Go Green Week Programme 2021

1st-5th March 2021 winchester.ac.uk/gogreenweek

Monday - Waste reduction Coffee Cup Giveaway To support the University’s single-use plastic free pledge, we are giving out Gumdrop cups to all first years students currently on campus. These can be reused over and over, to avoid disposable cups and avoid the 25p levy.

Not only that, they are made from recycled chewing gum collected on campus! Simply redeem your voucher by presenting your student ID badge out one of the university catering outlets….

Café Life - Learning Café - Values - Cyber Italia - Deli Tills

Be A Plastics Detective!

Be a Plastics Detective and help us source unnecessary plastic items across campus. Take a photo and submit to @Environment_UoW or environment@winchester.ac.uk with relevant details and why you think it can be eliminated.

Reduced reliance on single use plastics has many benefits, such as reducing waste, the danger to wildlife posed by plastics and disrupting the plastics supply chain. Back in 2019, the University undertook a single-use plastics audit that identified 35 single-use plastics items that we are removing. We’re committed to removing unnecessary plastics by the end of 2021.

A new Single Use Plastics Intranet Page within Energy & Environment details what we are doing and you can help. We’re also going to work toward the Surfer’s Against Sewage Plastic Free Communities accreditation. If you have a suggestion to remove unnecessary plastic, do let us know by email: environment@winchester.ac.uk

Free4AllUoW Did you know that any surplus food from catering is given away to people who need it? This can be for all sorts of reason and instead of throwing away food that could be eaten, we can give it away to people who need it, also reducing our food waste.

The fridge is located on Level 3 on the King Alfred Centre, next to the Food Hall. To use the fridge, just follow Free4AllUoW on Snapchat. More information on the intranet catering pages

Add our snapchat account “free4alluow” - Keep an eye on our story - Collect and enjoy!

Food Waste Recycling Trial in Halls As part of Food Waste Action Week, food waste bins are being trialled from today in 3 Halls of Residence: Burma Road Student Blocks D&E and West Downs Student Village Block 1-27. Food caddies are being provided to flats with a larger food bin in the waste area. Students are being asked to collect their food waste separately and take it down to the food waste bin.

Food Waste Recycling Off Campus For those off Campus, you can still take action! Producing food requires significant resources including land, energy and water. Globally, 25–30% of total food produced is lost or wasted, and food waste is estimated by the IPCC to contribute 8-10% of total man-made greenhouse gas emissions. https://bit.ly/37MT7vS Visit #FoodWasteActionWeek

Tuesday - Travel Travel Discounts It’s been some time since we were all on Campus so we wanted to remind you about the Travel Discounts available to you. These include:

Free Park and Ride: Make use of free Park and Ride for all staff and students during 2020/21 academic year.

Winchester has four Park and Ride car parks with buses every 5-10 minutes.

Bus Discounts: A Student Unirider bus ticket allows you to travel on any Stagecoach bus across Zone 1, or Zone 2 all day, 7 days a week.

20% discount on Bluestar services for all students and staff on Bluestar's 30-day and 90-day network (zones ABC) ticket.

Cycle Discounts: Bike Doctor may be temporarily paused on site but 10% discounts for staff and students continue at Halfords.

Domestic EV Charging discounts: New for Go Green Week are discounts to install an Electric Vehicle charger at your home and on electric mopeds (for staff only).

For more information, visit the Travel and Transport section of the Intranet

Winchester Cycle Charter UoW has recently pledged support for the new Winchester Cycle Charter. Cycling can tackle congestion, air pollution, obesity, mental health issues and improve quality of life.

To sign the Winchester Cycling Charter, click here: https://winchestercyclingcharter.org.uk

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Wednesday - Fairtrade Fairtrade at UoW 2-3pm: Panel discussion on whether Winchester can become a Fair Trade University and support producers to lead the dignified life everyone deserves. Speakers include:

Katie Burgess, Commercial Director, The Fair Trade Foundation David Morton, Catering Operations Manager, University of Winchester Charlotte Bailey, Winchester City Fairtrade Network Darren Patis, UoW Student and Body Shop Ambassador Book your ticket here: http://bit.ly/3bMxcGm To celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight, Catering are producing fair trade menus all week together with fair trade giveaways and competitions.

More details here: https://bit.ly/2O0pYGk.

Fairtrade Quiz Test your Fairtrade knowledge with our Fairtrade Fortnight Quiz for a chance to win a Fairtrade Tony’s Chocolonely Bar Box containing 6 delicious flavours.

Enter here: http://bit.ly/37PgFQt

Cook a Fairtrade Meal Challenge!

Calling all cooks! For Go Green Week we are challenging you to cook a meal entirely from Fair Trade ingredients. Lacking inspiration? Look here for some tasty recipes from Expresso Martini to tea-poached salmon along with how you can buy your Fair Trade Ingredients.

We’d love to see how it turned out. Tweet your photos to: @environment_UoW. Prizes for the best plates including a pack of sumptuous goodies from The Body Shop, all fair trade of course.

Become a Fairtrade Volunteer Are you passionate about fair trade? The UoW Fair Trade Group needs volunteers to help organise more fair trade events on campus.

For more information, contact: environment@winchester.ac.uk

Thursday - Biodiversity Tree Planting Winchester Action on Climate Change (WinACC) has donated a number of native tree species to be planted around campus during Go Green Week. Tree planting is known to be one of the best ways of removing CO2 from the atmosphere to tackle the climate crisis. In partnership with the University’s Grounds Team, the trees have been selected to enhance the biodiversity around the Campus.

Hedgehog Friendly Campus The Hedgehogs Need You! Hedgehogs are in decline across the UK. As part of a national campaign, involving over 90 UK universities, staff and students are working to create a hedgehog-friendly campus.

Come along to our open Microsoft Teams Meeting and find out more about hedgehogs, how you can get involved and National Hedgehog Week in May 2021.

Thursday 4th March 12:00-13:00, http://bit.ly/3qYCQeP or for more information check out the opportunities available via the CareerConnect platform or email environment@winchester.ac.uk.

Friday - Reducing our carbon footprint Open Sustainability Society Meeting Join Stuart Evans, Chair of the Winchester University Sustainability Society , in an Open Meeting to discuss the University’s performance and suggest ideas for our future direction. All interested staff and students welcome.

Guest Speaker Mat Jane, UoW Head of Environment and Building Services, will outline progress made in reducing the University’s Carbon Footprint and Harriet Noy of Just Hazaar will outline her concept for a Zero Waste Marketplace on campus to reduce waste on site through student swops.

Friday 5th March 16:00-17:00, http://bit.ly/3bDCkfS

UoW Carbon Management Plan The University of Winchester will be publishing its Carbon Management Plan Annual Report 2018-2020 and Environment Strategy Report 2018-2020. Head over to our Green Campus webpage to find copies of all our sustainability strategies: Green campus - University of Winchester

OUR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

Thank you for participating in Go Green Week 2021!

Coffee Cup Giveaway: all catering outlets Fair trade quiz with Chocolate Prize: Fair Trade Foundation Webinar:

https://bit.ly/2O0pYGk http://bit.ly/3bMxcGm

Sustainability Society Open Meeting: http://bit.ly/3bMMuLg Plastic Free Quiz:

http://bit.ly/37PgFQt

Hedgehog Free Campus: http://bit.ly/3qYCQeP Food Waste Recycling Trial:

If you have any questions or would like further information, please contact: Environment@winchester.ac.uk SU_environment@winchester.ac.uk Follow us on Twitter: @Environment_UoW

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