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The annual Sustainability Awards recognise students, staff and researchers who have been making change possible at Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ and beyond. This year, the hybrid awards ceremony took place on 12 July. 

The Faculty of Brain Sciences received tremendous recognition for committment to sustainability. The Sustainable Impact Award was given to student Daisy Li (PALS) on behalf of the Student Zero Food Waste Project. As part of this scheme, she collects unused food from various Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ catering outlets and redistributes to local food banks.

The PALS Green Team were recognised as one of three winners in the Outstanding Sustainability Award category. This team continues to lead the way on sustainability at Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾. Not only have they maintained their pledge to be ‘Powered by Plants’, kept their PALS No-Fly Zone Initiative, but this year also saw the successful introduction of a new module titled ‘The Psychology of Climate Change' which will equip PALS students with knowledge and skills on how to engage with threats posed to their careers by climate change.

The Faculty also performed extremely well in Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøվ’s Green Impact and LEAF programmes, designed to make offices and labs more sustainable, achieving the following awards:

Green Impact Office Awards – Gold: 

• Ear Institute
• Dementia Research Centre (Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Queen Square Institute of Neurology)
• Division of Psychiatry
• Institute of Ophthalmology
• Institute of Ophthalmology Library
• Division of Psychology and Language Sciences
• Queen Square Library (Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Queen Square Institute of Neurology)
• Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Language & Speech Science Library
• Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Queen Square Institute of Neurology Admin

LEAF Awards for Sustainable Laboratories – Gold:

• Ear Institute Labs
• Institute of Ophthalmology Labs
• Psychology and Language Sciences LEAF Lab
• Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases (Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Queen Square Institute of Neurology)
• Department of Neuromuscular Diseases (Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Queen Square Institute of Neurology)
• Department of Clinical & Experimental Epilepsy (Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Queen Square Institute of Neurology)
• Department of Clinical and Movement Neuroscience (Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Queen Square Institute of Neurology)
• NMD-Cruciform Building (Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Queen Square Institute of Neurology)
• Brain Repair and Rehabilitation - Spinal Repair Unit (Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Queen Square Institute of Neurology)
• UK Dementia Research Institute (Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Queen Square Institute of Neurology)
• Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging (Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Queen Square Institute of Neurology)

Professor Alan Thompson, Dean of the Faculty of Brain Sciences, said: "The Faculty’s performance at this year’s awards has been truly outstanding. Huge congratulations to everyone for their hard work and commitment to supporting sustainable practices and initiatives. It is really impressive that our Faculty continues to lead the way in creating change and building a sustainable future at Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ and beyond."

Related

• Sustainability in the Faculty of Brain Sciences
• Sustainability at Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾
• Green Impact
• Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework