Green Gown Awards 2019 - City of Glasgow College - Finalist

The Student Engagement Team at City of Glasgow College have brought a breath of fresh air into the curriculum this year by introducing Plant Your Plastics - City Goes Green initiatives to our students and staff. This year we have engaged over 2,000 students and staff directly on the topic of sustainability with our message spread further on social media. 

We have made changes on campus that will reduce our carbon footprint by over 1,000kg CO2 per year and instilled behaviours in staff and students which will encourage sustainability in the future. This work has further developed relationships between the College support and academic departments. Together we have identified new ways to cut waste and improve our carbon footprint.   

Our greatest achievement has been to encourage sustainably minded, environmentally conscious people, which has allowed the College to firmly plant new roots in our City campus. 

Top 3 learnings:

• We have learned if you provide information on how to reduce waste, you can create positive and lasting change. 
• We know that sharing best practice, is a key element in continuing to reduce our carbon footprint.  
• Our greatest achievement has been to encourage sustainably minded, environmentally conscious people.  

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• Green Gown Awards 2019 - City of Glasgow College - Student Engagement (click to hide)