NTU Green Week – 2025
Starting on 10 March 2025, Green Week at NTU is an exciting opportunity for students and staff to explore global sustainability challenges and take meaningful action. Throughout the week, various interactive events and workshops will reduce eco-anxiety, promote positive behaviour change, and drive climate action.
Organised by the Sustainability Team, Green Week sees collaboration across departments such as NTSU, NTU Sport, NTU Global, and academic schools. Together, we’ll lead practical activities, provide educational opportunities and showcase innovative research that aims to make a real impact, locally and globally, towards a more sustainable future.
What's On
There are a host of events, activities and lectures for students, staff and the public to get involved in. Browse our events here:
Tuesday 11 March 2025
Biodiversity Crisis Webinar
Join SOS-UK for an online session to find out more about the global biodiversity crisis. Gain insights into the main factors contributing to the decline in global biodiversity, discover innovative solutions and learn how you can take action in your local community.
- When: 12.00 – 1.00 pm
- Location: Online
- Who this event is for: NTU Colleagues and Students
Sign up for the Biodiversity Crisis Webinar.
Wednesday 12 March 2025
An introduction to UK wildlife crime
Join Elliot Doornbos, Senior Lecturer in Criminology at NTU for an informative online session on wildlife crime and trafficking in the UK. Learn what is an offence, how we record them and the drivers of wildlife crime. The session will include specific case studies including UK species such as bats and raptors alongside the UK's role in the international trade in endangered species.
- When: 12.00 – 1.00 pm
- Location: Online
- Who this event is for: NTU Colleagues and Students
Sign up for an Introduction to UK wildlife crime.
Thursday 13 March 2025
Hedgehog Health Webinar
Join SOS-UK for an online session designed to teach you how to identify a sick hedgehog and when it needs help from a rescue, along with hedgehog first aid. Learn how to recognize the signs of a hedgehog that may be unwell or in distress and gain practical knowledge about how to safely help a poorly hedgehog and take it to a rescue.
- When: 12.00 - 1.00 pm
- Location: Online
- Who is this event for: NTU Colleagues and Students
Sign up for the Hedgehog Health Webinar.
Friday 14 March 2025
Balancing innovation and sustainability: Reducing costs and carbon footprints in IT
Join Lance Carr (DT) and Peter Manning (Sustainability) to discuss how improvements in digital technologies, can impact cost and energy savings. We’ll explore whether NTU’s Digital Technologies team’s use of a Data Gathering Application and Data Retention Schedule can support NTU in reducing our environmental impact, questioning if these digital advancements can be as energy-efficient as they are cost-effective.
- When: 12.00 - 1.00 pm
- Location: Online
- Who is this event for: NTU Colleagues and Students
Sign up for the Balancing innovation and Sustainability webinar.
Monday 10 March 2025
Wildflower seed planting (City)
Join us for a hands-on session of seed planting at Nottingham Trent's City Campus. Get your hands dirty and learn about sustainability while helping us spread native wildflowers across our campus. Funded by Bug Life UK, this event is perfect for all plant enthusiasts. Let's grow together and make our campus greener!
- When: 12.00 – 1.00 pm
- Location: Meet outside City Student's Union
- Who this event is for: NTU Colleagues and Students
Sign up for seed planting at City Campus.
Tuesday 11 March 2025
Eco crafts with Student Services (City)
Green Week x Wellbeing Week
Join NTU Student Services and NTU Sustainability for a fun, mindful session creating eco crafts. We will be making natural bird feeders, seed bombs and bug houses from recycled materials. Meet like-minded others whilst spending some downtime that supports the environment.
- When: 1.00 – 3.00 pm
- Location: Level 0 Social Space, Newton Building (City campus)
- Who this event is for: NTU Colleagues and Students
Tuesday 11 March 2025
Experimental natural dyeing using modifiers (City)
Waverley Dye Garden technical staff are organising a natural dye sign up session exploring colour modification using modifiers on textiles. Natural dyes are widely used in the Dye, Bio and Print workshop areas available to students across the Art and Design School. Come and explore the use and benefits of natural dyes and learn how you can get involved in Waverley Dye Garden.
- When: 2.00 – 4.00 pm
- Location: Bonington Building, BON153 (City campus)
- Who this event is for: NTU Colleagues and Students
Sign up for experimental natural dyeing.
Wednesday 12 March 2025
Hedgehog Friendly Campus activities (Mansfield)
Join NTU Mansfield for a day filled with interactive activities to support their Bronze Hedgehog Friendly Campus accreditation. There will be a stall from SOS-UK teaching all things Hedgehog, a Climate Café over lunch and a Hedgehog survey workshop in the afternoon.
- When: All day
- Location: Mansfield Atrium (NTU Mansfield)
- Who this event is for: NTU Colleagues and Students
No sign up required, just turn up on the day
Thursday 13 March 2025
Wildflower seed planting (Clifton)
Join us for a hands-on session of seed planting at Nottingham Trent's Clifton Campus. Get your hands dirty and learn about sustainability while helping us spread native wildflowers across our campus. Funded by Bug Life UK, this event is perfect for all plant enthusiasts. Let's grow together and make our campus greener!
- When: 1.00 – 3.00 pm
- Location: Meet outside Clifton Library
- Who this event is for: NTU Colleagues and Students
Monday 10 March 2025
Climate Ambassador Scheme- How to get involved
This session will introduce the Climate Ambassadors Scheme, a Department for Education (DfE) funded programme that aims to support nurseries, schools and colleges to develop and deliver impactful climate action plans as a response to the DfE's Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy. The growing network of volunteer Climate Ambassadors in the East Midlands is working hard to provide this support, but there are still many opportunities to get involved and join the network. Come along to find out more about the role and how to get involved.
- When: 11.00 – 12.00 pm
- Location: Online
- Who this event is for: NTU Colleagues
Sign up to the Climate Ambassador webinar.
Tuesday 11 March 2025
Dr Bike with NTU Sport (Clifton)
NTU’s Cycle Coordinator is hosting Dr Bike at Clifton Sports Centre. Book a slot and bring your bike along for a free bike health check by an experienced professional and chat all things cycling.
- When: 10.00 am – 2.00 pm
- Location: NTU Clifton Sports Centre
- Who this event is for: NTU Colleagues and students
Book your bike in for a free health check.
Tuesday 11 March 2025
Meet Tusker and view an Electric Vehicle
The University's new provider of the Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice, Tusker, will be hosting a stall to share information about the salary scheme; how this works and what cars would be available to you. A Tusker electric vehicle will also be in the Clifton Colleague (south gate) car park to view.
- When: 10.30 am – 3.00 pm
- Location: NTU Clifton Pavilion
- Who this event is for: NTU Colleagues
No sign up required, just turn up on the day
Tuesday 11 March 2025
LEAF 101: Sustainable Labs at NTU (Clifton)
As part of the School of Science and Technology's (SST) commitment to supporting NTU's net zero carbon 2040 goal, the SST technical team, in partnership with Sustainability, have been working to implement sustainable lab practices. Join us for a talk on the LEAF (Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework) initiative, developed by UCL, which helps labs reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions. Learn how the Forensics technicians earned a Gold Award in 2024 and how their efforts are paving the way for a greener, more sustainable future in research.
- When: 10.00 – 11.00 am
- Location: ERD223 (Forensics Lab), Erasumus Darwin, Clifton
- Who this event is for: NTU Colleagues
Sign up to attend the LEAF 101 session.
Wednesday 12 March 2025
Embracing Sustainability: Spotlight event (City)
As a flagship event of Green Week 2025, this spotlight occasion will bring together colleagues from across the university who have played a key role in "Embracing Sustainability" within operations, curriculum, research, and partnerships. It will be an opportunity to celebrate the successes of the past year, with participants invited to showcase their work, share insights, and network with a diverse group of colleagues driving sustainability efforts in their own innovative ways.
- When: 4.00 pm – 6.00 pm
- Location: Old Chemistry Lab, Arkwright, City campus
- Who this event is for: NTU Colleagues (By invitation)
Wednesday 12 March 2025
NTU Book Club
NTU's Book Club read of the month is Samantha Harvey’s ‘beautiful and ambitious’ Orbital wins Booker prize | Books | The Guardian. Combining an urgent message about the state of our planet - and us humans - with luminous hope and a refusal to sink into despair, the author of former Book of the Month The Western Wind delivers an affectionate, deeply human saga of six astronauts in space reflecting on life back down on Earth.
- When: 12.00 – 12.45 pm
- Location: Online
- Who this event is for: NTU Colleagues
Friday 14 March 2025
Knowledge Exchange Practice Network: Net Zero and Sustainability (City)
NTU's Knowledge Exchange and Practice Network invite colleagues and external non-academic partners to learn about the work of the Net Zero & Sustainability KE Practice Network and help shape its future. Meet colleagues from different academic disciplines, Schools, and professional services to explore new collaborative opportunities.
- When: 10.00 am – 12.00 pm
- Location: The Lounge, Dryden Enterprise Centre (DEC), NTU City Campus
- Who this event is for: NTU Colleagues
Monday 10 March 2025
Green games (City)
Join NTU Global for their weekly games afternoon with a green twist. We'll be offering a range of sustainability-themed board games and activities to take part in. NTU Sustainability will be joining to chat with students.
- When: 3.00 – 5.00 pm
- Location: NTU City Global Lounge
- Who this event is for: NTU Students
No sign up required, just turn up on the day
Tuesday 11 March 2025
Ocean clothes swap (City)
The Swap Shop is run by NTSU's Fashion Society every Tuesday and is the perfect way to get your fancy dress costumes sustainably and at no cost. The clue's in the name – all you need to do is bring along an item of fancy dress and swap it with one from the Swap Shop.
- When: 11.00 – 3.00 pm
- Location: Grumpy Mule Café, City Students Union
- Who this event is for: NTU Students
No sign up required, just turn up on the day
Wednesday 12 March 2025
Nature-themed pottery session with NTU Arts (City)
Have a go at making your own pottery insect, inspired by the natural world and Anna's swam creation. No previous pottery experience is necessary and we'll provide all the materials. Places are limited, so make sure you book your free ticket!
- When: 12.00 – 1.00 pm
- Location: Alumni Space, next to Café Newton, Newton Building (City campus)
- Who this event is for: NTU Students
Sign up for the nature-themed pottery session.
Wednesday 12 March 2025
Well-being Wednesdays: Nature-based crafts (Brackenhurst)
Join NTSU for their FREE weekly Wellbeing Wednesday session. These sessions are the perfect place to get creative, enjoy some crafts, and meet people in a chilled, fun environment. Come along for DIY birdfeeders, seed bombs and bug houses.
- When: 1.30 – 4.30 pm
- Location: Brack Bar (Brackenhurst campus)
- Who this event is for: NTU Students
Green Rewards
Sign up for NTU Green Rewards, our free app where students and staff can take part in environmentally friendly activities.
Points are offered for interaction, with individual and team winners earning vouchers for local shops or charities.
Sustainability in Practice Certificate
Are you a student or staff member who would like to better understand urgent global sustainability challenges and how we could solve them? The four-session Sustainability in Practice (SiP) module on the NOW learning room can help you get started.
Campus Biodiversity Network
Help us to identify and log species across our campuses with the iNaturalist programme
Libraries and Learning Resource's SDG showcase.
Find a range of books and resources relevant to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals with the library's new online hub of resources..
Overheated Screening at Confetti X
Join us Tuesday 11 March 5 pm at NTU's Confetti X as we screen the documentary Overheated which sees “activists turning climate anxiety into action". The screening will be followed by a discussion led by Mammoth - A Climate Action Cinema, with academics from across NTU who specialise in climate science, global policy and sustainability in the creative industry.
This event is open to NTU Colleagues, Students and the general public
Climate Cafés
We recognise eco-anxiety is widespread so it’s important to have a space to connect. Join us for a Climate Café between 12 - 2 pm on Thursday 13 March at our City, Clifton, and Brackenhurst libraries to meet like-minded others and discuss your thoughts on eco-anxieties.
Co-hosted by the NTU Sustainability, Wellbeing, and Libraries and Learning Resources teams, these informal meetups will provide an opportunity for students and staff to share their thoughts, concerns, and ideas on sustainability. Refreshments will be provided.
NTU Sustainability Award
Run by NTU Employability, students can earn Sustainability Award points and certification for the sustainability-related extracurricular activities they get involved in outside of their studies. Make sure to log any events you attend as part of Green Week and begin enhancing your CV.
Sustainability at NTU
NTU is one of the most sustainable universities in the world, ranked 2nd in the 2024 the UI GreenMetric World University Rankings. Our Embracing Sustainability and Net Zero Carbon strategy create a culture of sustainable development across the NTU community.
Learn about sustainability at NTU.
NTU staff and students can join our Microsoft Teams network Sustainability@NTU to keep up to date with opportunities and sustainability news throughout the year