Edinburgh University

10:10 Week

Far too many amazing events to list….check out their programme

7-14 Feb

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Ormskirk School

A week of amazing events

• Student will be giving a talk in their Sixth Form assembly next week, with a youtube video clip and just a message informing people of how they can stay green and what the week is generally about.

• They are also going to record a green radio programme to be played at lunch and break times on Thursday and Friday!

• Friday there is a sponsored green day for Sixth Formers - everyone wears green clothes and there will be a green cake/sweets sale as well! All the proceeds will go to the People & Planet scheme.

• They also want to get the Head teacher and Leaders of the Sixth Form to sign the go green pledge and are trying to persuade people to car pool, walk or cycle to school.

8-12 Feb

London School of Economics

Cycling Cinema & Dr. Bike.

There is a showing of Belleville Rendez-vous, all powered by bicycles! And, back by popular demand to do open-heart surgery on your wheels of steel, it’s Doctor Bike!

19 - 21 Jan 2010

Sustainable LSE website

Surrey University

Carbon Treasure Hunt

TBC

TBC

Warwick University

Week of Action

Films (inc. A Time Comes; Blue Gold, World Water Wars), mass action, petitions, debates, talks (featuring The Man in Seat 61 among others) and more

11-15 Jan

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Blackpool and the Fylde College

‘Week of events

• THROUGHOUT THE WEEK: ‘Pledge Hedge’ Students will make individual pledges to cut their carbon, write them on Go Green Week Valentine’s cards and stick them to a giant hedge that art students have made. The college will then hold a pledge signing ceremony where the head agrees to sign up to 10:10 and reduce the colleges carbon emissions by 10% over the next year

• MONDAY: People & Planet’s Fiona will be talking to the FE students about how they can take action on Climate Change UC Unplugged - an acoustic evening of music and poetry by candlelight. Plus: The Big Green Raffle with fantastic prizes on offer!

• TUESDAY,THURSDAY and FRIDAY: “Think Green Fairs” will offer staff and students the chance to find out more about environmental issues, charities and organisations with free food also on offer.

• THURSDAY: Screening of ‘Age of Stupid’

8-12 Feb

Cambridge University

Full programme TBA

Full programme TBA

8-12 Feb

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Birkbeck College, University of London

Carbon Speed Dating

Details TBC

8 - 12 Feb

TBC

University of Kent

A range of activities throughout the week

• MONDAY: Low-Carbon Diet promotions including 10% off veggie meals + Green Curry Night and Quiz

• TUESDAY: Zero-Waste - make your own re-usable bag, Swap Shop and talks

• WEDNESDAY: Energy climate crime scene photo competitio, film screening ‘A Time Comes’ and eco-power ranger lessons

• THURSDAY: Find out how to travel sustainably around Canterbury, get a bike for £50 and visit Dr Bike

• FRIDAY: Free guided nature trail walks, and win seeds to create your own wildlife garden + win £500

8 - 12 Feb

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University of the Arts London

A week of campaigning, fun, events, lectures, talks, exhibitions, films, lobbying and awareness raising around the green agenda

A week of film screenings, Go Green campaigning, How to be a Green Designer workshops, Stich & Bitch/Knit & Natter, green clubnights, green food, stalls and much more.

Film screenings will include An Inconvenient Truth, Population Zero, Wall-E, Age of Stupid, Home, The Corporation and many more.

To get involved and help out please contact Helen Gimber, Students’ Union President by email h.gimber@su.arts.ac.uk or call 020 7514 6270 beginoftheskypehighlighting              020 7514 6270      endoftheskypehighlighting

8 - 12 Feb

UAL Go Green Week website or email peopleplanet@su.arts.ac.uk

Reading University

An amazing programme including Carbon Speed Dating, eco-warrior photo competition, bread making, post-copenhagen discussions and more!

A night of Carbon Speed Dating complete with veggie food and a Go Green Quiz - the winner gets to take their chosen ‘sole’mate on a second low-carbon date! Check out their flyer for more details of the great things they have planned.

8-12 Feb

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Manchester Metropolitan University

Week of themed events

• Monday - Low Carbon diet day - vegan/vegetarian food tasting followed by a film on the environmental impact from food in the evening.
• Tuesday - Recycling day - getting creative with plastic bags followed by ‘carbon speed dating’ Wednesday - ‘Go Bananas’ for Fairtrade and Haiti - A record attempting banana eating event + fundraiser for Haiti.
• Thursday - Clothes Swap Shop followed by a green graffiti night in the evening.
• Friday - Linking up with Manchester’s Critical mass bike ride.

22 - 28 Feb

Royal Holloway

Week of events

• MONDAY: LAUNCH DAY Screening of ‘11th Hour’, presented by Leonardo DiCaprio. A human ‘Go Green’ in The Founders Quad A green hand-print canvas ‘the go green petition’ outside The Windsor Building

• TUESDAY: BIKE DAY @ THE SU Blen Venda!- A bike that makes smoothies! Bike Mechanic..to fix your bikes for FREE outside the SU. Free breakfast at Bake&Bite if you come to campus by bike. Evening debate: ‘Copenhagen - Where do we go from here?’

• WEDNESDAY: The BIG Go Green Meeting… Come find out what the College, the SU, and the students themselves have been doing over the past year to make our university greener. With Eleanor Hooper (P&P), Alice Redfern (ethics & environment officer), Anna Simpson (sustainability officer), and others talking on the panel.

• THURSDAY: The Canned Film Festival: Bring all your tins and cans to be recycled and watch a free screening of (TBC) also hopefully collect money for P&P this night. Talk: ‘How do we move forward post-Copenhagen’ between 6-8.30 pm

• FRIDAY: The Go Green Swap Shop.d-print canvas ‘the go green petition’ outside The Windsor Building

8-12 Feb

Oxford High

Green Fair

An afternoon of stalls, talks and green activities

11Feb

Bangor University

‘Cans film festival’

Film screenings

8-12 Feb

Cambridge University

Full programme TBA

Full programme TBA

8-12 Feb

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City College Norwich

A packed programme of events

• MONDAY: Energy Awareness Day Students will be making green pledges on the Pledge Tree in the Norwich Building Foyer (with free bags for the first 100!).

• TUESDAY: Mega Transport Day Dr Bike will be offering tips on cycle maintanace Anyone who cycles in gets a free piece of fruit Free park and ride tickets for all students

• WEDNESDAY: Waste Reduction Day The Master Composters will be hitting campus to show how to reduce food waste launch of a competition between tutor groups to come up with the best ways to reduce waste

• THURSDAY: Green Policy Day Lunchtime screening of The Day After Tomorrow Everyone will wear green Information about the environmental policies of the major political parties

8-11 Feb

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Napier Conservation Society

Film Screening and Green Valentine’s party

Showing the film ‘Home’ and

10th and 12th Feb

Find out more details about the film screening and Valentine’s Party

New Hall Preparatory School

Week of events

• Mark Dowd, from Operation Noah, will be coming in to talk to the children about Eco awareness,
• The Recycling Bus will be coming into school on Thursday and Friday to work with two classes
• Dress in Green Friday.
• In class they will also be learning about different ways they can help to look after our environment ranging from ways to recycle, insulating our homes, how we can limit CO2 emissions to Wind turbines.
• The students will share the work that they have done in their Friday assembly.
• The students and parents are going to be asked to bring in any unwanted clothes, mobile phones and printer cartridges which will go towards supporting the RNIB.
• Eco Fashion Design Competition where the winner will have their design made and they can model it at a Fashion Show held next month.

8-12 Feb

Exeter University

Meat Free Monday

Providing information, offering discounts, running a Bring and Share Valentine’s veggie meal and holding a raffle. This is only phase one of their Meat Free Plan as they will be pressuring the university to increase the number of veggie options available. They also plan to spread the scheme across halls and the other university shops and cafes on campus.

8Feb

Nottingham University

Sign a giant 10:10 Valentine’s card

The Nottingham P&P group will be asking staff and students to sign a giant Valentine’s Card asking the VC to sign Nottingham up to the 10:10 challenge and they’ll also be asking everyone to sign up to cut their own carbon footprint by 10% in 2010.

SOAS (University of London)

Week of Action

Talk on Israel and Palastine, Environmental talk, Film showing and a big party with a low energy theme and food

8-12 Feb