Assistant Vice Chancellor, Environment and Sustainability Jim Longhurst's Outputs (362)

Towards a Sustainable University: Part 1 - A review of progress in UWE Bristol Part 2 - How do we incorporate the Sustainable Development Goals into UWE, Bristol Business Decision Making? (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Structure of Presentation
Part 1.
Introduction to the HE challenge of sustainability and carbon management
UWE Bristol
UWE’s Sustainability Plan
UWE’s Commitments and Actions
Energy and Travel Initiatives
Education for Sustainable Developmen... Read More about Towards a Sustainable University: Part 1 - A review of progress in UWE Bristol Part 2 - How do we incorporate the Sustainable Development Goals into UWE, Bristol Business Decision Making?.

Developed-developing world partnerships for sustainable development (2): An illustrative case for a payments for ecosystem services (PES) approach (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Elsevier B.V. The Converging World (TCW) developed-developing world partnership model represents a transparent approach to addressing carbon emission management in a mutually beneficial way, with a substantial ‘multiplier effect’ achieved tho... Read More about Developed-developing world partnerships for sustainable development (2): An illustrative case for a payments for ecosystem services (PES) approach.

What has been achieved in the 60 years since the first Clean Air Act? (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

2016 marks 60 years since the first UK Clean Air Act.
This presentation considers the factors contributing to successful management of air quality and the factors that act as barriers to progress.
The public health catastrophe of the 1952 Londo... Read More about What has been achieved in the 60 years since the first Clean Air Act?.

Air pollution, deprivation and health: Understanding relationships to add value to local air quality management policy and practice in Wales, UK (2016)
Journal Article

© The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Faculty of Public Health. All rights reserved. Background Air pollution exposure reduces life expectancy. Air pollution, deprivation and poor-health status combinations can create i... Read More about Air pollution, deprivation and health: Understanding relationships to add value to local air quality management policy and practice in Wales, UK.

Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals: A baseline study of the contribution of UWE, Bristol (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

On September 25th 2015 at the General Assembly of the United Nations, 193 nations adopted a set of goals to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda (1). These goals build on the M... Read More about Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals: A baseline study of the contribution of UWE, Bristol.

Whole Earth? Meeting the university challenges (2016)
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Whole Earth is “a powerful exhibition of the environmental and sustainability challenges” that we face. The Hard Rain Project who curated the Whole Earth? exhibition, have invited students and universities to share their sustainability work that mig... Read More about Whole Earth? Meeting the university challenges.

Student Capital: The role of students in city transformation (2016)
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Student Capital is a huge and unique collaborative project aimed at creating, promoting, and celebrating student sustainability engagement at Bristol’s two universities – The University of the West of England, Bristol, and the University of Bristol.... Read More about Student Capital: The role of students in city transformation.

The Phenomenon that is Whole Earth? Facilitating engagement in sustainability issues for students, school children and the local community (2016)
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Workshop exploring the engagement by universities with the Whole Earth exhibition and evaluating the learning resulting from these activities.

Green Capital, Bristol 2015 plenary (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Plenary session at the EAUC 2016 Conference

Partnerships for ESD: Exploring UWE, Bristol’s integrated approach to engaging audiences in ESD (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Workshop exploring the various engagement strategies used by UWE to encourage whole institution action in support of sustainability

A critical review of the robustness of the UK government’s air quality plan and expected compliance dates (2016)
Journal Article

Globally, poor air quality is the most significant environmental health concern. Across Europe, 400,000 deaths were attributed to air pollution in 2012, whilst in the UK over 50,000 deaths per year are due to a combination of gaseous and particulate... Read More about A critical review of the robustness of the UK government’s air quality plan and expected compliance dates.

Local Air Quality Management policy and practice in the UK: The case for greater Public Health integration and engagement (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. The UK's Local Air Quality Management (LAQM) regime is designed to protect people's health from the ill-effects of air pollution, but it is failing to achieve its full potential. The Public Health aspects of, perspectives on, and... Read More about Local Air Quality Management policy and practice in the UK: The case for greater Public Health integration and engagement.

60 years of Health Protection under the Clean Air Acts (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

2016 marks 60 years of UK Clean Air Acts. This presentation explores the challenges, opportunities and progress since the Clean Air Act, 1956. It reflects upon historical attempts to manage air pollution noting success factors and barriers to progres... Read More about 60 years of Health Protection under the Clean Air Acts.

Meeting the sustainable Development Goals: A baseline study of the contribution of UWE, Bristol (2016)
Book Chapter

On September 25th 2015 at the General Assembly of the United Nations, 193 nations adopted a set of goals to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda (1). These goals build on the M... Read More about Meeting the sustainable Development Goals: A baseline study of the contribution of UWE, Bristol.

Green Capital: Student Capital - Final evidence report (2016)
Report

Becoming the European Green Capital offers an opportunity for Higher Education (HE) institutions to support their cities in releasing the full potential of the Green Capital accolade, however HE’s involvement in previous Green Capitals has been limit... Read More about Green Capital: Student Capital - Final evidence report.

Green Capital: Student Capital - Final monitoring report (2016)
Report

Students in Bristol have given over 126,000 hours of their time to engaging with local organisations and tackling issues of sustainability in the city and wider region. This equates to 74 years’ worth of work provided to date, and an economic contrib... Read More about Green Capital: Student Capital - Final monitoring report.

Green Capital: Student Capital - Interim monitoring and evidence report (2016)
Other

 Students in Bristol have given over 100,000 hours of their time to engaging with local organisations and tackling issues of sustainability in the city and wider region. This equates to 56.3 years’ worth of work provided to date, and an economic con... Read More about Green Capital: Student Capital - Interim monitoring and evidence report.

Review of the contribution of Green Capital: Student Capital to Bristol’s year as European Green Capital (2016)
Report

• Students in Bristol have given over 100,000 hours of their time to engaging with local organisations and tackling issues of sustainability in the city and wider region. This equates to 56.3 years’ worth of work provided to date, and an economic con... Read More about Review of the contribution of Green Capital: Student Capital to Bristol’s year as European Green Capital.

UWE Celebrating Bristol Green Capital 2015 - Activities portfolio (supporting document for UWE Celebrating Bristol Green Capital 2015 activities catalogue) (2016)
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This Activities Portfolio details projects, events and initiatives which represent the work of hundreds of UWE staff and students during Bristol's year as European Green Capital in 2015. It is the working file to accompany the UWE Green Capital 2015... Read More about UWE Celebrating Bristol Green Capital 2015 - Activities portfolio (supporting document for UWE Celebrating Bristol Green Capital 2015 activities catalogue).

Month by month overview of UWE Bristol's Green Capital year (2016)
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The document provides a month-by-month summary of activities which were undertaken by UWE staff and students in support of Bristol's year as European Green Capital. More detail on these activities can be found in the UWE Green Capital Activities Cata... Read More about Month by month overview of UWE Bristol's Green Capital year.