Welcome to the home of the Postgraduate Interdisciplinary Network on Environment and Sustainability (PINES) at the University of Manchester.

A special welcome to new students for the Autumn 2008 Term. Please join our email listserv by clicking here and following the instructions. You can also view examples of previous emails here.

A new list of project opportunities with the Manchester City Council Green City Team. Click here for details.

View and help us add more useful Links and Resources about upcoming conferences, funding opportunities and useful websites. Also, please join our e-mail listserv

Contribute information on your research to our new Contact Database

PINES aims to be:

1) AN ACTIVE NETWORK - see

Upcoming events & Funding
2) A RESEARCH FORUM - see

examples of past discussions.

3) AN OUTREACH OPPORTUNITY

- see links to local organizations

4) A LINK TO BUSINESS

Please contribute to our site. First, register and then add a research profile, upload resources, or suggest an upcoming event. Use the EasyEdit tool to do this.

Also, to join our e-mail listserv to keep informed of upcoming events and opportunities or if you'd like to share some of your work via a PINES dicussion, please e-mail Pete at pete.c.smyntek@manchester.ac.uk .

Thanks, the PINES team.