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.…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
Food and Health today! Probably the yummiest day of Go Green Week! As soon as I entered the Pear Tree I was overwhelmed by the variety of aromas in the air! The stalls were even…
Go Green Week gets going! Today students took part on a bird watch around the University of Worcester’s St John’s campus. Many pictures were taken in aim of capturing the beauty of the small residents…
Day one of Go Green Week is now finished and here is my first blog! With the support of the lovely sunny weather in Worcester today it was really pleasant. The milk float looks smashing…
For some years now I’ve been developing the teaching in ‘Green’ or (possibly better described as) ‘sustainable’ graphic design techniques as part of the Graphic Design and Multimedia degree course at the University of Worcester.…
Transport related carbon emissions is a major contributor to the carbon footprint with staff and student commuting producing 5,823 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions accounting for 30% of the overall footprint for the University in…
Professor Janet Richardson, Professor of Health Service, Research Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, Plymouth University Introducing sustainability concepts to undergraduate nursing and healthcare students At Plymouth University we wanted to embed sustainability in the nursing…
Susthingsout is dedicated to exploring the complex range of problems encountered when driving change Driving change is a significant part of the majority of sustainability practitioner roles. Indeed, the term ‘change agents’ is increasingly used…
By Laila Kasem, Senior Lecturer in the Worcester Business School Many of the approaches suggested to or employed by businesses remain largely tactical Sustainability is becoming increasingly one of those buzzwords in the business world…
Tell it and speak it and think it and breathe it Mark Edwards is one of the few environmental communicators to have personally witnessed the global issues that are defining the 21st century. Assignments for magazines,…
This debate is worth listening to. It made a refreshing change to hear some honesty and courage as panel members tackled the questions raised which included present corporate and personal value systems. Each brought a…
As everyone loves a great debate, this week’s event at the Hive welcomed representatives from a variety of fields to discuss an often controversial topic: is it possible to have leaders who push for a…