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[last updated: October 5, 2021]
Hedgehog rescue at the Edinburgh BioQuarter
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/2021/hedgehog-rescue-at-the-edinburgh-bioquarter/
Dr Elaine Emmerson, Group Leader, Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Edinburgh BioQuarter, tells us how a hedgehog survey turned into a hedgehog rescue. Survey for the Hedgehog Friendly Campus Project On a sunny Monday afternoon in early August, around 12 volunteers from The Centre for Regenerative Medicine (CRM) and Building Nine on the Edinburgh BioQuarter met […]
[last updated: March 30, 2021]
Why we’re a Hedgehog Friendly Campus
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/2021/why-were-a-hedgehog-friendly-campus/
The University of Edinburgh has recently been awarded a silver accreditation as a Hedgehog Friendly Campus. Learn more about the importance of protecting our spiky neighbours’ habitat and the student Hedgehog Champions leading this work.
[last updated: May 4, 2020]
Helping Edinburgh become a hedgehog friendly campus
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/2019/niamh-kinch-hedgehogs/
Second-year Veterinary student, Niamh Kinch, tells us about why she’s helping conserve the local hedgehog population through the Hedgehog Friendly Campus initiative.
[last updated: February 2, 2023]
Biodiversity COP15: global targets, local action
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/2023/biodiversity-cop15-global-targets-local-action/
Elizabeth Vander Meer, Research & Policy Manager (Climate Resilience and Biodiversity), and Kim Vender, Biodiversity and Climate Resilience Projects Officer, from the Department for Social Responsibility and Sustainability tell us about the outcomes of Biodiversity COP15 and how they affect the University.
[last updated: November 23, 2021]
Sustainability Champion spotlight: Ecosia, tree planting and COP 26
Niamh Kinch, Vet student, speaks about her journey as a Sustainability Champion, from helping to make Ecosia the University’s default search engine, to what she learned at COP 26.
[last updated: September 3, 2021]
Work-based placement: Max Franz Sikora
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/2019/work-based-placement-max-franz-sikora/
Max Franz Sikora joined the Department for Social Responsibility and Sustainability on a placement from the Technical University of Munich for 2 months. In this blog, he reflects on what he learnt.
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