Professor Sally Smith (Head of Graduate Apprenticeships and Skills Development), MSc student Kris Plum, and I are currently involved in research about embedding sustainability in the university curriculum. We’ve developed a survey – ‘student attitudes to sustainability’ based on the excellent work from SEED (Sustainability and Environmental Education)*, responses to which will be synthesised into … Continue reading
Delighted that in collaboration with ENSA president Ankit Dougal and Clive Gee at the Edinburgh Napier Development office we’ve been awarded £2660 by the Community Climate Asset Fund ‘to help tackle climate change and deliver Scotland’s green recovery from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.’ £1000 of the funding comes to The Lions’ Gate at Merchiston for … Continue reading
Recently, The Lions’ Gate was part of the international 52 Climate Actions project funded by the VKRF. Our task was to design a deck of online cards, one for each week of the year, detailing a climate action anyone could understand, and many that anyone could achieve. On the surface the actions are accessible to … Continue reading
The Lions’ Gate is an in-development urban permaculture project based at Edinburgh Napier University’s Merchiston campus providing; garden, allotment, outdoor laboratory, venue and relaxation space for students, staff and local communities to explore solutions, in an applied sense, to environmental and social issues. Drop-in sessions are open to all on Mondays from 10am – 2pm. … Continue reading
