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People & Planet’s Green League 2010 reveals the UK’s greenest unis and those still failing their students and the planet.
Check out the full Green League 2010 results and get in contact with your university or potential uni to let them know how you think they did.
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Are UK unis in transition yet? People & Planet's Green League 2010 reveals all today
Will heading off to uni in September increase or decrease your carbon footprint? People & Planet's Green League 2010, published this week, reveals that your choice of uni could make all the difference!
Summer Gathering programme details leaked. . .
No U2 at this event either (unless the Ceilidh band do a cover), but a whole lot of energy, inspiring ideas, campaign training, fundraising tips, Open Space, meeting, sharing and preparing for another incredible year of making change.
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University Footprints, Community Handprints event a success!
In March 2010 people from 12 universities attended a day of workshops and discussion at Edinburgh about students and staff using practical projects to make our Universities fit for the future.
Schools, colleges and universities must clean up their act
Britain’s universities, colleges and schools have a huge environmental impact - one that could and should be massively reduced. The UK Higher Education (HE) sector emits over 3 million tonnes of CO₂ into the atmosphere every year, and is responsible for over 1 million journeys daily. Schools emit 9.3 million tonnes of CO₂ per year, and that’s not counting the 1.2 million tonnes of CO₂ emitted by people travelling to school by car.
That’s why People & Planet groups at schools, colleges and universities around the country are part of the Go Green campaign to get their institutions to take climate change seriously and systematically improve their environmental performance.
This year we’ve also launched a new Going Greener campaign to create transition universities. Transition is about staff and students at universities coming together and going greener for themselves. Through practical projects, educational campaigns and community-led initiatives, students and staff will join forces to drive forward their universities’ transition to a low-carbon, lower energy future.
Go Green Week
Go Green Week is an annual student week of action on climate change. This year Go Green Week will take place from 8 - 12 February 2010. Check out what happened during Go Green Week 2009.
Want to hold a Go Green Week?
Get planning the actions, events and fundraisers you want to put on during your week. We have loads of ideas you could use. Check them out and get all the info you need for Go Green Week.
This year’s Green League was published on Thursday 10 June.
Find out more about the Green League
Press release to your student newspaper, template available now.
