Sustainability
Sustainability December 2011 Newsletter
Giving you the top UWS Sustainability news stories with a focus on colleague and student activity. Find out how much one team saves through car sharing, the interesting experiences of those that cycle to work and the exciting work on sustainability in education.
Green Impact Awards
An exciting new awards scheme has come to UWS. The scheme is being delivered by Transition UWS which aim to support colleagues and students to create a low carbon university. Teams can now compete to reduce their environmental impact, through completing basic actions, such as printing double-sided and turning all of the computers off overnight. This Scheme challenges departments across the university to take easy practical actions to help the environment. Twenty actions gets the team a bronze award and thirty-five gets them silver. The team with the most points by March will get the overall Gold award. Colleagues wanting more information or interested in registering for the scheme should email transition@sauws.org.uk
First Class Green League Status
University of the West of Scotland’s commitment to developing sustainability across its activities has seen our ranking rise in a leading nationwide ‘green’ league table. The People & Planet Green League 2011 assessed the environmental and ethical performance of 142 universities, scoring them on their actions and attitudes towards green living. The University has seen its ranking in this influential league rise to 1st class status, a ranking achieved by only 4 Scottish Universities this year. For more details see UWS's scorecard
Climate Action Plan Report
Download the first UWS Annual Climate Action Plan Report for details on carbon reduction activity in 2009/10. With a 4% reduction in carbon we are on track to meet our target of 20% reduction by the end of 2014.
UWS Journey Share Scheme
A free-to-use online Journeyshare system is now available for UWS staff and students. The site is designed to make it easier for you to find a car share budi for your journey to UWS.
UWS Journeyshare is a private site and is only open to UWS staff and students and partner organisations (currently only Ayr College). This helps to give you peace of mind that your journey budi works or studies at a known location. Click here for advice and more details.
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Switch it Off at UWS
Please help us reduce our carbon footprint and save energy by switching off computers, lights, monitors and other electrical equipment when not in use.
Together we can reach our goal of reducing UWS carbon emissions by 20% by 2014.
View the Switch it off powerpoint>>
cycle to work
The UWS Cycle to Work Scheme has now launched! Find out more...
Downloads
- Cycle to Work poster
- Switch it off poster - lights
- Switch it off poster - computer
- Switch it off poster - photocopier