Go Green Salford sum-up

During Go Green Salford 2020, we encouraged you to Think Green, Live Green, Work Green and Eat Green. Over 150 of you gave us some of your time and it was great to meet you all. We hope you’ve learnt something new and had fun along the way!

Think Green

To kick things off, we explored our connection with the physical world and our impact on current ecological issues with the FIMS Arts & Media exhibition. The exhibition encouraged us to question the norm and to think about how industries such as fashion and textiles can have a huge impact on the environment.

On the Tuesday we launched the 2020 Green Impact programme and held ‘FrED talks’. We heard from speakers Professor Sheila Pankhurst, Dr Nick Davies, Dr Romas Malevicius and Dr Luke Blazejewski, who gave up their time to speak to us about local initiatives and ecological issues. Topics included the university’s current targets and goals, our perception of local wildlife, sustainable transport options and education for sustainability.

Following this, on the Wednesday we got the opportunity to explore over 20 different species of beautiful trees on our Winter Tree ID walk, with loads of interesting facts being provided by Peel Park Keeper, Jess Britch. We were rewarded for getting outside in the rain by a view of a rainbow over the River Irwell and a sighting of a Greater Spotted Woodpecker!

We promoted our car share scheme on the Thursday, with Faxi sharing information about how you can Car Share with US.

Live Green

Putting thoughts into action on ‘Live Green’ week, there was a vintage clothing fair which gave staff and students the opportunity to shop sustainable fashion by purchasing second-hand clothing at a reasonable price. There were loads of colourful garments to choose from and it was great to see students really engaging with this event.

On Tuesday, Salford Litter Heroes came to help out with an hour-long lunchtime litter pick. We were battling against the elements during storm Dennis, but it was great to see 6 students turn up and help nonetheless, thanks so much to you all!

The stormy weather didn’t deter people from coming along at our tree planting events either! With 55 volunteers coming across the two sessions on Wednesday and 7 of you coming to help at the smaller session on Thursday. Alongside City of Trees we managed to plant 662 trees! Getting muddy definitely paid off, we can’t wait to see the new trees grow over the years in both David Lewis Playing Fields and Crescent Meadows.

Work Green

Recycling was the main focal point of ‘Work Green’ week. We took our Recycling Roadshow to Media City, Maxwell and Allerton with our Rubbish Quiz and recycling game, with a chance to win one of our reusable mugs. Thanks to everyone that got involved and congratulations to our winners! We hope you all took something away from these events.

We also looked at how you can commute to the University sustainably with our Bike Maintenance Workshop alongside Transport for Greater Manchester teaching us how to look out for yourself when cycling to and from the university. We all learnt some new skills and we hope you all left feeling more confident about commuting by cycling! If you’re nervous about cycling on the roads but would love to commute more sustainably- check out TFGM’s confidence training – https://tfgm.com/cycling/training.

Eat Green

Our final week was the most fun-packed of them all with Salfood Plantilicious pop-ups giving us a taste of some delicious plant-based  food, and even coffee cake made from re-used coffee grinds!

Wednesday was especially exciting as Allerton opened their very own Zero-waste food shop! This is a joint project between Salfood and the Students’ Union and their hard work has definitely paid off because the shop looks amazing! The shop is a great way for students and staff to easily cut down on the plastic packaging that we so often see in supermarkets.

During Eat Green we also hosted our Fairtrade Fun in Maxwell and the Library which gave you the opportunity to cycle up a free Fairtrade smoothie and gain knowledge about the benefits of shopping Fairtrade. We collectively cycled up 75 smoothies so well done to everyone that came along!

To end Go Green 2020 there was a sustainability special of the DSAS quiz night where our knowledge was put to the test. We had great fun this evening and we hope that everyone that came along did too!

Go Green Salford 2020

Monday 10th Feb – Friday 6th March

Go Green Salford is back for another year with a busy four weeks of activities taking place on campus to raise awareness of the importance of sustainability and encourage positive change amongst our students and staff.    

Working in collaboration with the Students’ Union, Peel Park, Salfood, DSAS and others, we will be providing students, staff and the local community with various activities, opportunities and information on how to go green. We will also promote events happening across Salford and Manchester that may be of interest.

Find out more about sustainability issues, get involved and take action – you can find all the details below. Come along to as many as you can and Go Green in 2020!

Week One – Think Green

Monday 10th February

Arts & Media Green exhibition (running all week)

As part of their ‘Collaboration: Learning and Sharing Together’ module, Fashion Image Making Styling students have been working on a ‘Caring Sharing’ assessment, focusing on the environmental impact of the fashion industry.

They have been exploring how consciousness is at the core of progressing sustainable solutions to industry waste and creating a collaborative creative full look with a zero waste anchor.

A key part of the project is that they have no financial resources and have no impact on the environment and instead ‘repurpose, resource, rethink’.

The student’s work will be exhibited in New Adelphi throughout the first week of Go Green Salford, along with work from other students as part of a competition.

Location: New Adelphi

Time: All day (running all week)


Volunteering Pitch and Pick

Get a free hot drink while the Students’ Union and their community Partners pitch volunteering roles to you.

Improvised Piano songs edition: Spin the Volunteering Wheel and Josie will improvise a song about why you should volunteer in that role! Accompanied by Business and Law Officer Temi on keys. Open to students only.

Location: SU shed outside the Library

Time: 11:30am – 1:30pm


Rafiki art club

A sustainability special of the regular Rafiki art club, which runs every Monday and Wednesday. Open to students only.

Location: Pillars, Northside, University House

Time: 12 – 2pm


Tuesday 11th February

Volunteering Pitch and Pick

Get a free hot drink while the Students’ Union and their community Partners pitch volunteering roles to you.

Honey the Dog edition: Meet the Students’ Union pooch. Honey likes Bacon on the floor, squirrels, and volunteering!  

Location: SU shed outside the Library

Time: 11:30am – 1:30pm


Green Impact 2020 launch

Join us to find out more about our staff engagement programme, Green Impact and how you can get involved. Although aimed at staff, students are also welcome to attend. Why not stay afterwards for the FrED event (Friendly Earth Discussions) and have the chance to speak to like-minded staff and students?

Location: Northside, University House

Time: 3:30 – 5pm

Booking required – please register on Eventbrite.


FrED event (Friendly Earth Discussions)

Short talks from a range of speakers relating to sustainability issues.

Location: Northside, University House

Time: 5 – 5:30pm: Networking and refreshments; 5:30 – 7:30pm: Friendly Earth Discussions


Wednesday 12th February

Winter tree ID talk and walk

Join the Park Keeper and learn to identify trees in winter. We will go for a walk in Peel Park & Crescent Meadows looking at bark, twigs and buds of different trees to learn how to identify them in winter. If we have time we will also have a fun quiz at the end to see what you can remember.

Please wear suitable clothing for the weather and flat grippy shoes or trainers

Location: Park Keeper’s base at the back of Maxwell building

Time: 1-3pm

Booking required – please register on Eventbrite.


Volunteer Skill-Up Session

Calling all student volunteers – come to a ‘Skill-up Session’ and reflect on what you’re learning from your volunteering! Open to students only.

In this two-hour workshop you will:

  • Become more confident talking about your skills in applications and interviews
  • Learn how to use the SU website to find volunteering roles
  • Start using the SU website as a reflective journal
  • Meet other student volunteers and find out about their experiences

Location: Lewis Lattimer room, University House

Time: 3:30 – 5:30pm

Booking required: sign-up here.


Thursday 13th February

Car Share with US pop-up

Want a smarter commute whilst saving the planet, and money? Then Car share with US!

The new Faxi carpooling scheme helps you find members of the University community that are traveling to campus when you are! You can save time, money, reduce congestion and CO2 emissions, and do your bit for the environment, one carpool at a time. For more information, please visit the car share tab on our travel pages.

Come and speak to Faxi in Maxwell foyer and find out how to sign-up.

Location: Maxwell foyer

Time: 11am – 3:30pm


Volunteering Pitch and Pick

Get a free hot drink while the Students’ Union and their community Partners pitch volunteering roles to you.

Honey the Dog edition:  Meet the Students’ Union pooch. Honey likes Bacon on the floor, squirrels, and Volunteering! 

Location: SU shed outside the Library

Time: 11:30am – 1:30pm


Friday 14th February

Volunteering Pitch and Pick

Get a free hot drink while the Students’ Union and their community Partners pitch volunteering roles to you.

Improvised Piano songs edition: Spin the Volunteering Wheel and Josie will improvise a song about why you should volunteer in that role! Accompanied by Business and Law Officer Temi on keys.

Location: SU shed outside the Library

Time: 11:30am – 1:30pm


Yoga

Location: Sports Centre

Time: 1pm – 1:45pm


Saturday 15th February

FoodCycle Volunteering

Help cook and serve a meal for the local community every Saturday evening at the Creative Living Centre in Prestwich. Sign up on the SU Opportunity Finder at www.salfordstudents.com/volunteering.

Location: Creative Living Centre, Prestwich

Time: 4:30 – 8:30pm


Sunday 16th February

Kersal Dale conservation task

Location: Meet by the entrance near Garden Needs at the end of Radford St

Time: 10am – 12pm

Booking required – email rangers@salford.gov.uk

Week Two – Live Green

Monday 17th February

Vintage clothing fair

Location: Northside, University House

Time: 10am – 5pm


Tuesday 18th February

Litter pick

Join us with the help of Salford Litter Heroes to clean up our campus! We will focus on litter picking David Lewis Playing Fields.

Location: Meet outside the front entrance of University House

Time: 12 – 1pm


Wednesday 19th February

Tree planting at David Lewis

Working with City of Trees, we need your help to plant 750 trees on David Lewis Playing Fields! Come along to the morning or afternoon session, or both if you can. Please wear suitable clothing as you may get a little muddy!

Location: David Lewis Playing Fields

Time: We will run two tree planting sessions at 10-12 and 1-3pm


Thursday 20th February

Tree planting at Crescent Meadows

City of Trees and Peel Park are joining forces to plant 250 trees on Crescent Meadows. This is a great chance to explore the Meadows if you have crossed over the bridge yet.

Location: Meet at Park Keeper’s base at the back of Maxwell building

Time: 1-3pm

Week Three – Work Green

Monday 24th February

MCUK Recycling Roadshow

The Environmental Sustainability Team will be sharing information about how to recycle right, with games and quizzes and prizes to be won!

Location: MediaCity buidling foyer

Time: 10am – 3:30pm


Tuesday 25th February

Bike maintenance workshop

Led by qualified mechanics, this basic cycle maintenance starter course will give you the knowledge to check your bike is safe to ride and enable you to cope if you have a problem whilst out and about. It is best to bring your own bike but let us know if you need one providing. Arranged via Transport for Greater Manchester.

Location: Northside, University House – use the new entrance at the back

Time: 1:30 – 3:30pm

Booking required – contact Neva: N.Mowl@Salford.ac.uk


Pancake Pop Up

Salfood will be serving up pancakes at their street food trailer on Shrove Tuesday, featuring fair trade caramelised bananas, using fair trade brown sugar.

Location: Salfood trailer, Chapman Square

Time: 11-2


Wednesday 26th February

Hedgelaying

Join the Peel Park Keeper and join in with some hedge laying. Please wear suitable clothing and footwear for the task and weather.

Location: Meet at the Park Keeper’s Base, behind Maxwell building

Time: 12:30 – 3:30pm


Thursday 27th February

Maxwell Recycling Roadshow

The Environmental Sustainability Team will be sharing information about how to recycle right, with games and quizzes and prizes to be won!

Location: Maxwell foyer

Time: 10am – 4pm

Week Four: Eat Green

Monday 2nd March

Allerton Recycling Roadshow

The Environmental Sustainability Team will be sharing information about how to recycle right, with games and quizzes and prizes to be won!

Location: Allerton foyer

Time: 10am – 4pm


Plantilicious Pop Up

Salfood will be launching a new range of ‘Plantilicious’ foods and during Eat Green week will be supplying samples of these dishes and featuring them on their menus throughout campus. ‘Plantilicious’ are meat free meals and snacks using responsibly sourced products and plant based recipes.

Location: Allerton

Time: 11:30am – 1pm


Tuesday 3rd March

Fairtrade Fun

Fairtrade changes the way trade works through better prices for the consumers, decent working conditions and most importantly a fairer deal for farmers and workers in developing countries. Treat yourself and cycle up a delicious free smoothie using Fairtrade bananas. 

Location: Maxwell foyer

Time: 10am – 4pm


Plantilicious Pop Up

Salfood will be launching a new range of ‘Plantilicious’ foods and during Eat Green week will be supplying samples of these dishes and featuring them on their menus throughout campus. ‘Plantilicious’ are meat free meals and snacks using responsibly sourced products and plant based recipes.

Location: Maxwell

Time: 11:30am – 1pm


Wednesday 4th March

Peel Park Health Walk

A lunchtime walk followed by a brew. Occurs every Wednesday.

Location: Meet at the Park Keeper’s Base, behind Maxwell building

Time: 12:15 – 12:45pm


Plantilicious Pop Up

Salfood will be launching a new range of ‘Plantilicious’ foods and during Eat Green week will be supplying samples of these dishes and featuring them on their menus throughout campus. ‘Plantilicious’ are meat free meals and snacks using responsibly sourced products and plant based recipes.

Location: Allerton

Time: 11:30am – 1pm


Thursday 5th March

Fairtrade Fun

Fairtrade changes the way trade works through better prices for the consumers, decent working conditions and most importantly a fairer deal for farmers and workers in developing countries. Treat yourself and cycle up a delicious free smoothie using Fairtrade bananas. 

Location: Clifford Whitworth Library

Time: 10am – 3:30pm


Plantilicious Pop Up

Salfood will be launching a new range of ‘Plantilicious’ foods and during Eat Green week will be supplying samples of these dishes and featuring them on their menus throughout campus. ‘Plantilicious’ are meat free meals and snacks using responsibly sourced products and plant based recipes.

Location: Maxwell

Time: 11:30am – 1pm


DSAS Quiz – Sustainability Special

Quiz Teams of up to 6 people are welcome to take part in this sustainability special of the DSAS quiz, hosted by Harry Cannell with Evie Adams.

No need to pre-register all you need is the SpeedQuizzing App on your phone (one per team).

Location: Atmosphere Bar, University House

Time: 5pm-7:30pm

Cost: £3 per team


Friday 6th March

Plantilicious Pop Up

Salfood will be launching a new range of ‘Plantilicious’ foods and during Eat Green week will be supplying samples of these dishes and featuring them on their menus throughout campus. ‘Plantilicious’ are meat free meals and snacks using responsibly sourced products and plant based recipes.

Location: Allerton

Time: 11:30am – 1pm


Litter jog

Location: Meet at Sports centre

Time: 1pm – 1:45pm

Sustainability Awards 2019

On Monday 25th November, staff and students came together to celebrate sustainability achievements at the University. This included the awards for our sustainability accreditation scheme, Green Impact. The change and engagement programme helps people understand sustainability, advises them what they can do to make a difference and supports them in achieving positive actions in a simple, fun and flexible way.

This is the fifth time we have run the Green Impact programme here at University of Salford and this year we have had 12 enthusiastic staff teams actively participate, collectively completing 732 sustainable actions!  It’s estimated that 1,356 people have been reached by the messages from Green Impact teams this year. If they all took on the sustainability actions we’ve been championing, it’s estimated that we could save the carbon equivalent to 23 average households’ yearly carbon footprint!

During the event, SALFOOD provided an exciting array of vegan delights, including edible cabbage bowls, chocolate pebbles and pickled cauliflower stalks.

Lord Keith Bradley, Chair of Council, presented Green Impact teams with their awards and we also celebrated the achievements of the Estates & Facilities Division in achieving ISO 14001 and ISO 50001 certification. We also achieved Green Flag Award accreditation in July so to celebrate this we raised our Green Flag outside of The Old Fire Station.

The Green Impact 2019 winners are:

Vice-Chancellor’s Office Green Team – Bronze
THINKlab – Silver
The Green Crescent – Gold
Peel Green Team – Platinum
School of Health and Society – Silver
USSU – Silver
USSU Catering – Gold
SALFOOD Catering – Platinum
The Green Machine – Silver
Cockcroft Labs Green Team – Gold
Joule House – Platinum
The Green Library – Platinum

Special awards

The special awards recognise and reward the important innovative work that teams have implemented and celebrate those individuals who are driving change and going beyond the standard toolkit actions. The winners of these awards will be entered the national Green Impact Special Awards which are announced each summer.

Innovation for Engagement – Peel Green Team
Environmental Improvement – SALFOOD Catering
Community Action – Joule House
Student Leadership – Stuart Robertson
Sustainability Hero – Manisha Patel

Thank you to all Green Impact participants and to those involved with the awards ceremony. We will be relaunching Green Impact in 2020; if you would like to set up a team in your area, whether it be your office, floor, building or whole School or department, then please get in touch with Neva: N.Mowl@Salford.ac.uk.

To view more photos from the event visit our Facebook page

Go Green Salford 2019

From Monday 11th February – Friday 8th March a whole range of activities and events are planned for Go Green Salford.

  • Week one: Live Green
  • Week two: Work Green
  • Week three: Think Green
  • Week four: Eat Green

Working in collaboration with the Students’ Union, DSAS Events and Peel Park Rangers we will be running a series of activities to raise awareness of sustainability issues and provide opportunities for you to get involved and take action. Activities are open to all staff and students at the University and you can find all the details below.

Monday 11th February

Wildlife Conference

To kick start Go Green Salford, the Wildlife Society will be hosting an evening of wildlife. The conference will include guest speakers including Dr Paul Rees (senior lecture in wildlife), Brian Ashworth (Lancashire Wildlife Trust), Jess Britch (Salford Rangers), Harry Handford and Thomas Gascoine (Blackpool Zoo).

Along with free tea/coffee and biscuits, we are raising money by selling vegan cupcakes and there will also be donation buckets.

Location: Chapman 2

Time: 6.30pm – 10pm

Price: £2.50 for society members | £5.00 for general public

Wednesday 13th February

Green House Green Home: registration required

Paying too much for your energy bills? Nervous about your energy costs next year?

Whether you’re currently living in rented accommodation or moving into rented accommodation next year, this training is for you! The training covers practical advice on ways to minimise your energy bills and the rights you have as a tenant. It will be a fun, interactive session with the opportunity to meet new people and share experiences and ideas.

Location: Lewis Latimer Room, University House

Time: 1-hour sessions at 12pm, 1:30pm, 3pm and 4:30pm

Register your FREE place online now on Advantage: bit.ly/2Rxk7cp

Housing Fair

Looking for accomodation for 2019/2020? The SU’s first housing fair will include accomodation and housing agencies from accross Salford to advertise their accomodation.

You can find out more at https://www.salfordstudents.com/articles/housing-fair-be6d

Location: North Side, University House

Time: 12pm – 4pm

Thursday 14th February

Dr Bike Services

TfGM are offering a FREE bike maintenance check to University of Salford students and staff. Each booking will be allocated a 15 minute session, however, spaces are limited so contact Neva to book in advance!

Location: University house

Time: 1pm – 3pm

Book your space by emailing N.Mowl@salford.ac.uk

Friday 15th February

We Strike for Climate change

Millions of young people are waking up to the fact that we have to act now to avert the worst effects of climate breakdown, from the school strikers in Australia to Greta Thunberg, they are joining their voices in protest. We will be joining up with other strikers of all ages around the UK on the 15th February in Manchester. We will stand in solidarity with young people around the world asking for climate justice. 

Location: St Peters Square

Time: 12pm

Feel Good Friday

Every friday we will be out and about on campus, talking to staff and students and snapping pictures of you with your sustainable pledges for our Twitter campaign. Come and tell us your sustainable New Year’s Resolution or send us a Tweet and a lucky winner will be chosen from our Twitter uploads, winning a chocolate treat or a reusable mug. Last year we had some great pledges from both students and staff including cycling more often, reducing plastic use and eating more organic food.

Sunday 17th February

Uni-Cycle Shop

The Pop-up Shop will be on main campus everyday for 2 weeks.

Uni-Cycle is a social enterprise, non-profit organisation. Set up in 2014 and since then has reclaimed over 30 tonnes of reusable waste from both University of Manchester and University of Salford therefore diverting this all from landfill. Although the items collected are someone’s waste, there is nothing wrong with them and they are perfectly suitable for reuse. The reclaimed waste are high quality items ranging from brand new shoes and clothes, unused saucepans to larger electrical items including printers and hair straighteners. They have also donated over 0.5 tonnes of quality goods to British Heart Foundation and The Salvation Army to sell in their shops. Any items in the shop are sold to new and returning students at low and reasonable prices.

For more information, you can find Uni-Cycle on:
Facebook: unicyclemcr
Twitter: @uni_cycl
Instagram: unicyclemcr

Monday 18th February

Pop-up Guilt Free Groceries shop

Visit the Zero Waste Shop and buy your groceries completely package free.

Location: Atmosphere Cafe, University House.

Time: 10am – 4pm

SDG Teach in

The Teach in calls upon educators across all stages of education to pledge to include the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within their teaching, learning, and assessment of their course(s)/ in their classrooms during the week of the 18-22 February 2019.

SDGs comprise of 17 goals including ‘No Poverty’, ‘Gender Equality’ and ‘Climate Action’. You can view all the goals online at https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgs

Pledge to include the Sustainable Development Goals in your teaching via https://sustainability.nus.org.uk/sdgteachin/pledge

Travel Survey

Come and speak to the Environmental Sustainability Team about how you travel to the University and complete our survey to be in with a chance to win a £100 shopping voucher. Alternatively, fill in the survey below:

Staff: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/UniSalfordStaff
Students: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/UniSalfordStudent

Location: University House Foyer

Energy House Tour

A unique opportunity for a behind the scenes tour around Energy House – the only fully climate controlled research facility in the world. Built in 2011, this full sized two bedroom terraced house is built inside an environmental chamber and can replicate almost any weather conditions. It is fully furnished and packed with a vast array of sensors that can monitor a wide range of variables throughout the house and chamber. Max 12 people – first come first served.

Location: meet outside Cockcroft

Time: 12pm

Tuesday 19th February

Big DSAS Tidy Up

Come along and help improve your community and the environment by helping us to tidy up Peel Park and the University. Litter pickers, gloves and bin bags will be provided.

Location: Meet outside Maxwell Building

Time: 12pm



Wednesday 20th February

DSAS Walks

Part of the regular DSAS walking groups, this event is aimed at staff and students to have a leisurely walk around peel park and surrounding area.

Location: Meet outside University House for 12pm and Maxwell at 1pm.

Hedge Laying Training

Come and learn the skills you need to lay a hedge on this training day. This training is free, to encourage people to join in with volunteering on the park. Refreshments included but please bring a packed lunch.

Location: Peel Park Base at the rear of Maxwell Building down the ramp.

Time: 9:30am – 3pm

Book: Due to limited spaces it essential that you book via https://www.peelparksalford.info/events/taster-task-day-hedge-laying-training/

Energy House Tour

A unique opportunity for a behind the scenes tour around Energy House – the only fully climate controlled research facility in the world. Built in 2011, this full sized two bedroom terraced house is built inside an environmental chamber and can replicate almost any weather conditions. It is fully furnished and packed with a vast array of sensors that can monitor a wide range of variables throughout the house and chamber. Max 12 people – first come first served.

Location: Meet outside Cockcroft

Time: 12pm

Thursday 21st February

Recycling Roadshow – Maxwell

Find us at Maxwell reception for the first leg of our Recycling Roadshow where we will be testing your knowledge on recycling with prizes to be won!

Location: Maxwell reception

Time: 10am – 4pm

Greenpower Society

This Society is taking part in the Greenpower Electric Car Challenge! The Greenpower team design and build single-seat electric cars to race in events across the UK! Come down and find out more!

Location: Front of University House

Time: TBC

Friday 22nd February

AAVT Vehicle demostration 

The AAVT ‘Automotive and Autonomous Vehicle Technology’ car with Staff  will to be outside the Student Union. Showing off the latest ICZ technology.

Location: Front of University House

Time: TBC

Monday 25th February

Recycling Roadshow – Media City

For our second stop, we will be quizzing the students of Media City on their recycling knowledge!

Location: Media City reception

Time: 10am – 4pm

Film @ 5: Blue Planet 2

David Attenborough returns to the world’s oceans in this sequel to the acclaimed documentary filming rare and unusual creatures of the deep, as well as documenting the problems our oceans face. Two Episodes will be shown: One Ocean and Our Blue Planet.

Location: North Side, University House

Time: 5pm

Atmosphere Quiz – Go Green edition

Test your knowledge at this fun interactive quiz!! Take part using your smart phone or tablet with our fantastic speedquizzing software and be in with a chance to win a bar voucher worth up to £20!! It’s Go Green Month so expect some themed questions! Special offers on the night include buy one get one free on all Burgers! Entry is free so why not join us!

Location: Atmosphere bar

Time: 8pm

Tuesday 26th February

Green Campus Group

We have established a Green Campus Group to share information and engage with the University community about the current and future/potential use of outside spaces at the University of Salford, as well as how they will and could be developed and enhanced.

Location: Rosa Parks room, University House

Time: 2:30pm – 3:30pm

Register for free at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/green-campus-group-tickets-55404116203

Film @ 5: The Inconvenient Truth

Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim follows Al Gore on the lecture circuit, as the former presidential candidate campaigns to raise public awareness of the dangers of global warming and calls for immediate action to curb its destructive effects on the environment.

Location: North side, University House

Time: 5pm

Wednesday 27th February

Peel Park Health Walk

‘Break Out’ get away from your desk, get moving and enjoy some time out of the office or lecture theatre. Have a walk and talk, meet new people, get some fresh air and enjoy some greenspace. No need to book on, just turn up! Please wear suitable clothing for the weather and flat grippy shoes or trainers. Bring a bottle of water.

Location: Meet outside the Park Keepers base behind Maxwell

Time: 12:30pm – 1pm

Film @ 5: Planet Earth 2: Islands and Cities

David Attenborough returns in this breathtaking documentary showcasing life on Planet Earth.

Location: North Side, University House

Time: 5pm

Thursday 28th February

Bike Maintenance

TfGM have arranged a maintenance training session with an expert instructor. Bring your bike along and learn how to conduct safety checks and maintenance for free! Limited spaces therefore booking is essential.

Location: University House

Time: 10am – 12pm

Book: Contact Neva on N.Mowl@salford.ac.uk

FrED Talks/Brutally Honest Conversations

‘What is the impact universities have and what can they do about it?’

Join us for four 10min FRED Talks ‘Friendly Earth Discussions’ followed by an open ‘Brutally Honest Conversation’ about current Campus and Environmental Issues. Guest representatives will include senior Univeristy staff, Academic staff, student groups, UoM Representative, MMU Representative and student officers.

Questions for the Brutally Honest Conversation can be submitted to Evie Adams via: ussu-vpst@salford.ac.uk

Location: North Side, University House

Time: 5:30pm – 8pm

Monday 4th March

Salfood Sustainability Commitment

Meat Free Mondays

Cutting out meat for just one day a week is a great way to improve both your health and the planets health! Find out more about the Meat Free campaign at https://www.meatfreemondays.com/

Recycling Roadshow – Allerton

For the final leg of the tour we will be stopping off at Allerton where we will be testing your knowledge on recycling with prizes to be won!

Location: Allerton

Time: 10am – 4pm

Tuesday 5th March

Eat Green Cakes

As part of Eat Green week, up until Thursday 7th March Salfood are offering ‘Plant Powered Treats’

Fairtrade Fun

Fairtrade changes the way trade works through better prices for the consumers, decent working conditions and most importantly a fairer deal for farmers and workers in developing countries. Treat yourself and cycle up a delicious free smoothie using Fairtrade bananas.  Make your own banana smoothie using only the power of a bike!

Location: Clifford Whitworth

Time: 10am – 4pm

Wednesday 6th March

Peel Park Health Walk

‘Break Out’ get away from your desk, get moving and enjoy some time out of the office or lecture theatre. Have a walk and talk, meet new people, get some fresh air and enjoy some greenspace. No need to book on, just turn up! Please wear suitable clothing for the weather and flat grippy shoes or trainers. Bring a bottle of water.

Location: Meet outside the Park Keepers base behind Maxwell

Time: 12:30pm – 1pm

Thursday 7th March

Veggie Thursday

As part of National Veggie Month! Come down to Atmosphere for 50% off all of our veggie options!

Fairtrade Fun

Fairtrade changes the way trade works through better prices for the consumers, decent working conditions and most importantly a fairer deal for farmers and workers in developing countries. Treat yourself and cycle up a delicious free smoothie using Fairtrade bananas.  Make your own banana smoothie using only the power of a bike!

Location: Maxwell

Time: 10am- 4pm

Business Ethics and Sustainability and CelebrateUoS2gether

The Environmental Sustainability Team have been working with the Business School on the Business Ethics and Sustainability module, which reaches around 350 students every academic year. Bec Bennett and Romas Malevicius delivered a workshop about the successful collaboration at the recent EAUC conference and the team received a Vice-Chancellor’s Teaching Award for the module. We have now also found out that the module has been nominated in the ‘Next generation learning and skills’ category at this year’s Green Gown Awards!

The module provides a real-world student learning experience, in line with the ICZ strategy, by partnering with the Social Enterprise Visits Initiative (SEVI) and the UoS Environmental Sustainability Team (EST). Bec Bennett, Environmental Sustainability Officer, delivers guest lectures that provide the foundation on how UoS is trying to be more sustainable and what the main challenges are. This provides an excellent opportunity for the EST to deliver information on environmental management at the University such as waste and recycling and provides a barometer of awareness to measure changes in knowledge and attitudes. Future plans for the module include involving the whole EST in delivery of lectures.

A fundamental feature of the module is the development of a group assessment that enables students to participate in The Best Sustainability Project Idea competition. Students have to critically assess how the University is addressing one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and identify the main strengths and weaknesses of how the UoS is tackling that SDG. Based on their analysis, students present recommendations and a project plan, which would assist the University in tackling the selected SDG in the future. The students’ suggestions are valuable in identifying opportunities and supporting business cases for improvements. These opportunities are considered and prioritised within the University’s Environmental and Energy Management System risk and opportunity process.

Students investigate and select one local charity that they would like to support and incorporate in their presentation. The best presentation has a chance to win a monetary price that will be donated to the selected charity. The winners of The Best Sustainability Project Idea are announced at the end of every semester where students meet with their charities and pass on their donation.

The delivery of teaching has a combination of pedagogical approaches including workshops, guest talks and field trips to social enterprises with a keen focus on the skills and knowledge that are vital for professional practice and employability.

Green Impact awards 2018

For the 2018 Green Impact Awards we joined forces with the Business School’s Business Ethics and Sustainability Awards, holding a collaborative sustainability showcase ‘Celebrate UoS2gether‘ on 4th December. 

We relaunched Green Impact for 2018-19 and celebrated the achievements of teams who had taken part in the 2017-18 cycle of the programme. 

We celebrated the twelve enthusiastic staff teams from across the University who actively participated in Green Impact, and who collectively completed over 600 sustainable actions, as well as some really interesting in-depth projects. Over 25 students also took part in the programme as Green Impact Auditors. 

The winners are:

Bronze

  • MediaCityUk
  • School of Environment and Life Sciences Labs

Silver

  • HR & Finance
  • The University of Salford Students’ Union
  • School of Health and Society
  • The Green Machine
  • SALFOOD Catering
  • The University of Salford Students’ Union Catering

Gold

  • The Green Library

Platinum

  • Joule House
  • School of Environment and Life Sciences

We also had a number of special awards, the winners of which received an award made from wood from the old velodrome at the National Cycling Centre in Manchester following its refurbishment. The awards were made by a charity called Touch Wood, who are part of Emerge. We then worked with Aidan Dunbar from the Maker Space to engrave the awards using a laser cutter.

Innovation for Engagement

The Green Library

The team carried out a project to promote Plastic Free July, with the aim of encouraging students and staff to reduce their use of single use plastics, sharing pledges on social media to then further influence others. Staff were encouraged to make their pledges on the Library’s Workplace, with The Library’s Leadership Team being approached to request that they demonstrate their support for the project by making their own pledges, which they did.

Students were approached in the Library and encouraged to make a pledge on a mini whiteboard to reduce their use of plastic. These were photographed and shared on Twitter and Instagram via the Library’s account. Students who took part were given a reusable water bottle as a way of thanks.

Pledges included using reusable drink bottles and coffee cups to switching to recyclable bamboo toothbrushes and the team plan to run the project again next year and will continue to promote the issue to students and staff. So a great project that engaged staff and students with a very topical sustainability issue and one that can be easily replicated by other teams -thank you and well done.

Community Action

The Green Machine

The Green Machine were nominated for this award by their student auditors, who felt that their clear use of posters as well as their engagement with the public through social media has shown that they want the public to follow their lead in becoming more sustainable. They sell towels and reusable bottles to reduce waste, which have really taken off with the members using the facilities. Overall they have a lot of contact with not just students but with members of the public, which means that they have a large influence and impact on wider audiences, and the auditors felt that the team used this opportunity to engage all members of the community that use the Sports Centre, with information and opportunities to reduce their environmental impact.

Environmental Improvement

School of Environment and Life Sciences

The nomination was specifically for their project to improve people’s spaces and enhance wellbeing by the provision of office plants in bright ceramic pots, going beyond the toolkit action to have one natural pot plant per five desk-based employees. Plants were chosen to be easy to keep ad they also specifically chose plants like spider plants and peace lilies that clean air and help alleviate indoor air quality issues associated with offices and computers. They gave out over 30 plants and staff were really happy and lots of positive feedback was received. They also added art work to Cockcroft to brighten up areas that were less appropriate for plants.

The team have also made a range of other great environmental improvements through their other projects , including their plastic reduction project which involved purchasing ceramic mugs and metal spoons for the school to replace the use of plastic ones, encouraging staff to bring their own mugs to school congress, changing gifts at open days to reusable water bottles, using biodegradable balloons and paper string at graduation and change disposable bench covers in the labs to reusable washable silicon bench mats.

They also set up a print reduction working group, which amongst other things, has resulted in a trial for electronic submission for final year dissertation projects for a subset of their students, with the aim to roll this out to all students next year.

Student Leadership Award

Evie Adams

Evie was not only nominated by her colleagues at the Students’ Union, but also by another team. In her role as Science and Technology Sabbatical Officer for USSU, Evie has spear headed a major campaign across campus for reusable coffee cups – linking into the current gumdrop recycling project that had been established by the estates department.

The project involved working with Gumdrop to produce branded reusable coffee cups partly made from recycled chewing gum, which is collected on campus in the pink gumdrop bins, therefore forming a closed loop recycling system. The campaign will reduce the use of disposable coffee cups on campus and beyond, with the library also purchasing cups to give to new students.

The SU sell the cups in Atmosphere for £4 with marginal profit to ensure the cups are affordable to students. This complements a 25p “tax” won single use cups. If customers don’t have a reusable cup (of any type) they will be charged 25p.  

From September – November 43% of their hot drink sales were served in reusable cups, a fantastic achievement. Evie has more sustainable ideas and we look forward to working with her on upcoming projects.

Sustainability Hero

Hazel Palmer, Joule House

Hazel has encouraged colleagues to contribute ideas and take their sustainability mind-set home with them and provided the department with an insight into the critical awareness of the environmental, technical, economic and social factors influencing the sustainable management of energy and environmental resources. Using negotiation, persuasion, encouragement and chocolatey based bribes more of her team are cycling to work, utilising communal recycling points, switching off radiators, monitors and PC’s, reducing printing costs and switching to telephone/video conferencing.

Hazel has proven to colleagues that by making small differences in their working practices and behaviours the impact is significant in reducing the overall energy of the department. Sustainability is not about one person, it’s about creating a culture that anyone can be part of, and Hazel has been instrumental in sharing her enthusiasm with colleagues so that they too are embracing the green agenda.

You can view photos from the event on our Facebook page.

Go Green Salford 2018

From Monday 12th February – Friday 9th March we will be running a series of free events and activities around the University for Go Green Salford.

We have planned a whole range of activities to raise awareness of sustainability issues and provide opportunities for you to get involved and take action. Activities are open to all staff and students at the University and you can find all the details below.

Monday 12th February

Meat Free Monday 11.30-1.30pm

Having less meat in your diet can improve your health and helps to reduce the negative environmental impacts of eating meat, slowing climate change and preserving natural resources.

Join Salfood for their Meat Free Monday pop up at Maxwell Foyer. They will provide range of tasty veggie dishes to sample for just £1.00 a pot along with some freebie healthy snacks.

The Green Tea 2 – 3.30pm

Come and meet the Environmental Sustainability Team and find out more about their work and how you can make an impact. Share your views on what you think we should be doing in different areas of sustainability, whilst enjoying some hot drinks and cake.

Booking is required, click here to find out more about the event and register your attendance.

Tuesday 13th February

Travel Green Tuesday

Travelling by sustainable modes reduces the impact we have on the global environment but also locally with regards to a reduction in air and noise emissions. We aim to reduce the number of single occupancy vehicle trips to and from the University, and promote sustainable modes of transport such as cycling, walking, public transport or car sharing.

Post your green journey selfie to @UoS_Sustain and be in with a chance to win a prize!

Wednesday 14th February PLEASE NOTE, THIS HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO A LATER DATE DUE TO THE BAD WEATHER, WE WILL UPDATE YOU SOON

Wildlife Wednesday 2-3pm

Come and explore the Castle Irwell Urban Wetland, a flood basin created to help reduce flood risk, but also a new habitat for urban wildlife.

Led by the Environment Agency, the Castle Irwell basin is a joint project with Salford City Council, the University of Salford and the local community, and is sited on the old student village, beside the River Irwell.

Join us for a walk around the new site and see what wildlife you can spot. Meet at the Littleton Road entrance at 2pm. Contact us for more information.

Thursday 15th February

Throw-less Thursday 11am-3pm

Here at the University of Salford we aim to get our staff and students to re-think before they throw, by reusing or recycling their waste, or even better reducing it!

Test your knowledge, get top tips on how to recycle right and improve your recycling skills with our game. Visit our stall at Maxwell Foyer and be in with a chance of winning a prize!

Friday 16th February

Feel Good Friday

Look out for the Environmental Sustainability Team on Feel Good Friday!

We will be out and about on campus, talking to staff and students and snapping pictures of you with your sustainable pledges for our Twitter campaign. Come and tell us your sustainable New Year’s Resolution or send us a Tweet and a lucky winner will be chosen from our Twitter uploads.

Peel Park Walk 12.30-2pm

The Peel Park Keeper has arranged a stroll through the park and local area, to enjoy the scenery, with refreshments provided. Come and spring into action, stretch your legs and enjoy the fresh air.

Booking required here.

Monday 19th – Friday 23rd February

SDG Teach-In week

Make your pledge for the NUS SDG Teach-In week to raise awareness of why the Sustainable Development Goals should be at the heart of further and higher education. Help catalyse the change needed to make this happen. Click here to make your Teach-In pledge.

Monday 19th February

Meat Free Monday

Tweet @UoS_Sustain a photo of your #meatfreemonday lunch or dinner and you could win a prize!

Tuesday 20th February

Travel Green Tuesday 12-2pm

It is important to get your bike serviced to improve its longevity and ensure it runs effectively to keep you safe on your daily commute. Get your bike serviced free of charge by Dr. Bike, via TfGM. Book in your 15 minute slot by emailing Neva.

Wednesday 21st February

Wildlife Wednesday 12-3.30pm

Join our Environmental Sustainability Team for our Wildlife Wednesday theme and build bug hotels using reused items. You could make a home for solitary bees, lacewings or ladybirds.  Join in with the fun, our stall will be located by the SU foyer area.

Thursday 22nd February

Throw-less Thursday 11am-3pm

Take part in our Throw-less Thursday quiz and recycling game to test your knowledge. Drop into our stall at Allerton, take part and you could win a sustainable themed prize!

Friday 23rd February

Feel Good Friday

The Team will be out and about again collecting sustainable pledges from you and giving out a prize at the end of the day!

 Monday 26th February

Meat Free Monday 11.30am – 1.30pm

Salfood will be hosting a Meat Free Monday popup at Allerton foyer area. Come and enjoy some veggie treats for just £1.00 a pot, along with some freebie healthy snacks.

Tuesday 27th February

Travel Green Tuesday 12-2pm

We have organised a bike maintenance training session with TfGM. This session will provide a hands on experience led by an expert instructor. Bring your bike along and learn how to do safety checks and maintenance. This session is free of charge and will take place in Peel LG14, booking is required via Eventbrite.

Wednesday 28th February

Fairtrade Film screening 1-3pm

We will be hosting a film screening for Fairtrade as part of Fairtrade Fortnight. There will also be a presentation and an open discussion with refreshments provided. Join us at Newton 234 for the screening, booking required here.

Thursday 1st March

Throw-less Thursday 11-3pm

We will be hosting our Throw-less Thursday at Media City foyer. Join the team and get involved in our recycling quiz and game. You’ll be in with a chance to win a sustainability themed prize!

Friday 2nd March

Feel Good Friday

Keep an eye out for us around campus and come and share your sustainable pledge to be in with a chance of winning a prize!

Monday 5th March

Peel Park Volunteers 12:30-2:30pm

Make a difference by volunteering and join the Park Keeper in Peel Park to obtain a hands on experience with some practical tasks. Enjoy, chat and exchange skills. Equipment and refreshments will be provided. Booking is required here.  Be sure to wear suitable clothing and footwear.

Tuesday 6th March

The Big DSAS Tidy Up 10-11.30am / Craft Session 2-3pm

Come and pitch in for the community and the environment by litter picking. DSAS will be hosting a litter pick session in the morning, followed by a craft session in the afternoon where you can see what you can create with waste!

Meet outside New Adelphi café.

Wednesday 7th March

Greenpower Electric Car Challenge Launch 9.30am-1pm

The University of Salford will be participating in the Greenpower Electric Car Challenge, and are holding a launch event in the New Adelphi Theatre. At the launch you will hear from the ICZ Director of Engineering & Environments and top industry professionals from Prodrive, Siemens and Jaguar Land Rover about how the scheme operates and how and why to get involved.

For further information and registration see Eventbrite.

Thursday 8th March

Fairtrade Fun 11am-3pm

Fairtrade changes the way trade works through better prices for the consumers, decent working conditions and most importantly a fairer deal for farmers and workers in developing countries.

Treat yourself and cycle up a delicious free smoothie using Fairtrade fruits. Join us at Maxwell foyer.

Friday 9th March

Feel Good Friday

Find us around the university campus, get your picture taken with your sustainable pledges for our Twitter campaign. Make your sustainable pledge for the rest of the year and a winner will be selected for a prize!

 

For more information about any of the events, please contact Neva Mowl.

Green Impact awards celebrate our sustainability achievements

On Monday 12th June we gathered at The Old Fire Station to celebrate the achievements of teams who have taken part in the 2016-17 cycle of Green Impact at the University of Salford.

We have had 12 enthusiastic staff teams from across the University actively participating in Green Impact this cycle and they have completed nearly 600 sustainable actions! Over 40 students were also involved with the programme, either as Project Assistants, supporting teams, or as auditors – checking the team’s evidence after they submit their toolkits.

This is the third time we have run Green Impact at the University of Salford, and looking at the three years together we have had a total of 38 teams participate, 100 students have been involved and 1550 actions completed.

Before the ceremony guests were treated to a delicious vegan and vegetarian lunch from SALFOOD. They also participated in activities, including ‘play your eco cards right’ and making bug hotels from plastic bottles, whilst listening to live music performed by the Athena Brass Ensemble.

During the ceremony we heard from Bec Bennett, Environmental Sustainability Officer; Vice Chancellor Professor Helen Marshall; Romas Malevicius from Salford Business School and Paul Dennett, Salford City Mayor. Neva Mowl, who managed the scheme this year presented the awards which were given out by the Vice Chancellor and City Mayor. The winners are listed below:

Working Towards Bronze

  • Green SBS
  • MediaCityUK

Bronze

  • Salford Students’ Union

Silver

  • Carbon Hydrant, The Old Fire Station Team
  • Salford Students’ Union Catering
  • The Green Crescent

Gold

  • IT Services
  • Joule House
  • SALFOOD
  • The Green Library
  • The Landscape Division

Platinum

  • HR & Finance

We had a number of special awards, the winners of which were also entered into the NUS’ National Green Impact awards:

Sustainability Hero 

Andrew Deeny, SALFOOD Executive Chef.

Innovation for Engagement 

HR & Finance.

Environmental Improvement 

The Green Library.

Community Action 

Joule House.

Student Leadership  

Lauren Moore, The Green Library team.

On Tuesday 20th June the HR and Finance team won the national Innovation for Engagement award for their online sustainability self-assessment tool. Try it yourself to find our if you a green zero or a green hero.

Thank you to everyone who took part in Green Impact and to all those involved with the awards ceremony. If you would like to find out more about Green Impact and sustainability at the University, please contact Neva or Bec. To view photos from the event visit our Facebook page.

Joule House or Green House?

Building on practices embedded in the 2014-15 Green Impact, colleagues in Joule House are taking further steps to create a big impact. Once home to the Salfordian physicist James Joule Prescott, the Joule House team is committed to preserving its heritage in reducing energy inefficiency. Working within the confinements of the restrictions imposed on the department who are located in a grade listed building, Joule House is quickly turning GREEN. Utilising  communal recycling points, switching off radiators, monitors and PCs, reducing printing costs and switching to telephone/video conferences, the team are becoming more sustainable and working towards a common goal and encouraging best practice. Joule House are tacking this issue together with enthusiasm and turning Joule House into a Green House.

In the few months Joule House has been participating in Green Impact this year, staff are already reaping the rewards and as a result attitudes and behaviours are changing. Joule house powered through Power Week narrowly missing out on first place by 5 points. This is a true example of how the Joule House team is becoming a GREEN House. Their efforts don’t stop in the workplace, colleagues’ are integrating sustainability into their personal lives in an effort to support the wider agenda.

A Joule House colleague commented “We should celebrate these achievements, but remind ourselves this is the beginning of the journey and a lot of effort is still needed to become a truly sustainable division with a positive environmental impact.”

The Joule House team are embracing the Green Impact agenda and strengthening the nature of the building. By embedding these practices Joule House is adding real value to the environmental efforts and in turn contributing to the University’s green agenda.  Colleagues are making small differences in their working practices, and together the Joule House team is fast becoming a Green House.

Article written by the Joule House Green Impact team.

 

Blackout 2017

On Friday 10th March staff and students gathered together to take part in the National Union of Students’ Blackout campaign. After a brief training session and donning their Blackout t-shirts, the volunteers split into teams and went to audit non-essential lights and equipment in their allocated areas. The teams noted down the total number of each type of equipment and the number left on unnecessarily, whilst also switching off certain items such as lights and computer monitors.

Over the evening the volunteers audited Maxwell, Gilbert Rooms, Peel, Newton, Allerton, Crescent House and The Old Fire Station. If you work in one of these buildings you may have found a note on your desk or under your door thanking you for switching off or reminding you to power down at the end of the day. After the audits the teams returned to Atmosphere café where they were rewarded for their efforts with pizzas and drinks.

Analysis of the data collected shows that 35% of computers, 30% of monitors, 15% of projectors and 37% of manual lights were left on unnecessarily in the areas audited. Assuming that this is the case across the whole University, there are opportunities to save £72,869.60 and 393,931 kilograms of CO2 a year if these computers and monitors were switched off over weekends. That’s the equivalent of emissions from 83 passenger cars driven for one year! Savings would be even greater if lights and other equipment were also taken into account and if items were switched off on weekday evenings too.

Thanks to all the staff and students that took part in the Blackout event and to everyone that regularly switches off non-essential items.

 

 

Go Green Salford

From Monday 13th February – Friday 10th March we will be running a series of free events and activities to raise awareness of sustainability issues and engage with the University community.

You can find details below of the activities planned so far and there will be further events announced soon. If you would like any more information please contact Neva Mowl or Bec Bennett.

Monday 13th February

Meat-free Monday – Tweet UoS_Sustain a photo of your #meatfreemonday lunch or dinner and you could win a prize!

Tuesday 14th February

Travel Tuesday – Tweet UoS_Sustain a photo of your green journey to or from work and you could win a prize!

8-10 am, Clifford Whitworth Bike shelter – Free Dr Bike maintenance by TfGM and bike security marking by the police.

11am-1pm, Peel Building- Bike maintenance workshop with TfGM – booking required here

Wednesday 15th February

Waste-not Wednesday – Clothes and accessories Swap-Shop, SU activities space (downstairs)

Bring along your unwanted but good quality clothing and accessories and swap them for other people’s old gems.

11-12:30 Drop off your clean, useable, good quality clothes and accessories at the SU Activities Space (downstairs). We will give you a token for each item you bring.

1-3pm Bring your tokens back to the Activities Space and browse the rails. One token = one new item.

No electronics, books, DVDs etc. please.

Thursday 16th February 

Throwback Thursday – we will be looking back at our previous sustainability work, keep an eye on twitter for videos and photos.

Friday 17th February

Feel good Friday – Tweet UoS_Sustain a photo of your sustainable #Randomactofkindness and you could win a prize!

2-3pm, New Adelphi – Green Impact Afternoon Tea – registration has now closed but do get in touch if you would like to know more about Green Impact.

Tuesday 28th February

11am-1pm, Peel Building- Bike maintenance workshop with TfGM – booking required here

Wednesday 1st March

11:30am, meet outside New Adelphi café – DSAS litter pick

Thursday 2nd March:

1pm, Maxwell Foyer – Lunchtime Walk, drop-in.

TfGM have organised a free walking event with a Lunchtime Led Walk, to encourage us to spring into action and stretch our legs.

The 30 minute circular led walk will be led by a local walking guide and will have a nature theme. Travel advisors will also be present, providing information and free goodies for those interested in walking.

Meet at Maxwell Foyer at 1pm; they will also be handing out travel plans from 12:30.

Friday 10th March

5-9pm, Atmosphere café –  Blackout – Join the campus ‘Blackout’ and help us see how much energy we can save, and get free dinner and a drink!

We will be running a major audit and switch-off event across the University as part of the National Union of Students’ Blackout campaign – and you can be involved!

Students and staff will gather at Atmosphere Café in University House at 5pm on Friday 10th March before splitting into teams and heading to their allocated buildings. Teams will audit all non-essential equipment that has been left on before the weekend, turn off selected equipment and leave reminders for equipment left on. We will then compare energy usage during the ‘Blackout’ with energy usage on a comparable weekend.

The primary goal of Blackout is to highlight and reduce our energy usage and it is also an opportunity to bring together students and staff – from across departments and disciplines – to deliver something positive for the University.

After the audit all volunteers will receive a free dinner and drink. If you are interested in volunteering then sign-up by Tuesday 28th February, or email Neva Mowl if you have any questions.

Find out more and sign-up here