Sustainability at GSA

Sustainability at GSA GSA Sustainability is run by, and represents, students and staff at the Glasgow School of Art in social environmental and ethical in the campus and curriculum.

More on current activities: https://linktr.ee/GSAsustainability GSA Sustainability covers all things environmental, social and ethical at the Glasgow School of Art. We engage students, staff and the wider artistic community of Glasgow in addressing these issues.

Jasmin Robertson, Sculpture & Environmental ArtWinner, GSA Sustainability Undergraduate Degree Show Prize 2026Spiral Fie...
04/09/2026

Jasmin Robertson, Sculpture & Environmental Art
Winner, GSA Sustainability Undergraduate Degree Show Prize 2026

Spiral Field: Bere Barley, Flax and Black Oats

From Jasmin's GSA Showcases:

"...My practice is often informed and shaped by themes around ecology, land work and historical craft/practices, land reform and justice. Originally from a rural part of the NE Highlands, my practice is formed through connection to place and interest in vernacular materiality that surrounds me.

Spiral field became an act of resistance through growing three Scottish heritage seeds that are connected to Scotland’s agricultural history. Each one telling a story of the land and people who worked it. Seeds hold the memory of place through epigenetics- meaning they can switch genes to adapt to different conditions, adverse weathers or changing climate- which is what makes them resilient. Part of this project is aiming to explore how 3 seeds, all from very northern areas of Scotland would respond to such an urban area..."

More on Jasmin's work on our website and GSA Showcase, link in bio.

Alice Jaanus MSc International Mgt & Design InnovationAwarded 'Commended' in the GSA Sustainability Graduate Degree Show...
03/09/2026

Alice Jaanus MSc International Mgt & Design Innovation
Awarded 'Commended' in the GSA Sustainability Graduate Degree Show Prize.

From Alice's Graduate Showcase:

"I should not be fighting the services as well as the abuse": Addressing Economic Abuse

Economic abuse often takes place in the context of intimate partner violence and involves controlling partner’s or ex-partner’s finances as well as things money can’t buy. It is a form of domestic abuse, that is gendered and rooted in inequalities. It keeps women and children trapped as systems that are meant to enable recovery are reinforcing harm, with public service debt collection being especially punitive. Additionally, due to a lack of education early signs of controlling behaviour are often missed, making young people particularly vulnerable.

The project addresses these challenges through an intersectional approach and co-design with expert stakeholders using creative methods. The first outcome is a tactile toolkit around real life documents aimed at building young people’s financial literacy and understanding of controlling behaviour. The second outcome addresses the punitive nature of public debt by rewriting the same documents from a feminist and trauma-informed lens...."

More on Alice's work and our approach to Environmental and Social Justice on our website and Graduate Showcase pages. Link in bio.

Ji Ho-Ying (Casper) MLitt Contemporary Art Practice GSA Sustainability Graduate Degree Show Prize, awarded Highly Commen...
02/09/2026

Ji Ho-Ying (Casper) MLitt Contemporary Art Practice
GSA Sustainability Graduate Degree Show Prize, awarded Highly Commended

From the GSA Graduate Showcase:

"...Ji’s practice asks a fundamental question: when colour gradually disappears from our everyday lives, what will remain? Ji places remembered environments held in personal memory between presence and disappearance, extending this awareness of loss towards broader contemporary realities. Amid ongoing global conflicts, an escalating climate crisis, and profound social and environmental changes, colours, and everyday experiences once taken for granted may progressively recede from view or disappear altogether."

More on our website, link in bio. The work is on display this week at our Stow Building as part of Graduate Degree Show.

GSA Textile Design student Nell Burgess's work from our GSA Sustainability Degree Show Prize, awarded Highly Commended. ...
31/08/2026

GSA Textile Design student Nell Burgess's work from our GSA Sustainability Degree Show Prize, awarded Highly Commended.

For the prize, each student self-nominated their work, with the winners selected from over 50 entries across our two Degree Shows.

From Nell's Degree Show Showcase:

"Building on my knowledge of natural dyeing, I have become increasingly interested in the creation and production of colour itself. Working with fibres such as Uist Wool has strengthened my connection to locally sourced and traceable materials, reinforcing the relationship between landscape, process, and cloth. The patience and intention required by these processes have deepened my connection to slowness within making. I aim to create fabrics gradually and on a small scale, encouraging them to be valued for their materiality and craftsmanship, while reminding us that so much of what we need exists within our immediate surroundings. Sustainability remains central to my practice."

A selection from GSA Sustainability Degree Show Prize Winners for 2026! Each student self-nominated their work, with the...
31/08/2026

A selection from GSA Sustainability Degree Show Prize Winners for 2026! Each student self-nominated their work, with the winners selected from over 50 entries across our two Degree Shows.

This prize celebrates those who have put environmental and social justice at the heart of their work. Not only does this broaden their engagement out to different subjects across science and the arts, but examining social issues such as race, gender, class and disability deepens their understanding of their own practice.

Such creative work affects us, moves us, helps us connect and understand; it offers us the chance to accept, to grieve for what is lost and inspires our own action in whatever discipline or work we might do.

More on our website, link in bio.

Alice Jaanus Mdes Innovation & Environment

Emma Scarlett Painting & Printmaking

Gabrielle Urquhart MArch

Haiyue Long (winner Graduate Degree Show) MDes Innovation & Service Design

Jasmin Robertson (winner Summer Degree Show) Sculpture & Environmental Art

Ho-Ying (Casper) Ji, MLitt Creative Art Practice

Malak Nazeem Painting & Printmaking

Nell Burgess Textiles

Qianquan Wang MLitt Creative Art Practice

Xingxi Lin MDes Graphic Design

17/07/2026

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