COP21- afternoon workshop
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…
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Morning workshop- Circular Economy
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…
Behaviour Change, reach out!
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…
Start of the Sustainability summit!
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…
And the Student Sustainability Summit 2015 starts… Here I go!
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…
Sustainability Summit- Circular Economy
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…
Real Junk Food… Student Sustainability Summit
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)…
Go Green Week – Repair Cafe
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: Re-use… Lets build an igloo!
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- Day Five (Re- Use)
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 Four (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…
Go Green Week – Food Market
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: Day three! How unbearably fun! Get it?
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 (Travel)
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…
Pearl the Polar Bear visits Worcester!
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 …
A taste of Go Green Week…
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…
Go Green Week- Day Two (Food&Health)
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…
The Launch Of Go Green Week 2015
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…
Go Green Week- Day One (Nature)
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…
Measuring student engagement
As part of the partnership between the University of Worcester and Worcester Polytechnic Institute, a large cohort of students have collaborated on a joint research project. The aim of this project was to develop a…