£5.2 billion. That’s a huge amount of money, no matter how you look at it this. Unfortunately, this astronomic figure is the amount that British universities puts into the fossil fuel industry. This, however, this… Fossil Fuel: Divest Uni’s £5.2billion
The issue of sustainability is perhaps the biggest issue that we face as a species going into the future, so I was amazed to find out that the Student Sustainability Conference, which took place… Student Sustainability Conference 2015: My Experience
Would you believe there were 2.2 billion people living on the planet in 1946. That’s a lot, now… what would you say about that being increased to 3.6 billion in 1972? How about the 7.2… Population: A Tale of Sex and Money
COP is a global summit aiming to resolve the issues of global warming. With recent reports becoming more and more concerning this is crucial for absolutely every person on the planet. The session focuses on… COP21- afternoon workshop
I was completely right to be excited about this workshop. It lived up to my expectations. We were packed into a room but Professor Peter Hopkinson gave fascinating and easy to understand lecture on the… Morning workshop- Circular Economy
You are most likley thinking that you are one person in the world, therefore why should YOU change your behaviour to be sustainable in actions, as “they won’t make a difference”. However, action of individuals… Behaviour Change, reach out!
Monday morning in the University of Leeds Students Union building. A room packed with students and delegates from all around the country. This is the atmosphere in which the Sustainability Summit is starting. #sss15… Start of the Sustainability summit!
Here I am at the University of Leeds Student Union thanks to susthingsout, People & Planet, NUS and EAUC. Students from universities all over the country have gathered together uniting as one with one common… And the Student Sustainability Summit 2015 starts… Here I go!
Just a few days from now me and the other publishing assistants will be going to Leeds Students’ Union for the first ever Sustainability Summit organised by the National Union of Students. It will be an… Sustainability Summit- Circular Economy
The student Sustainability Summit on the 23rd of March is fast approaching… and the Susthingsout team will be attending the event at Leeds University, which is run by the EAUC, National Union of Students (NUS)… Real Junk Food… Student Sustainability Summit
As part of the final day of University of Worcester’s Go Green Week events, which focused on promoting sustainable initiatives to students, Friday saw the volunteers from Malvern Hills Repair Café take over the SU… Go Green Week – Repair Cafe
Go Green Week’s final theme of re-using was interpreted in two key ways – the students organised building an igloo in the university’s own nursery from old milk cartons as well as inviting the Malvern Repair Café to visit.… Go Green Week: Re-use… Lets build an igloo!
The final day of Go Green Week is here! We had Nature, Food & Health, Travel, Energy and now its time for Re- use! It has been an amazing week with the first year students… Go Green Week- Day Five (Re- Use)
The student lead team from Energize Worcester were out in force on the fourth day of go green week promoting their cause to: “save your money, improve your health and protect our environment” By giving out energy… Go Green Week! Go Energy! Go Hippy!
Go Green Week is almost at its end and today it was all about Energy! We had quite a lot of guests who joined us in order to promote sustainable energy to the students of… Go Green Week- Day Four (Energy)
With University of Worcester’s Go Green Week kicking off on Tuesday, the focus of the day was getting students involved with healthy eating initiatives. Aside from the Food Fair event happening the SU in… Go Green Week – Food Market
Travel was the key theme for Go Green Week today! Following up from yesterday I have spoken to Aramark the canteen at The University of Worcester about their vegan alternatives. They have a large selection… Go Green Week: Day three! How unbearably fun! Get it?
Today, day three of Go Green Week, was all about traveling in a sustainable way! I had the pleasure to meet our own Pearl the Polar Bear while she was preparing to board the bus… Go Green Week- Day Three (Travel)
Jim Worcesterwood is back! Pearl the Polar Bear is the polar bear adopted by the Students’ Union at the University of Worcester. Part 1: Jim Worcesterwood searches for Pearl the Polar Bear … Pearl the Polar Bear visits Worcester!
Go Green Week commences with a food and health day. A local food fair was brought directly to the students from local providers. Out side the Student’s Union were stalls which provided fresh locally sourced food such… A taste of Go Green Week…