Liz is an environmental professional with over 15 years' experience. As the Environmental Officer at Solent University, she is responsible for the University's Environmental Management System and co-ordinating carbon reduction, waste, recycling, biodiversity, active travel, and student and staff behaviour change initiatives. Liz was previously Environment Officer at the University of Winchester and prior to that, worked as Restoration Adviser for the RSPB's Nature After Minerals programme - a national role advising mineral operators and planning authorities on the creation of species-rich habitats in active and worked quarries. She began her career in waste and mineral planning consultancy. Liz holds a BSc in Environmental Science from the University of Plymouth.