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Green jobs for graduates

21 Feb 2024

Green industry experts gave Cambridge students a tour of careers in the environment during a two-week Green Careers Festival, including how to land a...

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Cambridge Zero highlights University efforts at Climate Week NYC

06 Oct 2023

Cambridge Zero Director Professor Emily Shuckburgh took centre stage at the world's biggest climate event of its kind in New York to talk to global...

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Green tech startups see boost in patents and investment when partnering with government – study

18 Mar 2019

Collaboration between government and startups could help meet the climate challenge while growing small businesses. Findings could inform discussions...

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Going green: why don't we all do it?

10 Jun 2016

From wind turbines and solar photovoltaics to grey water recycling and electric vehicles, technology is making it ever easier for us to be green –...

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Low-impact hub generates electrical current from pure plant power

06 Mar 2015

Green wall technology and semi-transparent solar panels have been combined to generate electrical current from a renewable source of energy both day...

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Putting a price on our future

07 Oct 2013

Helping big businesses consider their impact on the environment is leading to a re-evaluation of activities to combine profitability with...

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Resolution during a test drive in Cambridge.

Resolution ready to shine down under

24 Aug 2013

Built by undergraduates working for their exams, with funds raised by the students themselves, Cambridge’s solar car is the only British entry into...

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Energy city

Cambridge Ideas - The future of energy?

30 Jul 2012

Today, we consume a truly vast amount of energy - with demand continuing to skyrocket at an alarming rate.

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Cambridge Ideas - How Many Lightbulbs?

11 Nov 2010

Cambridge University physicist, David Mackay, in a passionate, personal analysis of the energy crisis in the UK, in which he comes to some surprising...

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