Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=141920192497242#!/event.php?eid=193870603963444
Medway - Tuesday 8th Feb – Pilkington Atrium 12-2:30pm
Avery Hill - Wednesday 9th Feb – The Dome 12-2:30pm
Greenwich - Thursday 10th Feb – Queen Mary Undercroft 12-2:30pm
The concept of Green Week comes from a national group known as People & Planet who are infamous in the Higher Education sector for producing the Green League. People & Planet have student groups dotted all around the country at various different Universities and colleges and it would normally be the People & Planet society that would organise Green Week. At the University we do not have such a society yet so the Sustainability Team have taken it upon themselves to organise a Green Week for everyone who works or studies at the University. Hoorah!
As well as the fayre coming round to each campus we will be launching a Green Credits competition, poster competition and a logo competition and I will post details of those on here, there and elsewhere closer to Green Week.
For a summary of what is going on at each campus look below, most importantly though come along and find us!
Medway 8th February – Pilkington Atrium 12-2:30pm
The Pilkington building has the highest lunchtime footfall on the Medway Campus with a high number of students and staff expected to visit during the lunchtime period.
Stands:
Sustainability Team: The Sustainability Team will be on hand to promote the University’s efforts towards operating in a more sustainable manner. They will provide information on reducing the University’s carbon emissions, the Sustainability Champions Network, Green Impact, green travel, recycling and waste, biodiversity and will be on hand to answer questions you may have on these topics.
School of Engineering: The School of Engineering will be displaying bicycle powered generators and give people an opportunity to hop onto a bicycle and see how much effort it takes them to generate enough electricity to power everyday household items. Challenge a friend and see who can get closest to generating enough electricity to power a toaster!
Medway Exclusive: Green Energy Tour – Meet at the Green Week Fayre at 1pm to be taken round to see the green energy projects at the School of Engineering including the brand new solar wall!
Bywaters: Meet the University’s waste contractors and find out what and where you can recycle and what happens to your recycling when it leaves the University.
UMSA: The Universities at Medway Student Association have won awards for their environmental performance and they will be at Green Week to tell you how they have achieved them. They will also be getting recycling message across to the students on campus. Detailing the Part Time Carnivore campaign & how students/staff can get involved. Detailing the Degrees Cooler campaign & how students/staff can get involved. Highlighting local GREEN volunteering opportunities.
ABM: The Universities caterers are here to promote Fairtrade and Sustainable food and will have some delicious samples of locally grown apples, cheeses from local daries and cakes baked with fairtrade products. Here you can find out about the University's Fairtrade steering group and find out all about what has been done with Sustainable food as well.
ABM: The Universities caterers are here to promote Fairtrade and Sustainable food and will have some delicious samples of locally grown apples, cheeses from local daries and cakes baked with fairtrade products. Here you can find out about the University's Fairtrade steering group and find out all about what has been done with Sustainable food as well.
Information Library Systems: ILS are here to tell us about how we can use the University’s hi-tech videoconferencing facilities. Imagine if you didn’t have to spend hours driving up and down motorways, queuing for buses, cycling until you drop just to get to a meeting on another campus – well you don’t – come and find out why.
Avery Hill 9th February – The Dome 12-2:30pm
The Dome area is perfectly positioned to attract staff and students during lunchtime with the canteen, SU Shop and gym facilities converging on the space we will occupy.
Stands:
Sustainability Team: The Sustainability Team will be on hand to promote the University’s efforts towards operating in a more sustainable manner. They will provide information on reducing the University’s carbon emissions, the Sustainability Champions Network, Green Impact, recycling and waste, biodiversity and will be on hand to answer questions you may have on these topics.
School of Engineering: The School of Engineering will be displaying bicycle powered generators and give people an opportunity to hop onto a bicycle and see how much effort it takes them to generate enough electricity to power everyday household items. Challenge a friend and see who can get closest to generating enough electricity to power a toaster!
Bywaters: Meet the University’s waste contractors and find out what and where you can recycle and what happens to your recycling when it leaves the University.
Avery Hill Exclusive: WIN! Joanna Powell from the School of Architecture is running a rubbish competition to help you understand what recycling goes where!
Tapwater.org: The University of Greenwich has highly rated tap water supplies at every campus. Tapwater.org are here to tell us about the virtues of tap water, where you can re-fill your water bottle and how to get your hands on a lovely reusable bottle.
Information Library Systems: ILS are here to tell us about how we can use the University’s hi-tech videoconferencing facilities. Imagine if you didn’t have to spend hours driving up and down motorways, queuing for buses, cycling until you drop just to get to a meeting on another campus – well you don’t – come and find out why.
Green Travel & Transport: The transport team have a great idea to help all you drivers reduce your environmental impact, beat the petrol price hike, lower your parking costs all while making new friends and meeting people – car drivers can all 5hare benefits between them.
Greenwich Council: The local council are giving all cyclists a chance to get your bicycle a health check in the presence of Dr. Bike. The Doctor will be on hand to pump your tyres, adjust your brakes and get your riding position checked and adjusted all for FREE. They will be promoting green travel across the borough and be pushing the importance of the 2011 census.
Greenwich Campus 10th February – Queen Mary Undercroft 12-2:30pm
The Queen Mary Undercroft is a hive of activity during the lunchtime period with staff and students coming to enjoy the award winning food with a backdrop of Sir Christopher Wren’s Baroque masterpiece.
Stands:
Sustainability Team: The Sustainability Team will be on hand to promote the University’s efforts towards operating in a more sustainable manner. They will provide information on reducing the University’s carbon emissions, the Sustainability Champions Network, Green Impact, green travel, recycling and waste, biodiversity and will be on hand to answer questions you may have on these topics.
Greenwich Exclusive: Meet the Bees! Camilla Goddard will be taking staff and students to see the five new bee hives at the mausoleum. Come to the Undercroft for 1pm when Camilla will take the tour.
School of Engineering: The School of Engineering will be displaying bicycle powered generators and give people an opportunity to hop onto a bicycle and see how much effort it takes them to generate enough electricity to power everyday household items. Challenge a friend and see who can get closest to generating enough electricity to power a toaster!
Bywaters: Meet the University’s waste contractors and find out what and where you can recycle and what happens to your recycling when it leaves the University.
ABM: The Universities caterers are here to promote Fairtrade and Sustainable food and will have some delicious samples of locally grown apples, cheeses from local daries and cakes baked with fairtrade products. Here you can find out about the University's Fairtrade steering group and find out all about what has been done with Sustainable food as well.
Tapwater.org: The University of Greenwich has highly rated tap water supplies at every campus. Tapwater.org are here to tell us about the virtues of tap water, where you can re-fill your water bottle and how to get your hands on a lovely reusable bottle.
Information Library Systems: ILS are here to tell us about how we can use the University’s hi-tech videoconferencing facilities. Imagine if you didn’t have to spend hours driving up and down motorways, queuing for buses, cycling until you drop just to get to a meeting on another campus – well you don’t – come and find out why.
Greenwich Council: The local council are giving all cyclists a chance to get your bicycle a health check in the presence of Dr. Bike. The Doctor will be on hand to pump your tyres, adjust your brakes and get your riding position checked and adjusted all for FREE. They will be promoting green travel across the borough and be pushing the importance of the 2011 census.
Greenwich Cooperative and Development Agency: The local cooperative to Greenwich will be coming along to promote local food growing, catering, the food co-op and green business support for any environmentally friendly entrepreneurs.
ieeeGreen Student Society: The ieeeGreen Society will be at Greenwich looking for new recruits and explaining everything that they are doing. They have a very interesting website and blog that you can follow here: http://www.ieeegreen.org/
We should celebrate the environment week in the same way.
ReplyDeleteLets cheer for the go green life.
Celebrate life an an eco friendly way.
ReplyDeleteThanx for the share.