SustainableMaterials

Sustainable Materials: With Both Eyes Open is a book exploring options for a sustainable, materially efficient future. Professor Julian Allwood @Cambridge_Uni

[Roger Harrabin @RHarrabin]

Greener #shipping would put just a few pence on the cost of a pair of trainers, says @Maersk. https://t.co/TVczYy9Jua

[SustainableMaterials @SMWBEO]

https://t.co/vBrsQUzyH7
an important piece of work by our colleagues in the Resource Efficiency Collective. #preventoceanwastepollution #limitgreenhousegasemissions #promotereuseandrecyclingofplastics

[88 Pianists @88Pianists]

A year ago today, we broke a world record with 88 pianists using 7 metre mechanisms to play one piano. You'll notice that everyone was very close together! If we did it today and maintained social distance between players, our mechanisms would have to be 55 metres long!

[SustainableMaterials @SMWBEO]

If you are interested in doing a PhD at Cambridge, we have two opportunities at the moment: https://t.co/bCqmOeJK99 & https://t.co/LTlLjeGT38

[SustainableMaterials @SMWBEO]

Guess What Uses 50% Of The World’s Energy, Creates 30% Of Emissions via @forbes https://t.co/9tsTyUGE1p

[SustainableMaterials @SMWBEO]

From dusted-off bikes to electric dreams: UK green economy booms on back of Covid-19 https://t.co/rfwrDZMlEF

[Svein Tveitdal @tveitdal]

The only way to hit net zero by 2050 is to stop flying
Dreaming of electric planes and planting trees will not save our planet https://t.co/jozptTy5SE Opinion byCambridge professor
Julian Allwood:

[Energy Live News @EnergyLiveNews]

The world can’t wait for breakthrough technologies to deliver #netzero #emissions by 2050 and instead must use existing technologies to drive incremental change.
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[SustainableMaterials @SMWBEO]

@UKFIRES report #absolutezero in the news

[Extinction Rebellion Global @ExtinctionR]

Technology cannot save us, only system change can,

But this doesn't mean going backwards.

The changes can build a healthier, happier world 🌍💚

https://t.co/WiUHzKAdvm

[House of Lords @UKHouseofLords]

Coming up later: #HouseofLords debates 2050 net zero emissions target in light of @UKFIRES report ‘Absolute Zero’.

▪️ Find out more https://t.co/HcMO6mQDXc
▪️ Read Library briefing https://t.co/fHS4QMGZOy

[Use Less Group @Use_Less_Group]

BBC News - Petrol and diesel car sales ban brought forward to 2035 https://t.co/wfO5eDsqEz
Read our Absolute Zero report for more information.

[Use Less Group @Use_Less_Group]

Another step in the right direction to tackle climate change: https://t.co/zgrcZcztiJ
Professor Julian Allwood is supporting this important work by joining one of the meetings on the weekend of 28 Feb to 1 March.

[SustainableMaterials @SMWBEO]

Excellent thread summing up Absolute Zero by @UKFIRES

[Germán Infante @germaninf]

Key message in the book of @SMWBEO for #COP25Madrid “If we take responsibility for our (#CO2) #emissions, we must do so regardless of where they occur”. This means #rethinking many #policies …

[SustainableMaterials @SMWBEO]

Follow @UKFIRES for the latest

[CSaP - The Centre for Science and Policy @CSciPol]

Today, our Policy Leaders Fellows had lunch at @TrinityHallCamb with Prof Julian Allwood of @Cambridge_Eng & @Use_Less_Group. They discussed #energytransition, #absolutezero, & #emissions and previewed findings from Prof Allwood's new report, due out next Friday!

[Use Less Group @Use_Less_Group]

Cut the scrap! Making next generation car bodies - PHD studentship opportunity @Cambridge_Eng https://t.co/71kPz7WhNW

[Ely Cathedral Business Group @ECBG1]

We're excited to welcome Prof Julian Allwood from @Cambridge_Eng & @Use_Less_Group to @Ely_Cathedral for our free #ClimateChange forum this Thurs. Julian's book “Sustainable Materials: with both eyes open” is listed by @BillGates as one of his top 6 reads of 2015

#sustainability

[Use Less Group @Use_Less_Group]

Report published today by the @IPCC_CH . Highlighting the need for action now on emissions reductions.
"Education and climate literacy, ..., sharing of data, information and knowledge, ..., addressing social vulnerability
and equity, and institutional support are also essential."

[SustainableMaterials @SMWBEO]

Be sure to follow us on our new group Twitter! @Use_Less_Group #ClimateChange #ResourceEfficiency #moretocome

[SustainableMaterials @SMWBEO]

Pleased to be presenting our report Steel Arising to the Welsh Cross Party Group in Cardiff today. Find out more about the opportunities for the UK in a transforming global steel industry in our report:

https://t.co/ZoLF2PAvtp

Thanks to @LibertyHouseGrp and GREENSTEEL Council