Greenlines Issue number 34, June 2013
ISSN : 2048-2442 (Online)
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The University’s sustainability newsletter
Green Impact award ceremony Results table Retrofit Challenge The new Section Upcoming Events
The Green and the Good
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Teams from across the University gathered to claim their hard earned environmental awards, at the first ever Green Impact University of Cambridge awards ceremony last Thursday. Teams from 14 departments, including 118 staff and students, have been working hard all year to green their workplace. Labelling light switches, removing disposable cups, promoting Switch Off Week and running staff ‘green’ inductions are among some of the 606 actions have been completed since November. By taking these steps, each team has been completing a workbook and, depending on their progress, earning an award: either bronze, silver or gold. These awards, each in turn requiring an increase in ‘green’ actions, are nationally
Student auditors recieveing their certificates from Professor Jeremy Sanders, Pro VC.
accredited and recognised, and we are pleased to announce that every team taking part earned themselves an award. On Thursday 13th June, in the University Centre’s Hicks Room, the teams were rewarded at last for all their endeavours. Before the official proceedings, they had the chance to mingle and exchange various tales from their five months of Green Impact; whether it was the car break-down while delivering the pledge tree, or the suspect looks on ‘wear your jumper to work’ day.
Green Impact awards made from reclaimed Victorian roof slate.
Joanna Simpson, the new Head of Environment and Energy, opened proceedings by welcoming all and thanking the teams for their commitment to Green Impact, and
then announced the first official showing of the new Green Impact video. Filmed in May, it is a collection of short reminiscences of the year by those taking part in Green Impact. Many of those present were among the star attractions of the film, which was received with a great deal of laughter – and a few blushes (to see the film yourself visit http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=vScrjHRePWE). The National Union of Students’ Joanna Romanowicz then took to the stage and reminded the teams of their work’s wider importance and of their counterparts at over 50 other universities across the country. Green Impact is a national programme and is centrally coordinated by the NUS, which offers its members training in environmental auditing of university departments. Eleven
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