University Of Edinburgh Sustainability
About University Of Edinburgh Sustainability
The Department for Social Responsibility & Sustainability is committed to creating a sustainable and socially responsible community.
Twitter: @EdSust Instagram: uoe_sustainability
University Of Edinburgh Sustainability Description
We encourage academic endeavour and discussion in developing lasting solutions to environmental and social problems.
We support our students by offering them volunteering /placement opportunities, advice and access to student and staff networks.
We work with both academic and operational staff to solve problems and create an efficient and sustainable working environment.
Visit the Department of Social Responsibility & Sustainability @ http://www. ed. ac. uk /sustainability for the latest news and events.
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🎁 Competition time! 🎁
To celebrate #FairtradeFortnight we are giving away a box full of ethically produced gifts!
We have an ethical gift hamper from Social Stories Club up for grabs, who are a social enterprise set up by Edinburgh Alumni. From Fairtrade chocolate, biscuits made using entirely renewable energy to a candle that supports and empowers impoverished communities, not only is this a treat for you, but these items help create a positive impact on the world!
... To enter: • Like this post AND • Comment ‘Fairtrade changes lives’
A winner will be drawn at random on 10th March
For the terms and conditions, please go to: https://edin.ac/2Iz8ZYn
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Want to know about all of the things we're doing around socially responsible and sustainable supply chains? Find out all you need to know here: https://edin.ac/2IBkjna #FairtradeFortnight
The proposed plans will make it easier to walk, cycle, and use public transport in Edinburgh, whilst helping to combat air pollution 🎉
Do you know where your chocolate comes from, or who makes it? 🍫
The average cocoa bean farmer in Cote d'Ivoire lives on around 74p each day, with almost all cocoa farmers in West Africa living in poverty. For women, the situation is even worse, they have fewer rights than men in regards to their working conditions combined with childcare, cooking and cleaning. Fairtrade Foundation is fighting for a living income for all cocoa farmers, which means they'll be able to afford cl...othing, medicine and food. They believe this is not a luxury, but a human right.
Will you help create this change by opting for Fairtrade?
Photo credit: Peter Caton and Andy Wilson
#fairtradefortnight2019 #fairtrade #FairtradeFortnight @ Côte d'Ivoire
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This afternoon, why not join in with #FairtradeFortnight and get yourself one of The University Cafes' Fairtrade products? Whether you opt for Fairtrade banana, a carton of apple juice, a hot chocolate or a coffee, your purchase helps support a fairer world! What will you pick? 🍏☕️🍌
It's #FairtradeFortnight! This year's theme is "She deserves", focusing on living incomes for cocoa farmers, and women farmers in particular. See how you can get involved: http://edin.ac/2MUpP2E
Check out this new campaign trying to raise awareness of how plastic pollution will impact future generations ♻️
We are a proud supporter of R Sustainable Fashion Show through our Student Project Grant! 👗 They are a student-run and thought-provoking fashion show, exhibition and showcase event. The event provides a platform for student designers to showcase their work, and includes an exhibition space where local companies can present sustainable products. The letter ‘R’ stands for reinvent, reclaim, re-innovate, and more!
Get your tickets soon, they're going fast!
We've created a podcast!
We've worked with a group of students to create a podcast on issues around sustainability in higher education for the Teaching Matters blog! Called "Climate optimism or fatalism: teaching climate change in today's universities", it focuses upon three students' very different journeys into caring about sustainability and discusses the embedding of sustainability across the curriculum.
We hear from students from Extinction Rebellion Edinburgh, The Chap...laincy, University of Edinburgh's Whole World, Whole People group and the former President of Engineering For Change - University of Edinburgh. The podcast is hosted by a MSc Environmental Sustainability student at the University who received our Student Project Grant to fund her podcast series, "Change, the Conversation".
Keep an eye out for next week's podcast, where we'll be hearing from staff on the issues!
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We're so excited for this event ran by Edinburgh Local!
The Second Chancers campaign was launched in October 2018 by Community Justice Scotland, aiming to build confidence in community justice as an effective sentencing option. It explores positivity, hope, aspiration and chaos through the lens of people with experience of the justice system. It also gives a voice to people who have been let down and rejected, but who have managed to pull themselves up and fought for better.
Find out more: https://secondchancers.tv/.
The University is committed to promoting fair trade wherever possible, and works actively to combat human rights abuses in supply chains.
Join us in celebrating #FairtradeFortnight2019 from Monday 25 February - Sunday 10 March. Find out more: http://edin.ac/2MUpP2E
We had our all staff monthly meeting this morning- this time focusing on the values of our department! We pride ourselves on having a strong evidence base for our work, collaboration, respectful conduct, practising what we preach and earning the right to be heard.
We exist to help the University understand, explain and deliver on its ambition to have a "significant, sustainable and socially responsible contribution to the world." Find out more about what we do on our website: https://edin.ac/2T9h4ay
Less than one week to go until our next Visions for Change event! This is part of our work on ensuring fairness in trade, which we will be highlighting in #FairtradeFortnight2019- starting Monday!
Find out more about what the University does on supply chains and responsible purchasing here: https://www.ed.ac.uk/…/sustainabil…/w hat-we-do/supply-chains
Couldn't attend our 'Careers in Sustainability' event with University of Edinburgh Careers Service as part of #ECOWeek19? Don't worry, you can watch it here and hear all of our panellists' tips: https://media.ed.ac.uk/media/t/1_ylqczjwj /39650801
Global climate change targets are unlikely to be met because of delays in changes to land use, according to a study by University of Edinburgh - GeoSciences. Read more: edin.ac/2T4a9PI
It's only one week to go until Fairtrade Fortnight! Do you or your society want to run an event highlighting the importance of Fairtrade, living incomes and human rights in the supply chain? ✊ Get in contact!
What policies and societal changes would be needed to achieve net zero emissions in Scotland? How quickly can we make a just transition from a high emitting to a zero carbon country?
Find out in this event featuring Friends of the Earth Scotland and WWF Scotland!
Register your free place here: https://edin.ac/2SS4tbJ
Happy 1st birthday to Hey Girls! Fighting period poverty through a "buy one, give one" model, their products are also sustainably sourced and plastic free. They're one social enterprise we've funded through a £1.5 million investment through Big Issue Invest, the largest from a UK University.
Find out more: https://edin.ac/2SXxuCB
We hear from the University of Edinburgh academics that have signed an open letter in support of today's 'Youth Strike for Climate' protests, taking place in over 60 locations. Learn why they support the movement in our latest blog.
The SRS Department have been a huge help supporting and guiding student-led sustainability initiatives within the University population - especially SHRUB Co-operative, the UK's first Registered student-led Co-op - which wouldn't be as successful as it is today without the SRS Department.
It's awesome! It is my favourite Srs department in the whole of Edinburgh university bar none!
The SRS Department have been a huge help supporting and guiding student-led sustainability initiatives within the University population - especially SHRUB Co-operative, the UK's first Registered student-led Co-op - which wouldn't be as successful as it is today without the SRS Department.
It's awesome! It is my favourite Srs department in the whole of Edinburgh university bar none!
The SRS Department have been a huge help supporting and guiding student-led sustainability initiatives within the University population - especially SHRUB Co-operative, the UK's first Registered student-led Co-op - which wouldn't be as successful as it is today without the SRS Department.
It's awesome! It is my favourite Srs department in the whole of Edinburgh university bar none!
The SRS Department have been a huge help supporting and guiding student-led sustainability initiatives within the University population - especially SHRUB Co-operative, the UK's first Registered student-led Co-op - which wouldn't be as successful as it is today without the SRS Department.
It's awesome! It is my favourite Srs department in the whole of Edinburgh university bar none!