David Attenborough’s Wild London
Are London’s foxes, falcons, and frogs really intruders?
Interview with Lucy Hand, Head Gardener
Can you tell me a little bit about your background and how you ended up being a gardener and at Imperial? I originally wanted to combine art and plants; that was my original desire. I studied as a Horticulture and Landscape technician. It’s a combination of design, landscape design,
Exposed: Imperial’s FFI partners don’t care about a green transition
Felix investigates whether the seven fossil fuel companies selected during the first round of the Imperial Zero Index assessment really have a “strong strategic intent to decarbonise.”
Students’ thoughts on £2 reusable cups at the cafeteria
While buying your morning coffee at The Roastery, you probably wondered why you had to pay £2 extra. This additional cost is a deposit for your Re-Universe cup, which can be refunded by bringing it back to the return point within 7 days. The return point is right across from
What does sustainability mean for young professionals?
An Imperial alum's perspective on how we should apply sustainability to our careers.
Extinction for Sale: Neoliberalising Nature in Venomous Lumpsucker
The neoliberalisation of nature is an ideology that considers biodiversity and ecosystems as assets that can be priced, traded, and privately managed. It uses markets rather than public protection to mitigate the biodiversity crisis. Increasingly, this approach is being applied to climate and nature policy. For example, in July, the
Carnivore Women: the rise of the right-wing diet
An image you may or may not have seen: a smiling young woman holding a plate of raw, bloody meat up to the camera. If you haven’t seen this particular phenomenon, then I envy you because for some reason these women have cropped up all over my social media
Chaplaincy garden revived by RE:GEN
RE:GEN, a student-run campaign that aims to improve green spaces at Imperial, has proved a real success through its renovation of the Chaplaincy Gardens. Emilio Garcia Padron, a former part-time master’s student at Imperial, pursued this interest by growing RE:GEN with support from Nico Henry, who is
A tale of dire wolves and ferrets
On the ethics of cloning for conservation.
Here's why Imperial's food emissions are falling
We estimated Imperial’s emissions from raw ingredients were about 2200 tCO2e in 2024/25. Imperial’s analysis of their emissions for this period has not been released yet. We found that Imperial’s emissions from buying food have reduced by about 9% since last year, which is similar to
Paris court rules Imperial partner TotalEnergies’ advertising is illegal greenwashing
The carbon major's advertising around its commitment to the energy transition and net zero target was found to be illegal as they continue to expand oil and gas production.
What happens when you cook garbage at high temperatures without oxygen?
Deep in the Amazon basin, thousands of years ago, Indigenous peoples discovered something remarkable. Their cooking fires, burning low and steady, mixed with refuse, bone, pottery shards, manure, and organic waste created something almost alchemical. Called terra preta, “black dirt” in Portuguese, these soils, which store massive amounts of carbon,