Environment and Sustainability

Discover how University of Sheffield research is helping to develop dynamic solutions to the environmental challenges facing our planet

Latest Releases

An illustration of two babies in a futuristic world using building blocks

Video, 3 mins

Climate Change 2040: A Future Shaped by Smart Systems

7 Apr 2026 09:00

An illustration of an electric car at a charging station

Video, 3 mins

Pioneering the Future of Electric Vehicle Charging With Off-Grid Renewable Energy

28 Jan 2026 09:00

Video, 4 mins

Highlights

Video, 4 mins

BIOMASS

29 Apr 2025 10:00

Shelves of plants growing in a space station greenhouse

Video, 4 mins

Crop Growth in Space

18 Sep 2021 12:00

Salmon of Steel A Trail Through Sheffield (artwork)

Podcast, 35 mins

Salmon of Steel: Steel City River Walk

20 Sep 2020 10:00

Video, 3 mins

Pioneering the Future of Electric Vehicle Charging With Off-Grid Renewable Energy

28 Jan 2026 09:00

Podcast, 16 mins

Human/Nature

27 Oct 2025 18:00

Video, 11 mins

Introducing For Every Bird a Nest

11 May 2021 17:00

Video, 7 mins

Uncertain Awareness

16 Sep 2020 10:00

Video, 12 mins

CATA - Climate Change and Waste Pickers'

16 Oct 2024 16:50

View out the windscreen of a tractor driving down a country road

Exhibit, 30 days

Talking Environmental Land Management

Portrait painting of Ella Kissi-Debrah by Gina Allen

Podcast, 40 mins

Breathing Space

26 Sep 2020 10:00

Video, 3 mins

Connecting Bees to Bluetooth

9 Apr 2025 10:00

Video, 1 hr

Feed the Beast

19 Sep 2020 14:00

Play

Video, 3 mins

Pioneering the Future of Electric Vehicle Charging With Off-Grid Renewable Energy

FEVER aims to develop and demonstrate a fully grid independent, cost-effective, and socially acceptable, renewables powered electric vehicle charger.

28 Jan 2026 09:00

Sustainability at Sheffield

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Video, 14 mins

Let's Dance!

5 Nov 2021 18:30

Video, 6 mins

Make it Grow

5 Nov 2021 12:30

Video, 25 mins

Energy and Sustainability

3 Nov 2021 18:00

Podcast, 20 mins

No Leaders Here!

3 Nov 2021 08:00

Children wearing face masks and reading books in school

Video, 2 hrs

COVID, COP26 and Urban Schools

2 Nov 2021 16:30

Sign reading 'System change not climate change'

Event, 1 hr

Beyond COP26

17 Nov 2021 19:00

Exhibit, 30 days

Talking Environmental Land Management

Exhibit, 30 days

Covid, COP26 and Urban Schools

Video, 20 mins

What is... Sustainability?

13 Nov 2024 11:30

BioFest

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a picture of peter coffey, a white man with a beard, wearing glasses and a blue shirt

Event, 1 hr

Curing blindness with stem cell therapy - Professor Peter Coffey (UCL)

22 Nov 2023 18:00

picture of Martha - a white woman with blonde hair wearing a yellow shirt

Event, 1 hr

Bacteriophages; killing bacteria to save lives - Professor Martha Clokie (University of Leicester)

24 Nov 2023 18:00

a picture of proteins, DNA and other molecular forms

Podcast, 30 mins

BioFest Podcast Episode 1 - Luke Jerram and Microcosmos

13 Oct 2023 09:00

Podcast, 30 mins

Biofest Podcast Episode 2 - Insect Inspired Stereo Vision

20 Oct 2023 09:00

Podcast, 30 mins

BioFest Podcast Episode 3 - Streptococcus pyogenes

27 Oct 2023 09:00

Podcast, 30 mins

BioFest Podcast Episode 4 - Biodiversity

3 Nov 2023 09:00

Podcast, 30 mins

BioFest Podcast Episode 5 - Assembly of the Self

10 Nov 2023 09:00

Video, 10 mins

Understanding health to tackle disease

1 Nov 2023 09:00

Video, 10 mins

Why we study microbiology at Sheffield

1 Nov 2023 09:00

Video, 10 mins

Biodiversity is us

1 Nov 2023 09:00

Video, 1 day

Biodiversity a b c - Paul Evans

14 Nov 2023 16:00

Video, 1 day

Corporeal Corruption - Jessica Heywood

14 Nov 2023 15:00

Climate Change 2040: A Future Shaped by Smart Systems

Pioneering the Future of Electric Vehicle Charging With Off-Grid Renewable Energy

Fresh air for good health: How to reduce air pollution in your home

Human/Nature

Applying AI to Reduce Sewer Spills

Better Bacteria for Better Crops

Underground Connections: How Mycorrhizal Fungi Shape Ecosystems

Arctic Ice Is Melting - What About Antarctica?

Co-Creating Sustainable Food Systems

Connecting Bees to Bluetooth

Climate Change: 2024 Stocktake

What is... Sustainability?

BIOMASS

Crop Growth in Space

Salmon of Steel: Steel City River Walk

Pioneering the Future of Electric Vehicle Charging With Off-Grid Renewable Energy

Human/Nature

Introducing For Every Bird a Nest

Uncertain Awareness

CATA - Climate Change and Waste Pickers'

Talking Environmental Land Management

Breathing Space

Connecting Bees to Bluetooth

Feed the Beast

Pioneering the Future of Electric Vehicle Charging With Off-Grid Renewable Energy

Let's Dance!

Make it Grow

Energy and Sustainability

No Leaders Here!

COVID, COP26 and Urban Schools

Beyond COP26

Talking Environmental Land Management

Covid, COP26 and Urban Schools

What is... Sustainability?

Curing blindness with stem cell therapy - Professor Peter Coffey (UCL)

Bacteriophages; killing bacteria to save lives - Professor Martha Clokie (University of Leicester)

BioFest Podcast Episode 1 - Luke Jerram and Microcosmos

Biofest Podcast Episode 2 - Insect Inspired Stereo Vision

BioFest Podcast Episode 3 - Streptococcus pyogenes

BioFest Podcast Episode 4 - Biodiversity

BioFest Podcast Episode 5 - Assembly of the Self

Understanding health to tackle disease

Why we study microbiology at Sheffield

Biodiversity is us

Biodiversity a b c - Paul Evans

Corporeal Corruption - Jessica Heywood

Climate Change 2040: A Future Shaped by Smart Systems

Pioneering the Future of Electric Vehicle Charging With Off-Grid Renewable Energy

Fresh air for good health: How to reduce air pollution in your home

Human/Nature

Applying AI to Reduce Sewer Spills

Better Bacteria for Better Crops

Underground Connections: How Mycorrhizal Fungi Shape Ecosystems

Arctic Ice Is Melting - What About Antarctica?

Co-Creating Sustainable Food Systems

Connecting Bees to Bluetooth

Climate Change: 2024 Stocktake

What is... Sustainability?

BIOMASS

Crop Growth in Space

Salmon of Steel: Steel City River Walk

Pioneering the Future of Electric Vehicle Charging With Off-Grid Renewable Energy

Human/Nature

Introducing For Every Bird a Nest

Uncertain Awareness

CATA - Climate Change and Waste Pickers'

Talking Environmental Land Management

Breathing Space

Connecting Bees to Bluetooth

Feed the Beast

Pioneering the Future of Electric Vehicle Charging With Off-Grid Renewable Energy

Let's Dance!

Make it Grow

Energy and Sustainability

No Leaders Here!

COVID, COP26 and Urban Schools

Beyond COP26

Talking Environmental Land Management

Covid, COP26 and Urban Schools

What is... Sustainability?