In this bonus content to accompany Professor Mike Shaver’s live lecture: ‘The unmaking of everything’, you’ll hear the full panel discussion with him that followed Mike’s talk. 

If you haven’t seen the lecture yet, head to manchester.ac.uk/talk200 to hear from the Director of Sustainable Futures at The University of Manchester as he discusses sustainability challenges and the complex nature of our material world, with a particular focus on plastics. 

Listen from our panel experts, chaired by Colette Fagan, Vice-President for Research at Manchester, including Dr Helen Holmes, Deputy Director of Sustainable Futures; Dr Rosa Cuéllar-Franca, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering; and Dr Ciaran Lahive, a Research Fellow at the Sustainable Materials Innovation Hub.

Find the full transcript of this episode on the Talk 200 webpage.

Further information

Find out more about: 

• Sustainable Futures research platform
• Sustainable Materials Innovation Hub
• Sustainable Consumption Institute
• The Tyndall Centre, Manchester
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