Sustainability | Research & Knowledge Exchange
We are committed to upholding sustainable research practices, undertaking sustainability-related research, and celebrating the valuable contributions creativity can bring to solving complex, global issues.
What's covered?
Our research and knowledge exchange is focused on delivering impact at a national and international scale, but also on creating benefit for the communities we serve.
Our research will actively contribute to the generation of new ideas and innovations that contribute to fighting the causes of, and adapting to, the effects of climate change and biodiversity loss, while our knowledge exchange leverages our resources and expertise to support evidence-based, positive action for change across business and society.
Our targets
Goal 1
To coordinate and nurture sustainability-related research.
Goal 2
To ensure environmental impact is a key consideration in our approach to research design and delivery, by developing a framework.
Goal 3
To leverage our research expertise in creativity and technology to support local and regional partners to engage with sustainability challenges and to make positive change.
How we're going to do it
A) Develop a project-level sustainability tool that will ensure environmental impact is a key consideration in our approach to research design and delivery, and to embed this tool across research and knowledge exchange planning processes by September 2025. This will enable us to measure how embedded sustainability is in practice.
B) Create a central intranet repository of guidance on sustainability in research and knowledge exchange by January 2025.
C) Annually audit current environment-related research and knowledge exchange activity via departmental research plans, to map against external benchmarks, including the UN Sustainable Development Goals, UKRI, and ‘People, Place and Planet’ starting from July 2024.
What we've done so far
Discover our sustainability-related research projects.
Mapping Emergence
Mapping Emergence is a creative exchange between art, science, and social insects, our project asks:...
Bee Brick
Bee Brick is an innovative product, offering the dual function of being a construction material that...
Ecover: Laundry Research
Ecover commissioned advertising academics to carry out research to inform a campaign to tackle over ...
Landscape Stories
This project began with the Falmouth University-National Trust (2020) Landscape Research Group pilot...
Lobster Grower & Lobster Grower 2
Lobster Grower is a consortium led project, working to establish a low-carbon method of rearing lobs...
Springboard Studios
Can participation in non-assessed, altruistic, creative learning experiences in blue spaces, contrib...
Explore our sustainability themes
Physical Estate & Operations
Streamlining our operations and enhancing our environment.
Learning & Teaching
Empowering our students with knowledge and skills to make a positive impact, through applying creati...
News & stories
The Falmouth community is full of inspiring people making a positive impact on the environment. Scroll through our reel of stories to discover who's been hitting the headlines.
The Future Is Green: Sustainability-driven business events begin
25 October 2024
Last week, Falmouth University proudly hosted the first in-person training day for The Future is Gr...
‘KELP!’ wins Best UK Short Documentary at Big Syn International Film Festival 2023
20 November 2023
KELP!, a film directed by Marine & Natural Photography BA(Hons) graduate Caylon La Mantia and senior...
'Swap Shop' supports our campus community and promotes sustainability
07 September 2023
Rehome donated items through our campus Swap Shop initiative.
Falmouth University shortlisted at prestigious sustainability awards
03 August 2023
Falmouth University has been announced as a finalist at the 2023 Green Gown Awards UK and Ireland un...
Falmouth University community plants 500 trees in partnership with PlantOne
21 June 2023
Through its partnerhsip with PlantOne, Falmouth University has planted 500 trees at the Trefusis Est...
Fairtrade Fortnight 2023 at Falmouth University
25 May 2023
Here's how Falmouth engaged with Fairtrade Fortnight 2023.
Win for Falmouth University at sustainability awards
10 November 2022
Falmouth University is delighted to have won the Green Gown Award for ‘Reporting with Influence’...
Wild Voices: The "sound of extinction" by Tom Hull
12 August 2022
This piece was written by Tom Hull, a researcher at Falmouth University. He is a specialist in wild ...
Falmouth increases solar panel presence on campus
10 August 2022
Falmouth University are significantly increasing the amount of solar panels on roofs at Penryn Campu...
Plant partnership launched with Cornish company
10 August 2022
Falmouth University has partnered with Rocket Gardens, a Gweek-based mail order company supplying pl...
Falmouth conducts food waste separation trial
10 August 2022
Falmouth University have launched a pilot project to reduce more waste on our campuses by separating...
Student takes home sustainability award at Interior Educators 2022
02 August 2022
BA(Hons) Interior Design student Ashley Powell has seen his shortlisted project 'holm' rise to ...
Falmouth University shortlisted for two Green Gown sustainability awards
22 July 2022
Falmouth University has been shortlisted for two prestigious sustainability awards. In associatio...
Falmouth ranked as Top 10 Institution by 2022 SDG Teach In
06 May 2022
For the second year in a row, Falmouth University's engagement with the Sustainable Development...
Top 5 eco-friendly shops in Falmouth & Penryn
22 April 2022
This Earth Day is all about empowering people to invest in our world. It might be difficult to s...
Falmouth rolls out community furniture donations
12 April 2022
Community organisations have benefitted from furniture donations from Falmouth's campuses as part of...
Falmouth gears up for Sustainability Week 2022
17 March 2022
Sustainability Week returns on 21 March with a packed line-up of eco-orientated events to help stude...
Bringing underrepresented voices to the front line of the climate crisis
10 March 2022
Pauline Blanchett, recipient of Falmouth University’s Reporting Earth bursary, is commissioning fe...
Falmouth joins the Fashion Declares movement
04 February 2022
Falmouth’s Fashion & Textiles Institute has joined forces with key leaders across the fashion ...
The Sustainability Café announces revamped veggie menu
28 January 2022
As a result of student feedback, we are pleased to announce that the Sustainability Café menu will ...