More scientists than ever are working to make sustainability the ‘default mode’ for lab work - but this transformation will accelerate when everyone has access to best practices. Twelve hundred people from fifty-nine countries registered for the My Green Lab Annual Summit. We’ll take a look at a few of the summit sessions pertinent to life science and show you where to view all the sessions.
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Has science benefited from online laboratory training and collaboration?
The pandemic forced biologists into new ways to conduct scientific training and collaboration. Online meetings, virtual reality, and augmented reality improve the carbon footprint of science. But has science benefited from this transition?
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LEAF in labs, greenwashing and sustainable science : Q & A with Martin Farley
Martin Farley has helped thousands of biologists around the world to improve research capacity and quality while minimizing lab materials, energy, and time. Our thanks to Martin for sharing his insights!
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Going Green in a Wet Lab: Symbolic vs High-Impact Actions
After the spread of the Coronavirus, the absence of ‘business as usual’ forced us to live and think differently – and it made most (if not all) of us realize how human activities put incredible pressure on our planet. Now that many scientists are returning to the labs, maybe it’s time to put lab sustainability on the agenda in research? As a biochemist and environmentalist, I understand how essential labs are to experimental research and education within fields such as biology, medicine, and biotechnology, but I am also very much aware of the
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The University of Bristol is building on its success with LEAF to achieve 100% green laboratories
A group of U.K. research universities is quantifying carbon and cost-saving and targeting scientific reproducibility to reduce waste using The Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF). Excitingly, the University of Bristol plans to expand LEAF institution-wide and certify every lab green! This endeavor is an exceptional opportunity for early-career scientists to gain lab optimization skills and become more competitive for industry jobs and research grants.
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The CSL labs in Montreal are about 15 minutes away from the Biosphere, the only museum in the Americas dedicated to understanding and protecting ecosystems. Isn’t the Saint Lawrence river lovely?
ECCC Aquatics Labs ensured transparency for a new mixed lab plastics recycling program
A team of nine women working in the aquatics labs at the Centre St-Laurent (CSL) in Montreal has launched a lab plastic recycling program that overcomes some of today’s biggest challenges - #1 finding a service that will accept mixed lab plastics and #2 making the process user-friendly. Most importantly, this lab recycling program establishes transparency.
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MassBio talks showcase that Massachusetts needs cooperation from biology labs to achieve sustainability
Scientists who incorporate lab sustainability into the culture of life science are doing the right thing for their communities. The Boston area is the proud home to an extraordinarily high number of biologists, pushing the frontiers of science. In a sense it’s quite the contrast, The city is now nearly 400 years old! But, let’s just say that historical construction planners for greater Boston did not foresee supporting so many labs.
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Green Labs will recycle any Boston area lab tip box collections with mixes of any manufacturer!
New recycling company Green Labs streamlines Boston lab collections
As the U.S. recycling industry undergoes a transformation, life scientists are looking for trustworthy, local recyclers to meet the challenge of processing lab plastic. Recycling systems work when they are convenient and space efficient. Boston area lab facilities have a new service option that does just that!
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