At the University of Salford, we are committed to building sustainable communities through engagement, partnerships and outreach. Our initiatives in Sustainable Communities are focused on creating a collaborative environment where sustainability becomes a shared responsibility and a source of inspiration for our community and beyond, through:
Nursing and Midwifery The introduction to the first handbook I read on Environmental Issues states: “In the education sector there is no shortage of lofty aspirations about the need to save the planet for future generations. The problem is that we are short of the kind of action that will deliver at the scale required” […]
The second cycle of Green Impact at Salford was another successful year. 15 teams from across the university successfully achieved an award level – Bronze, Silver, Gold or Platinum. Within the 15, we welcomed 8 new teams into the programme. Teams across the university have come in all shapes and sizes – some teams have […]
On Friday March 20th, seventy staff and student volunteers came together to audit and turn off unnecessary lights and equipment for the weekend as part of the National Union of Students’ Blackout campaign. It’s the first campus-wide energy audit the university has held for a number of years. Students met at the Atmosphere Café in […]
Alumni House: A Review of our Green Impact Year The team at Alumni House put together a great newsletter to celebrate their year with Green Impact – open and read the PDF below! Read the Alumni House Update here.
Arts and Media: Green Impact inspired more. On the 23rd of February 2015, the University of Salford launched the “Go Green Salford” in the foyer of Maxwell building. The Green Impact Assistants from Adelphi actively took part in the launch. We had the pedal powered bike for making smoothies, we had information about how #gogreensalford […]
Greening the Library! The Green Library team got together a little later than some teams (in February 2015) but is already well on the way to achieving the Bronze award (with even some completed actions in Silver and Gold too!). Our team is made up of 6 people from across the library service, all with […]
Helping the planet: reducing SURF’s food print As part of our efforts to try and improve our Green Impact, the SURF Centre is seeking to reduce our foodprint. The Greater Manchester Low Carbon Hub has recently commissioned a low carbon food report to try to understand and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from food consumption and […]
Welcome back staff and students to another big year at the University of Salford! The sustainability team have a number of exciting initiatives planned for this year including the university’s involvement in Green Impact for a second year. The team want to firstly say a big thank you to Charlie Spring for all the hard […]
We are very proud to announce that two of our Green Impact Award Winners have also been recognised at the national Green Impact Awards. Congratulations to the School of Computing, Science & Engineering’s Daniel Wadsworth, and undergraduate students Laura Reed and Callum Hill!
As part of this year’s University Day celebrations, our Special Awards winners were invited onto the stage to receive their recycled slate awards, marking a year of extra efforts towards making Salford and the wider community a greener place. Our award-winners were photographed with Martin Hall (see below), and Special Mention winners were given framed […]