New ideas and innovative thinking can help make sense of even the most complex issues. The global climate crisis has inspired many of our students to address sustainability through their work, and as a University we’ve placed the need to live and teach more sustainably at the centre of our mission.
In 2021, we were named the 7th greenest university in the UK - maintaining our position as the country’s highest-ranking arts university in People & Planet’s University League.
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Suzie_McMurtry, 2021 Big Welcome, UAL
Climate Emergency Network
Our response to one of the most urgent problems facing society and the planet.
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Sustainable learning, teaching and research
How our academic operations reflect our ecological responsibilities.
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Carnival of Crisis
Mobilising creative action in the age of an emergency.
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Staff and student engagement
How to get involved in sustainability at UAL.
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Sachi Patil, MA Graphic Communication Design
Climate Community
Join the UAL Climate Emergency Network.
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Policies and sustainable documentation
Policies, strategies and other documentation.
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Contacts and how to get involved
Who to contact in the UAL sustainability team and opportunities for staff and students.
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Carbon dashboard
Take a look at our electricity, gas and water consumption, and waste production.
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Work by Diana Tso, 2019 MA Material Futures, Central Saint Martins, Photography: Alys Tomlinson
Sustainability in action
We're putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do at UAL.
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Photography: Laurane Le Goff
Climate Emergency
Using our leadership in human-centred research, teaching and knowledge exchange to influence the creation of a sustainable future for everyone.
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Photography: MA Interior and Spatial Design, Chelsea College of Arts, UAL
Our sustainability achievements
At UAL we’re proud of our achievements. Take a look at some of our previous climate awards.
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Rolls of fabric, London College of Fashion | Photography: Ana Blumenkron
Re-Use units
The Re-Use units are used to deposit unwanted or excess materials, so that your fellow students can make use of them.
Sustainability stories
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Francesca Daloiso, 2021 MA Industrial Design Central Saint Martins, UAL Climate Action Plan case study: Collections combatting the Climate Crisis
We've set up a Collections Action Group on Intersectional Environmentalism. We did this because curators, archivists and librarians from across the university wanted to challenge themselves to be more sustainable.
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Maison/0, Rewilding Textiles Collection 3, 2022 | Photograph: Hung Jui Tsao Climate Action Plan case study: Rewilding Textiles
Rewilding Textiles is a research project from Maison/0. Maison/0 is the Central Saint Martins-LVMH creative platform for regenerative luxury.
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Adam Crockett, 2018 BA Graphic Design, Central Saint Martins, UAL Climate Action Plan opinion piece: Fear and the present future
Santenne Luyindula's opinion piece on the way we are ideologically conditioned to react to climate change creating fear and division.
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Antonio Quiroga Waldthaler, 2019 BA Sound Arts and Design, London College of Communication, UAL | Photograph: Lewis Bush Climate Action Plan case study: Investing in renewable energy
In 2019, UAL joined forces with 20 of the UK’s leading universities in a £50m deal to buy renewable electricity directly from British wind farms.