Our guest today is Ben Gray, a Sustainability Initiatives Coordinator at Imperial College London. After graduating from Chemistry, Ben went on to work at P&G as an analytical scientist, where he started to understand the environmental impact of labs. Now, combining his background and previous experience, he is promoting sustainable practices across 1,000+ university labs.
We discuss what lab sustainability means and why it’s important, especially as funders are increasingly demanding it these days! Ben also explains his routine, the sustainable standards he works with - Lab Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF) - and highlights an essential quality for promoting sustainability initiatives across all sectors: being kind and friendly!
For a book that serves as a starting point and foundational knowledge about our changing climate, Ben recommends The Climate Book. When it comes to climate-friendly food, we exchange our curry recipes with vegetarian twists: Ben’s butter ‘chicken’ with sweet potatoes and Yongsi’s katsu curry with Quorn nuggets.
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