World Bicycle Day – Tuesday 3 June!

We’re heading to Kersall Wetlands 🌿 A relaxed 45-min route, all abilities welcome.

No bike? No problem. Hire a yellow one via the TfGM Starling app

📍 Outside Clifford Whitworth Library
🕐 13:00–14:00
May 28, 2025 at 9:57 AM
World Bee Day 🐝💛

We marked the day with a Bee Talk & Bee Walk, sharing our pollinator work with students and staff. Found 8 bee species - 2 new to campus!

Grateful to everyone who joined us 🌼🌍

#WorldBeeDay #Sustainability #SalfordUni #PollinatorPolicy #CommunityScience #BeecomeUnstoppable
May 22, 2025 at 10:18 AM
🌿✨ A beautiful afternoon of creativity, connection, and calm 💚

Thank you to everyone who joined us to plant, paint, and unwind during #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek. Your kindness, art, and presence helped us in developing the our Community Garden into a truly inclusive and affirming space 🌈🪴
May 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Are you aged 18–23 and passionate about sustainability and education? 🌍
 
The Department for Education is recruiting three Youth Sustainability Champions to help shape national policy, backed by @sosukcharity.bsky.social
 
👉 More info and apply here: sosuk.livevacancies.co.uk#/job/details...
May 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Hedgehog Awareness Week 2025 was a huge success! 🦔💚

We raised awareness, built habitats, picked litter & got creative – all to #GiveHedgehogsTheEdge.

Thanks to everyone who took part! 🌿

👉 blogs.salford.ac.uk/environmenta...

#HedgehogFriendlyCampus #SustainabilitySalford #HAW2025 #CampusWildlife
Hedgehog Awareness Week 2025: Thank You for Taking Part! - Sustainability at The University of Salford
Discover how the University of Salford marked Hedgehog Awareness Week 2025 with hands-on events, creative activities and community action – all to give hedgehogs the edge.
blogs.salford.ac.uk
May 14, 2025 at 8:41 AM
🐝 Join us this World Bee Day (Tue 20 May 2025) 🌼
 
🔎 10:00–11:00 – Bee Learning Session at Joule House
🚶‍♀️ 11:00–12:00 – Bee Walk through our green spaces
 
Discover the power of pollinators, take mindful steps outdoors, and support biodiversity on campus.
Let’s protect what sustains us.
May 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM
🌱🎨 Wellbeing in the Garden – a gentle, inclusive session for #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek 🌈

Join us on Wed 14 May, 12pm – 3pm at the Community Garden for rock painting, sunflower planting & mindful gardening.

All are welcome – especially our LGBTQ+ community 💚
#Wellbeing #LGBTQInclusion
May 8, 2025 at 11:32 AM
🌱🎨 Wellbeing in the Garden – a gentle, inclusive session for #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek 🌈

Join us on Wed 14 May, 11am–2pm at the Community Garden for rock painting, sunflower planting & mindful gardening.

All are welcome – especially our LGBTQ+ community 💚
#Wellbeing #LGBTQInclusion
May 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🌿 Five Salford students. One national summit. Countless ideas for change.
 
Our students joined the SOS-UK Student Sustainability Summit 2025 to explore climate justice, ethical investment, and student-led action.
 
Read their reflections in our latest blog post.

#Sustainability #SOSUK
May 7, 2025 at 10:48 AM
🦔🎨 Feeling creative? Join our Hedgehog Awareness Week Creative Competition!

Paint, bake, build, snap a photo — anything inspired by hedgehogs or hedgehog-friendly spaces. Prizes for the most creative entries! 🌿🏆

📅 Deadline: Sun 11 May, 5PM

#HedgehogWeek #HedgehogFriendlyCampus
May 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
🦔 It's Hedgehog Awareness Week at UoS! 🌿

We’ve got a full line-up of free events running from Tues 6 – Fri 9 May — from litter picks and habitat building to a hedgehog house workshop and guided tunnel tour.

💚 Make campus hedgehog-friendly.
📍 All welcome! See the poster for details.
April 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
🌱 Get your hands dirty during lunch time!

Join us every Wednesday at 12:30pm at our Community Growing Space behind the Clifford Whitworth Library 🌿

Plant veggies, nurture herbs, spot birds and bees - or just take a mindful break outdoors 🐝🪻

Everyone's welcome - no experience needed!

#Sustain
April 28, 2025 at 9:37 AM
🌱 It’s Community Gardening Week! 🌻

We're getting our hands dirty to grow food, support biodiversity, and build corridors across campus 💚

Everyone's welcome to join! No experience needed, just curiosity and a love for nature 💫

📍 Community growing session Wednesday 12:30 - 13:30

#CommunityGarden
March 31, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Enjoying the spring sunshine? Feel the benefits of nature, there’s still time to join our Bioblitz events around campus and Peel Park! #GoGreenSalford2025 #nature #wellbeing #sunshine #happinessday

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March 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Thank you for having us to the session today, it was great!
Excellent session on Education For Sustainable Development with @uossustain.bsky.social today making connections between SDGs and linking these to pedagogy and practice in our PGCAP module on Inclusive Assessment and Curriculum Design
March 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM