Name
Beekeeping at Imperial College London
website
country
United Kingdom
Goal
A colony of bees was introduced to the South Kensington campus in the spring of 2011.The colony is managed by students in a collaboration based on a joint commitment to raising awareness of sustainability. This initiative allows the College community to make an active contribution to combating the plight of the honeybee.
Main Topic

Biodiversity: preserving and restoring ecosystems and biodiversity
All Topics

Sustainable food: from "farm to fork": a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system

Biodiversity: preserving and restoring ecosystems and biodiversity

Scale
- Neighbourhood or Local community
- City and peri-urban
- Regional (e.g. a province, including multiple cities)
- National
- International
Actors
- Non-profit organisation (i.e. pursues a particular social cause, e.g. schools, foundations, social movement)
Main Activity
Providing knowledge transfer / advisory / education services;
Activities
- Providing knowledge transfer / advisory / education services
- Conducting research, pilot studies and/or living labs
- Raising awareness and/or political agenda-setting
- Developing and/or producing goods
- Showcasing and/or demonstrating practices
Source
This initiative was provided by the SGD consortium.
This initiative is self-reported and not identified by the SHARED GREEN DEAL Consortium

CONTACT
For further details please contact co-leads Dr Chris Foulds (chris.foulds@aru.ac.uk) and Dr Rosie Robison (rosie.robison@aru.ac.uk).

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 101036640. The sole responsibility for the content of this website lies with the SHARED GREEN DEAL HAS project and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union.