Co-ordinated by the Earth Day Network, Earth Day has been running since 1970 (making this year its 50th anniversary!). Their mission is to drive positive environmental change through educating people across over 190 countries, supported by 75,000 partners. Earth Day has a history of making a difference. On its first event, 20 million Americans (10% […]
Emily Shipley, Environmental Communications & Engagement Assistant. Earth Hour is just one hour, annually, when the world can unite in its fight against climate change. The WWF have been running Earth Hour since its first lights-out event in Sydney, 2007. Since then, it has become the largest event of its kind, with millions of people […]
Unfortunately, due to the current situation with COVID-19 the BioBlitz events have been cancelled. We hope to rearrange in the future. Working with the Peel Park Ranger and UoS Wildlife Society, we are holding a BioBlitz. Various events will be running on Friday 27 and Saturday 28 March, including mammal trapping, a bat walk and bird walk. […]
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 […]
Co-op Young Members Group want 16-25 year olds to come and work with them to create a podcast looking at all things relating to ethics and sustainability, through the lens of young people. The Co-op Young Members Group is a group of 16-25 year olds from across the UK who represent young members within the Co-op […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
For three months Graduate Interns Ansar Ali, Assad Mahmood and Jasi Ahmed have worked with the Environmental Sustainability Team, supporting us with various activities, in particular the events for Go Green Salford. We would like to thank them for all of their hard work and enthusiasm, as well as the fresh ideas they have brought […]