Editing Linacre College, Oxford (section)

===Sustainability and ethics===
The college has a strong environmental ethos and has gained a reputation as the 'green' college of Oxford through a number of environmental initiatives over the years including an official sustainability policy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/about-linacre/sustainability|title=Sustainability {{!}} Linacre College|website=linacre.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/about/news/linacre-sustainable-college|title=Linacre: A Sustainable College {{!}} Linacre College|website=linacre.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/about/news/green-investment|title=Green Investment {{!}} Linacre College|website=linacre.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref> Linacre has been ranked greenest college by [[Oxford University Student Union|OUSU]] in a number of years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cherwell.org/2009/05/20/green-voices/|title=Green Voices|last=Lalor|first=Doireann|date=2009-05-20|website=Cherwell|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cherwell.org/2007/11/02/green-norrington-scrutinises-colleges/|title='Green Norrington' scrutinises colleges|last=Baraniuk|first=Chris|date=2007-11-02|website=Cherwell|access-date=2017-09-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cherwell.org/2011/05/30/how-green-can-you-go/|title=How green can you go?|last=Lim|first=Vicky|date=2011-05-30|website=Cherwell|access-date=2017-09-04}}</ref> The common room executive hosts an environment officer and there is an active green society since 2007 as well as an allotment society.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/current-members/common-room/environment|title=Environment {{!}} Linacre College|website=linacre.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/399563400114815/|title=Linacre College Green Society|website=facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/LinacreGreenSociety/|title=Linacre Green Society|website=facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/347402175389308/|title=Linacre Allotment Society|website=Facebook|language=en-US|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref> Linacre's Abraham building won Green Building of the Year 1996<ref name=":0" /> and as well as the BCE Environmental Leadership Award.<ref name=":1" /> In 2006 Linacre became the first carbon neutral college in Oxford by offsetting [[Greenhouse gas emissions|carbon emissions]] with a three-year contract with [[ClimateCare]] but stopped being carbon neutral in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Goodman|first=Jess|date=2006-06-13|title=Saving the midnight oil|url=http://www.theguardian.com/society/2006/jun/14/guardiansocietysupplement.students|access-date=2021-11-09|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://crarchive.linacre.ox.ac.uk/uploads/documents/lines/michaelmas_2008.pdf|title=Did we need the sheep's clothing? Linacre sheds its carbon neutrality|last=Jarda|first=Oliver|date=October 2008|website=Linacre Common Room|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref>

In 2010 Linacre committed to the 10:10 campaign to reduce carbon emissions 10% that year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://crarchive.linacre.ox.ac.uk/Societies/green/1010campaign|title=Linacre College Common Room {{!}} Societies {{!}} Green Society {{!}} 10:10 Campaign|website=crarchive.linacre.ox.ac.uk|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref> It has more recently set a target of 40% reduction over ten years until 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/linacre_carbon_reduction_strategy.pdf|title=Linacre College: Carbon Reduction Strategy|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref> A [[photovoltaic system]] was installed on the roofs of Abraham and Griffiths Buildings in 2011. In 2016 Linacre invested £100,000 into the Low Carbon Hub, a renewable energy social enterprise.<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ethex.org.uk/oxford-students-drive-100000-positive-investment-into-clean-green-energy_1564.html|title=Oxford students drive £100,000 positive investment into clean, green energy|website=ethex.org.uk|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref> Linacre was the first Oxford college to achieve fairtrade status in September 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://old.peopleandplanet.org/ftunis|title=Fairtrade Universities {{!}} People & Planet|last=Planet|first=People &|website=old.peopleandplanet.org|access-date=2017-09-03|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904065416/https://old.peopleandplanet.org/ftunis|archive-date=4 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Wall|first=Joanna|date=2011-03-03|title=Going bananas for Fairtrade|url=https://cherwell.org/2011/03/03/going-bananas-for-fairtrade/|access-date=2021-11-09|website=Cherwell|language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2016 Linacre also hosted a seminar series on the sustainability and ethics of banking.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/bankingseminarsmt16.pdf|title=The Linacre Banking Seminars|access-date=2017-09-04}}</ref>

Linacre runs two major public lectures each year:

====Linacre Lectures on the Environment====
Throughout its history the college has run an annual series of Linacre Lectures open to non-members, the first of which were given by [[Brian Aldiss]], [[Robert Graves]] and [[Isaiah Berlin]].<ref>{{Citation|title=Bamborough's Linacre: A Tribute to John Bernard Bamborough|year=2005|last1=Davies|last2=Wagner|first1=Evan|first2=Eva|publisher=Institute of Historical Survey Foundation |isbn=0970970056}}</ref> Since 1991 these public lectures have focused on environmental challenges.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/series/id/a2383ced-c144-44db-8484-331e74ecba67?show_all=true|title=The Linacre Lectures - Oxford Talks|website=talks.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-09-04}}</ref>
* 2017:  John Knox, "Global Threats to Environmental Human Rights Defenders".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/about/events/2017-linacre-lecture|title=2017 Linacre Lecture {{!}} Linacre College|website=linacre.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref>
* 2014:  [[Michael Oppenheimer]], "Migration, Interconnection, Conflict: Emergent Issues and Indirect Impacts in IPCC's Fifth Assessment"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://d307gmaoxpdmsg.cloudfront.net/collegeaccounts1314/Linacre.pdf|title=Linacre College Annual Report and Financial Statements|date=2014-07-31|website=Linacre College|page=9|access-date=2017-09-04}}</ref>
* 2013: Mike Gidney, [[David Heath (politician)|David Heath]], and Gordon McGranahan on "Food Security and Sustainability"<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/About/events/LinacreLectures|title=Linacre College {{!}} About Linacre {{!}} Events|date=2014-06-18|access-date=2017-09-04|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140618061438/http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/About/events/LinacreLectures|archive-date=18 June 2014}}</ref>
* 2012: [[Carl Folke]], [[Robert Costanza]], and others on "Environmental Governance and Resilience"<ref name=":2" />
* 2011: [[Lester R. Brown]], [[Paul Ekins]], and others on "Riding the Perfect Storm"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/events/linacre11/|title=Environmental Change Institute (ECI) - Oxford University|date=2015-06-10|access-date=2017-09-04|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610222254/http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/events/linacre11/|archive-date=10 June 2015}}</ref>

====Tanner Lectures on Human Values====
The college also holds the [[Tanner Lectures on Human Values]].
* 2019: [[Strobe Talbott]], "A President for Dark Times: the Age of Reason Meets the Age of Trump".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/about/events/tanner-lecture-human-values-2019|title=Tanner Lecture on Human Values 2019 {{!}} Linacre College|website=linacre.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-05-02}}</ref>
*2018: [[Abhijit Banerjee]] and [[Esther Duflo]], "Economics for the Human Race".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/about/events/2018-tanner-lecture-human-values|title=2018 Tanner Lecture on Human Values {{!}} Linacre College|website=linacre.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-06-24}}</ref>
* 2017: [[George F. R. Ellis]], "On the Origin and Nature of Values".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/about/events/2017-tanner-lecture|title=2017 Tanner Lecture {{!}} Linacre College|website=linacre.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref>
* 2016: [[Shirley Williams]], "The Value of Europe and European Values".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/about/news/2016-tanner-lecture-human-values|title=2016 Tanner Lecture on Human Values {{!}} Linacre College|website=linacre.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref>
* 2015: [[Peter Singer]], "From Moral Neutrality to Effective Altruism: The Changing Scope and Significance of Moral Philosophy".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/about/news/tanner-lecture-2015|title=Tanner Lecture 2015 {{!}} Linacre College|website=linacre.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref>
* 2014: [[Shami Chakrabarti]], "Human Rights as Human Values".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/about/events/tanner-lecture-2014|title=Tanner Lecture 2014 {{!}} Linacre College|website=linacre.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref>
* 2013:  [[Michael Ignatieff]], "Representation and Responsibility: Ethics and Public Office".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/about/events/tanner-lecture-2013|title=Tanner Lecture 2013 {{!}} Linacre College|website=linacre.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref>