Big Green Lobby

Thursday 21 February All Day

Everywhere

Day of mass, colourful and attention grabbing lobbying of VCs/Principals. The aim is to get as many institutions as possible to show their support for action to tackle climate change in the education sector.

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www.openair.fm ‘Green Aware’ shows

All week

www.openair.fm is an internet community radio station based at SOAS, University of London, run mainly by stdents and volunteers. During ‘Go Green’ week our current radio programmes will be holding special ‘Green Aware’ shows. In addition, we will be presenting a number of special feature shows dedicated to discussions and debates surrounding environmental concerns. All shows will be available to hear on www.openair.fm

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Schools and Colleges Go Green at City Hall

Friday 15 12:00

City Hall, GLA

170 students from 40 schools and colleges learn about climate change and plan Go Green campaigns, with special guest speaker Nicky Gavron.

Waste Sculpture Launch Stunt

Monday 18th Feburary 10:00 - 17:00

SOAS

students will be creating a giant sculpture made from recyclable rubbish that they have collected, to highlight need for serious action on climate change. The sculpture has been envisaged and designed by the renowned artist Polyp. We need you to deliver 4 huge piles of recyclable materials to the SOAS campus in the morning. We can then spend the day bringing this image to life on the North Block Lawn

Kingston Sustainable Curriculum Exhibition

Tuesday 19 February 9:00am -5:00pm

Penrhyn Road campus, Kingston-Upon-Thames.

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Environment Question Time

Monday 18 February 18:00 - 20:00

LSE, Room D502, 5th Floor Clement House

To launch London Students’ Go Green Week, a panel of politicians representing all the main parties will be on hand to answer your questions concerning today’s most pressing environmental issues. The event will take the same format as the TV programme, with the audience leading discussion - this is your chance to hold our elected representatives to account on green issues and hear the different party political perspectives. Speakers are: Peter Ainsworth MP, Martin Horwood MP, John McDonnell MP, James Lloyd People & Planet. With Fairtrade refreshments.

Hippy club night

Monday 18 February

Brunel University

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Cycle repair workshop and introduction to cycle routes in London

Tuesday 19 February

University College London

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UCL and the Environment

Tuesday 19 February

Darwin Lecture Theatre 1830-2000, University College London

Presentation and discussion about UCL’s environmental research and the university’s plans for a green 2008 — Ray Harris and Mark Maslin among other speakers. Reception following the event in the South Cloisters.

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A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash’ film showing

Tuesday 19 February

Brunel University

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‘Poisoned by Agribusiness’

Tuesday 19 February 18:00 - 20:00

Lecture Theatre 1, Blackett Laboratory, Prince Consort Road. Imperial College, South Kensington

Showing of the film ‘Invisible’ followed by a talk with Roz Mortimer on the build-up of chemicals in the human body, and Mohit Kaycee on the impact of genetically modified suicide seeds in India.

Exhibition Showcase Evening

Tuesday 19 February 5:30-8:00pm

Penrhyn Road campus, Kingston- Upon-Thames.

Refreshments provided.

Kingston Sustainable Food Day

Tuesday 19 February All day

Penrhyn Road campus, Kingston-Upon-Thames.

An opportunity to learn about and sample locally produced vegan and vegetarian food.

Climate Change Experts at Imperial

Wednesday 20 February 12:00

Blakett LT 1, Imperial College, Prince Consort Road, SW7

Professor Ralph toumi of Imperial College and the International Panel on Climate Change and Lucy Pearce from Stop Climate Chaos and Andy Deacon share their insights.

Film and debate

Wednesday 20 February 5:30-9:00pm

Penrhyn Road campus, Kingston-Upon-Thames.

Learn about the politics of sustainable development, contraction and convergence, and global action.

Environmental Disasters by Medsin’s Friends of MSF Society

Wednesday 18:30 — 20:00

Cruciform LT2 University College London

In the aftermath of a catastrophe, where on earth do you start with a relief effort? Faced with an overwhelming volume of tasks, how do you organise and structure a response? Lt Col Ken Roberts is head of the MoD Environmental Health Unit and runs the MoD ‘Introduction to Disaster Relief Operations Course’.

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Why Agrofuels are a tragedy in the making”

Wednesday 20 February, 7.00 pm

SOAS, Russell Square campus, Room B104 in the Brunei Gallery building on Thornhaugh Street. Nearest tube Russel Square.(you don’t need to be signed in to access this room).

A Talk by Deeepak Rughani of Biofuelwatch

VSO, Fairtrade, and ActionAid stall highlighting the impacts of climate change

Wednesday 20 February,

Brunel University

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Kingston’s Bike Surgery

Thursday 21 February 11:00am -2:00pm

Knights Park campus

Receive a free bicycle maintenance check, open to staff and students.

Bike Repair Workshop

Thursday 21 February 12:00 - 13:00

SOAS

Got a bike in need of some tender loving care? Why not come along and get it sorted by the experts?

Big Green Bike Ride

Thursday 21 February 13:30 - 15:00

SOAS - Bloomsbury, and everywhere in between.

Bring a bike, wear green. Let’s show London that cars aren’t the way forward.

What Future for Transport

Thursday 21 February 17:30 - 19:00

SOAS

Can we keep driving to work and flying on holiday? Is public transport really that much better? How can we change the economy and society to reduce our reliance on mechanised transport? A panel of speakers including academics and representatives of Plane Stupid CTC Climate Care and more consider the issues.

Imperial College Green Fair

Thursday 21 February 12:00 - 14:00

Imperial College

Stalls and demonstrations.

Waste management and recycling introduction, and a talk by Polly Higgins on concentrated solar power

Thursday 21 February

Brunel University

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Go Green Fair

Thursday 21 February

Royal Holloway Students’ Union

Go Green Debate

TBA

Royal Holloway Students’ Union

What needs to be done to stop climate chaos.

Thursday 21 February 19.00pm

the Chemistry Auditorium,(the Christopher Ingold Building) University College London

A Panel Discussion with Dr Kevin Watkins, Director of the UN Human Development Report Office, Mark Watts advisor to Ken Livingstone, Penney Poyzer BBC and George Woods NUS. chaired by Joe Greenwood, People & Planet.

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Low Carbon Gig

Thursday 21 February 21:00 - 23:00

SOAS

Take part in a night of music and dance without the carbon footprint.

Climate Change Lecture

Friday 22 February 6.30 to 8.30pm

Birkbeck, University of London, WC1

The impact of climate change on coral reefs’. Professor James Crabbe, University of Bedfordshire

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Big Green Party

Friday 22 February 20:00

Imperial College Union, Prince Consort Road, SW7

Live bands, an ethical fashion show, and other activites to raise money for environmental charities.

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Phase Green

Friday 22 February 21:00

Tutu’s KCLSU Macadam Building Surrey Street

Pop, chart, club classics, this time with a Green theme.

Exhibition and Creative Competition

TBA

Roehampton Students’ Union

Panel Discussion

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Roehampton Students’ Union

Panel Discussion

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Roehampton Students’ Union

Showing of Inconvenient Truth

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Roehampton Students’ Union

Handing over of a model wind farm petition

Wednesday 20th

Durham University

VC will receive a model wind farm petition with one turbine for every five signatures, they will ask for him to sign the declaration and the student media will be there to cover it.

Cake Stall and Fondue Evening

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Newcastle University Students’ Union

Carring Out Survey

16-24 February

Newcastle University Students’ Union

Carring Out Petition

25 February - 2 March

Newcastle University Students’ Union

Climate Change Question time

Monday 25 February 6pm -7:30pm

The Curtis Auditorium in the Herschel Building at Newcastle University.

The panel is so far made up of the following; Jim Cousins MP for Newcastle Central, FOE speaker, Piers Corbyn from Weatheraction (Against the idea of man-made global warming), Christian Aid Spokesperson, Gareth Kane Newcastle City Councillor and Lib Dem Parliamentary Spokesperson for Newcastle Central, James Lloyd People & Planet Campaigns.

Debates

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Manchester Met

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Speakers

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Manchester Met

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Tree Plannting

TBA

Manchester Met with Manchester Uni

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Debates

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Manchester Uni

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Speakers

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Manchester Uni

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Big Green Lobby

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Manchester Uni

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Human banner

Monday 18 February 12 noon

Cumbria University, outside the Library

The People and Planet Society will get students to bind together and form a human sized banner that will spell out the words GO GREEN.

An Inconvenient Truth Showing

Monday 18th Feb 7.30pm

The Gin Case, Cumbria University

Pizza and DVD Night. People can order pizza to the bar and then after that head into the lecture theatre to watch the controversial Al Gore movie ‘An Inconvenient Truth.

Camp out on campus

Tuesday 19th Feb

The Yertz camp, Cumbria University

We will be using the Yertz camp on campus to pull people together who live on and off campus for a night of fun entertainment and something a bit different to get people thinking about the environment. There will be a fire pit down at the Yertz and people can bring their own food and music and will hopefully come and find out more about the group.

Day of Volunteering

Wednesday 20th Feb

Cumbria University

This will be a good opportunity for everyone to get hands on with working on environmental issues. Garry Sharples (Staff member at NR with some environmental responsibilities) is looking at what would be useful to get the group to help with, for example emptying and sorting recycling.

Plug and Play (P&P) Night

Wednesday 20th Feb 7.30pm

the Gin Case Cumbria University

People can bring down their own instruments or use some of the Students’ Unions in a night of live entertainment.

Lobbying MP

Friday 22nd Feb

Cumbria

Students will be discussing our environmental agenda.

Lobbying Peter Nixon (Part of the Cumbria University Executive)

Friday 22nd Feb 1.30pm

Carlisle

the group will be travelling to to present with the Go Green petitions that have been collected. A tree has been made out of cardboard that will have all the leaves on and some of the picture petitions.

Go Green Debate

Thursday 21 February 19:00

Reading University Students’ Union

3 day Go Green stall

TBA

Outside Surrey University Libary

Lobbying uni environmental staff, county council, student environmental rep.

TBA

Surrey University

Environmental film showing.

TBA

Surrey University

Massive Banner Drop

Thursday 21 February 19:00

Surrey University

Public Signing of by VC of Green Education Decleration

Thursday 21 February 19:00

Aberystwyth University

Transport Poster Campaign

16 - 24 February

Leicester College

Go Green Debate

Tuesday 19 February 13:00

Warwick Students’ Union

Climate Change Question Time

Thursday 21 February 7pm

University of Warwick’s Arts Centre

In the format of the BBCs question time, as a Green Question Time. There will be a representative from the Tories, Libdems, Labour, Green Party, James Lyoyd People & Planet Campaigns and an academic on the panel with you and the panel will be chaired by a member of the Universities debating society. Questions asked will focus on many aspects of the environment - Labour’s policy on Nuclear power, the work of NGOs, the role of the individual in tackling climate change, the strengths of the individual parties’ policies etc. Refreshments will be served after the event, which we expect shall not run on longer that an hour and a half.

Petitions for putting in a wind turbine

All week

Coleshill School Birmingham

Waste Audit

Tuesday 19 February

Coleshill School Birmingham

PSHE lesson on saving water and electricity

Tuesday 19 February

Coleshill School Birmingham

Sixth Form wear Green day

Wednesday 20 February

Coleshill School Birmingham

Each day a different target area for saving energy

All week

Coleshill School Birmingham

Climate change day

TBA

Bridgnorth Endowed School Shropshire

Climate Change lectures

TBA

Dundee University

Big Go Green night in the union

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Dundee University

Box Wars

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Dundee University

Organic and fair trade options available in the union on specific days

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Dundee University,

Pedal-powered smoothie maker in the union

TBA

Dundee University,

A parade through town on the final day to finish up, potentially arriving at our principle’s office at the end.

TBA

Dundee

Carbon Audit

16-24 February

Farmor’s School Fairford

Go Green Assembly

16-24 February

Farmor’s School Fairford

Raising awareness by using tv screens in cafeteria

16-24 February

St. Brendan’s Sixth Form Centre

Getting people to work out their carbon footprint

16-24 February

St. Brendan’s Sixth Form Centre

Green Day to raise money

TBC

St. Brendan’s Sixth Form Centre

Big Green Lobby

Thursday 14 February

Hull University