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Elect your Ethical & Environmental Officer Paige Mcanearney MY TOP 3 GOALS
The Ethical and Environmental Officer is responible for identifying environmental and ethical issues within the Union and University through running campaigns to increase awareness and ensure correct policies are implemented.
Increase awareness of the effects small things have on the environment, such as running water while brushing your teeth. My second goal is to get people to stop and think as to what they could do to help without changing their whole life. Finally showing that one small thing like recycling a bottle instead of sending it to landfill can start to change the world in a fantastic way.
MY MANIFESTO To start with I’m a small country girl that’s been thrown into a massive city so it’s a big change for me. With this I have noticed that ‘city people’ have a lot of different views as to what being environmentally friendly is. It’s not. The smallest things help. This will be my main focus helping students realise that they don’t have to change their whole lives just to help the plant. As well as this I hope to use the position to really boost the Eco team that is already in motion today. This will give the team a lot more opportunities and help work with the students union a lot more closely. I hope to also to show people helping in maybe gardening isn’t just helping the plant but themselves also, mentally and physically.
MY EXPERIENCE In my short time at the university I have been signed up to the Eco team who have started to grow and try and spread awareness at the society’s fair so far. I have also been involved in some gardening that has took place before Christmas. The team I am on is doing a clothes collection soon and also a night out helping the team grow in size and strength. Before this I helped my old primary school set up an Eco Club for the students to up-cycle, reuse, recycle and also grow their own flowers and trees.