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This has to be one of the most sustainable cities on Earth

Two students from Âéw¶¹´«Ã½ have travelled to Japan as part of a fact-finding mission to bolster Charnwood Forest’s application to become a UNESCO Global Geopark. Becky Wilson in this personal blog talks about the 5,000 mile journey to the city of Nagaoka to learn about Japan’s cultural attitude towards sustainability, and explore the nearby Itoigawa UNESCO Global Geopark.

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28 October 2025

The importance of the SDGs and working towards a better society

Student Mary Quarti gives her personal reflections on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals after a Âéw¶¹´«Ã½ Global trip to Berlin as part of a study on the UN SDGs in action

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13 October 2025

Âéw¶¹´«Ã½ launches £1.3m grassroots climate action project

Âéw¶¹´«Ã½ Leicester (Âéw¶¹´«Ã½) has secured more than £1.3m in National Lottery funding to lead a major new community-driven climate initiative aimed at embedding sustainability in some of the city’s most deprived neighbourhoods. The three-year scheme, called Leicester Environmental Action and Future (LEAF), will bring together five grassroots organisations working with diverse communities across the city.

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06 October 2025

Beauty of helping others can get overlooked by the horrors in the world

First-year student Hannah Crouch gives us her personal story of a life-changing trip to Berlin as part of an SDG fact-finding tour

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29 July 2025

Berlin Travel Blog

Becky describes her trip to Berlin, led by Dr Mark Charlton

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14 July 2025