University of Essex Sustainability

University of Essex Sustainability The Sustainability team are dedicated to embedding sustainability throughout the University of Essex

The University of Essex Sustainability team coordinates the Sustainable Essex Awards across our campuses. If you would like to get involved, or have ideas, please get in touch!

27/08/2026

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We can't wait to welcome you all onto campus! Congratulations on becoming part of our Essex community. 🎉Before you arriv...
19/08/2026

We can't wait to welcome you all onto campus! Congratulations on becoming part of our Essex community. 🎉

Before you arrive check out our sustainability musts, designed to help get you ready and save you money, see you soon!🫶

13/08/2026

No need to spin the bottle, reusables win every time ☕️💚

28/07/2026

Wivenhoe Park will always be our favourite. 💚🌳

16/07/2026

Graduation is in full swing, and we love seeing you all out on the squares celebrating! 💃✨

Did you know all the flower displays you see on the squares were grown by our very own Grounds team? This project means that flowers are taken from cuttings, grown on in the onsite nursery and replanted every year. Grown for local pollinators, reducing emissions, saving costs and providing a beautiful backdrop for all your photos.

🎓A huge congratulations to the Class of 2026! 🎓

The University of Essex is proud to celebrate achieving the Green Flag Award for the tenth consecutive year, recognising...
14/07/2026

The University of Essex is proud to celebrate achieving the Green Flag Award for the tenth consecutive year, recognising the exceptional quality of its grounds and public green spaces.

The Green Flag Award is the international quality mark for parks and green spaces, celebrating locations that are welcoming, safe, sustainably managed, and environmentally rich. Achieving this recognition for ten successive years reflects the University's long-term commitment to environmental stewardship, biodiversity, heritage conservation, and providing an outstanding campus environment for students, staff, and visitors.

Set within the historic parkland of Wivenhoe Park, the University's grounds combine award-winning landscapes with significant ecological and heritage value. Over the past decade, the Grounds Team has worked tirelessly to enhance biodiversity through the creation of wildflower meadows, habitat improvements, sustainable land management practices, tree conservation, and the careful stewardship of the University's lakes, woodland, and open spaces.

This milestone demonstrates the dedication, expertise, and passion of the Grounds Team, whose work also extends to supporting student wellbeing, outdoor learning, research opportunities, and community engagement, and helping the University achieve its wider sustainability ambitions.

Head of Grounds, Mick Minshull, said:

"Achieving our tenth consecutive Green Flag Award is a tremendous achievement and one that everyone involved should be incredibly proud of. It reflects years of dedication, innovation, and teamwork in caring for our unique campus landscape. We are committed to continually improving our green spaces, enhancing biodiversity, and ensuring our campus remains an inspiring place for students, staff, visitors, and the wider community."

As the University looks to the future, it remains committed to investing in its historic parkland and developing new initiatives that enhance biodiversity, improve climate resilience, and create even greater opportunities for people to connect with nature. Achieving ten consecutive Green Flag Awards is not only a celebration of past success but also a commitment to maintaining these nationally recognised standards for generations to come.

10/07/2026

Taking a moment to stop and smell the flowers. 🌼

Thanks to the dedication and talent of our wonderful grounds team, our parkland is bursting with colour this summer. Safe to say they’ve outdone themselves this year! 🌿✨

We had a fantastic time at this week's Plant Pull Event, working together to remove invasive Goat's Rue and help protect...
09/07/2026

We had a fantastic time at this week's Plant Pull Event, working together to remove invasive Goat's Rue and help protect orchids on campus.

A big thank you to Dr Dave Clark for leading the event, and to all our amazing volunteers who joined us. Your time, energy, and hard work have made such a difference, thank you for helping us care for our campus biodiversity! 💚🌼

08/07/2026

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Summer by the lakes just hits different. All we need now is a Fanta lemon and a fan ☀️🍹
08/07/2026

Summer by the lakes just hits different. All we need now is a Fanta lemon and a fan ☀️🍹

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