Green travel campaign helps university plant trees

Trees for Trips urges visitors travelling to the university to use public transport

An initiative encouraging visitors to the University of Sussex to use public transport has helped reduce its carbon footprint.

Trees for Trips urges people attending open days at the Falmer campus to swap their vehicles for public transport to cut carbon emissions.

The university pledges to plant a tree for each person who leaves their car at home.

More than 31 tonnes of carbon emissions have been avoided since the scheme was launched in June 2023.

Prof Sasha Roseneil, president of the university, said the aim was to be one of the world’s most environmentally sustainable universities.

“Our current students are passionate about the urgent need to change how we all live, work and travel,” she said.

“We have been delighted that so many people have been choosing to visit us sustainably.”

The university said it is on track to have planted more than 1,300 trees at farms in West Sussex including Multan Farm in Burgess Hill, Oak View Farm in Bolney and Truslers Well in Albourne.

It aims to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2035.