Come on a journey through Peru’s tropical peatlands… From this August (2021), you’ll be able to explore Peru’s steaming swamps through this virtual gallery … or in person in the beautiful surroundings of the St Andrews Botanic Gardens. The exhibition will be exploring three key themes: Ecosystems – highlighting the “ecosystem engineers” responsible for storing carbon below…
All staff and students are invited to take part in the Line in the Sand 2021 and stand up for climate justice and join the call for local national and international institutions to act. This forms St Andrews' addition to the international Global Climate Strike and everyone is welcome to join in. Line in the Sand…
From trees and peat to saltmarsh and seaweed. Find out more about how we can mitigate climate change through Scotland's precious natural assets and ecosystems. Nature-based solutions (NbS) are solutions to societal challenges that involve working with nature to deliver benefits for both people and biodiversity. In this event we aim to explain the role…
Dive In! explores the wonders of the ocean, the challenges it faces, and the actions that you can take to help save it. Life depends on the ocean. It provides food, protection and a place to live. It supports our wellbeing and cultural heritage. It is the world’s largest store of carbon, produces the oxygen we breathe and regulates our climate. As a result of human actions, our ocean is under threat.…
Building on the success of the award-winning Light It Forward campaign, the University of St Andrews and Liter of Light are teaming up to launch Human-Powered Messages of Hope for COP26. We'll send your messages to the leaders and policy makers at the COP26 climate change conference, using St Salvator's Quadrangle as our open air canvas! Find…