RESOURCES
Below you'll find links to resources, peer-reviewed publications and other multimedia from the Zeroverse team.
Green science frameworks and certificates
Join these global programmes to save water and energy, and reduce carbon emissions and waste from your lab. These programmes provide frameworks for action that you can adapt to your particular context.
Zeroverse Toolkit
Discover our curated set of tools, best practices and guidance to make your research and education greener.
Buy toolkit here.
Publications Zeroverse contributed to
Books
The European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Peer-reviewed Publications
Videos & Podcasts
Other
Join these global programmes to save water and energy, and reduce carbon emissions and waste from your lab. These programmes provide frameworks for action that you can adapt to your particular context.
- LEAF (Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework) for labs in academic institutions
- My Green Lab Certification, for labs in academic institutions or private sector
- Green DiSC for computational research groups
- International Freezer Challenge for labs using cold storage in any sector
Zeroverse Toolkit
Discover our curated set of tools, best practices and guidance to make your research and education greener.
Buy toolkit here.
Publications Zeroverse contributed to
Books
- ‘The Sustainability of Science: How Science Impacts the Environment, and What Can Be Done’ Royal Society of Chemistry, 2026. Edited by Martin Farley
The European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Peer-reviewed Publications
- The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2020, Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Academic Conferences: The Example of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Environmentally sustainable practices in global health research and higher education institutions: Lessons from consultation with the TropEd Global Health institutions, 2021, Tropical Medicine & International Health
Videos & Podcasts
- UN Environment Programme, Little Book of Green Nudges webinar on Travel
- Animation about excessive air travel in academia
- Presentation on ‘Equity and Sustainability of Scientific Conferences’ as part of the Keystone Symposia virtual meeting ‘Reimagining Scientific Conferences’ Nov 15 - 16, 2022
- Presentation as part of 'Climate Action Network for International Education (CANIE) Climate Action Week 2022' session ‘CANIE Accord: Turning Promises into Action’
- Out of Office: Attending the Global Climate Strike
- 58 Trips to the Moon and Back
- The Critical Role of Funders in Decarbonising Research
Other
- Interview with the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB)
- Flights for one ERC funding round ‘equivalent to 12 Moon trips, 2022, article in the Times Higher Education newspaper by Ben Upton
- The critical role of funders in shrinking the carbon footprint of research, 2022, Comment in The Lancet Planetary Health
- Comparison of the carbon footprint of the in person and virtual annual meetings of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
