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Cardiff holds its first Sustainability Week Alastair Smith Reporter Cardiff University is staging its first ever Sustainability Week from the 16-20th November. The week kicks off with a visit from the eminent writer, broadcaster and environmentalist Jonathan Porritt, who will be delivering this year’s Hadyn Ellis Distinguished Lecture. A series of events and on and offline initiatives will follow, designed to encourage and inspire the whole community to live and work in a more sustainable way, with the ultimate aim of working together to create a more sustainable University. Among the week's activities, will be opportunities to Post a Pledge, take an online interactive quiz, put unsustainable items and ideas in the Detox Box, meet some of the University’s Eco-Champions, and find out how two rather special men are trying to fix the world. The Students’ Union has given it's full backing to the Sustainability Week which is working in partnership with the University to stage some of the events and initiatives. More information about Sustainability Week can be found at www. cardiff.ac.uk/sustainabilty.
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
A Student Enterprise Lecture Your Uni Fruit and Veg Co-op Meet two social entrepreneurs who have been instrumental in combining a business approach with their concerns for human, social and environmental factors in providing potential solutions to the energy crisis. Council Chamber, Main Building, 7pm – 8.30pm
Eat Fairtrade Day
Fifty pence from every purchase made at the university Fruit and Veg Co-Op goes to generate a sustainable income source for the Riverside Community Food Co-op, where volunteers aim to bring the same service to the deprived community of Riverside. Order your bags of fruit and veg online at:http://sife-cardiff.co.uk/products. aspx
Tuck into all the Fairtrade products VJ Gallery, Main Building, 10-4pm which are available in both University buildings and the Students’ Union ca- The Sustainability Week Defes and shops. Cardiff University and bate: Eating our way to susthe Union gained Fairtrade status in tainability 2007. Join local politicians, academics, students and business leaders in what Be the first to take part in Cardiff Uni- promises to be a lively debate about versity’s Bicycle User Group bike bus how to eat our way to sustainability. The event will be chaired by Professor Kevalong the Taff Trail. It’s zero emission in Morgan and has been organised with commuting, so you save 0.3 tonnes of greenhouse emissions per annum, for Cardiff University’s Debating Society. a 2½ mile commute and that's just one School of Optometry and Vision Sciway! ences, 6:30pm start. Drinks reception after the debate.To book your place at Email CUBUG@cardiff.ac.uk or visit this free event, email publicity@cardiff. the www.cardiff.ac.uk/osheu/environ- ac.uk with the name of the event in the ment/greentransport/cycling/bikebus subject box. for a timetable.
Taff Trail Cycle Bus Pilot
THURSDAY
'What has culture got to do with sustainability?': A Poetry Reading by Rob Minhinnick and other speakers Do culture and the arts have a role to play in sustainable development? Should issues around sustainability be left to the scientists, engineers, environmentalists and policy makers? Come and join in a lively discussion about the role culture has to play in the sustainability agenda both here in Wales and globally. Rob Minhinnick, environmental campaigner and celebrated essayist and poet for a reading of a selection of his poems. Signed copies of Rob’s latest books, ‘King Driftwood’ and ‘Sea Holly’ will be available to buy during the evening. The event is sponsored by Academi. Council Chamber, Main Building 6pm (a drinks reception will follow the poetry reading) To book your place at this free event, email publicity@cardiff.ac.uk with the name of the event in the subject box.
FRIDAY Film Screening: The Yes Men Fix The World Described by author Naomi Klein as “hilarious, therapeutic, inspiring, ‘The Yes Men Fix The World’ is a screwball true story about two gonzo political activists who, posing as top executives of giant corporations, lie their way into big business conferences and pull off the world's most outrageous pranks. Brüno-meetsMichael Moore in this gut-busting wake-up call that proves a little imagination can go a long way towards vanquishing the cult of greed. Who knew fixing the world could be so much fun? The Kitchen, Cardiff University Students’ Union, 6-8pm (Entry is free and no tickets are required).