Head of the Plastics Network, Odd André Karlsen, and postdoc Maria Fernandez, both from the Department of Biological Sciences, in action on Lisle Lyngøy. Photo courtesy of Ole M. Kvamme, UiB
Students and staff at UiB, together with good partners, cleared the “plastic island” Lisle Lyngøy during the plastic clean-up action on 12 September 2024, which was organized by the Plastics Network and the Sustainability Pilots at UiB, in collaboration with the Bergen and omland Friluftsråd (BOF) and the Nature Conservancy Hordaland.
Now the plastic clean-up campaign has been highlighted in a news story on the website of the UN’s Academic Impact Initiative
The United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) is an initiative that engages institutions of higher education with the United Nations in supporting and contributing to the realization of the Organization’s purposes and principles, including the promotion and protection of human rights, access to education, sustainability and conflict resolution.