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  Learning in Future Environments: a lesson in sustainability – 31st May 2012

  We're proud to announce that Learning in Future Environments reached the longlist for the Innovation category for the Guardian Sustainable Business Awards 2012. The Guardian Sustainable Business Best Practice Exchange contains articles on all the initiatives that met the criteria for the GSB Awa...

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  EAUC Members lead the way in the Green League – 29th May 2012

  With the results of this year’s Green League going live today, the EAUC are delighted to see so many of its Members leading the way in the top rankings. EAUC Members represent 92% of the institutions placed in the 2012 Green League which shows that these institutions are proactively using t...

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  Join the Rio+20 Sustainable Development Dialogues – 28th May 2012

  With just three weeks to go until the Earth Summit, the EAUC would like to encourage all its Members to join the Rio+20 Sustainable Development Dialogues and have their say. Tying in with the 'Aiming higher, unlocking tertiary education's potential to accelerate sustainable development and the tr...

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  DECC Press Release - Next steps on collective purchasing for a better energy deal – 28th May 2012

  The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) have issued the following press release on collective energy purchasing schemes. Davey: Next steps on collective purchasing for a better energy deal Energy Secretary Edward Davey has published practical advice for energy consumers looking t...

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  DECC Press Release - Certainty for Solar – 28th May 2012

  The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) have issued this press release on regulations for the Feed-in Tariffs scheme. Certainty for Solar DECC is introducing regulations today to put the Feed-in Tariffs (FITs) scheme on a more predictable, certain and sustainable footing for hou...

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  IT through the looking glass – 23rd May 2012

  This month's issue of University Business discusses IT with Platinum Sponsors of the 2012 EAUC Annual Conference, Iceotope. 'Wouldn’t it be strange if we considered that a computer is actually one of the most efficient ways of turning electricity into heat and the computer portion is, in real...

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  12th International ACTS Conference - Call for Reviewers – 21st May 2012

  The organising committee for the 12th International Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability (ACTS) Conference is calling for reviewers to referee paper submissions for the conference. Refereed Papers are those that are written with the intention of being published in the conference proceedin...

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  £100 million fund to boost university and private collaboration - open for bids – 21st May 2012

  A new £100 million investment fund to support research partnerships between universities, businesses, charities and philanthropic donors has opened for bids, Universities and Science Minister David Willetts has announced. The Research Partnership Investment Fund is open to UK universities for inv...

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  Every Can Count helps Durham University go green – 21st May 2012

  New video shows how a drinks can recycling programme is helping Durham University achieve its sustainability goals. As universities across the country look to reduce waste and operate more sustainably, improving recycling rates is playing an increasingly significant role in achieving environmental ...

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  Rio+20 - One month to go! – 15th May 2012

  Two weeks ago we brought you the exciting news that the EAUC, in collaboration with a number of international partners, will be holding a side event at the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development in June. The full title of the side event is ‘Aiming higher, unlocking tertiary education's ...

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  Hamilton College’s energy dashboard – 15th May 2012

  Our relationship with AASHE grants us an insight into work being carried out on campuses on an international scale. Hamilton College, New York, are committed to protecting and sustaining the environment through institutional processes, management of facilities, and curriculum. This leadership ext...

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  Newsletter CBS Goes Green – 15th May 2012

  Copenhagen Business School (CBS) have been busy cooking up their plan for 2012. If you’d like to take a look into their plans, why not view their latest newsletter below.

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  Food redistribution is a win-win solution for food waste – 11th May 2012

  Companies, charities and individuals can all benefit from the redistribution of surplus food to those who need it. Tonnes of fresh produce is consigned to the garbage heap on a consistent basis and it doesn't take an environmental activist to work out that wasting produce on this scale is a sub-o...

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  UK environment agency backs fracking, nuclear power – 9th May 2012

  **press release** The chairman of the environment agency for England and Wales voiced support for shale gas extraction - which critics say can pollute ground water and cause earth tremors - and he backed government plans to expand nuclear power generation. Shale gas is extracted using a techno...

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  Vacancies for Regional Sustainability Advisers – 9th May 2012

  Last week LSIS launched an opportunity for three individuals to join their team of Regional Sustainability Advisers, working in the following regions: London South East Yorkshire and the Humber With an LSIS grant of £10,000 and support from an LSIS associate acting as a crit...

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  Call for refurbishment projects to pilot BREEAM Refurbishment criteria – 8th May 2012

  BREEAM are currently drafting the BREEAM Refurbishment criteria for non-domestic buildings and are looking for refurbishment projects that can be used to pilot the scheme. It is important that they have buildings from the higher education sector represented in the pilot so that they can ensure the c...

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  The Effective Laboratory – 8th May 2012

  S-Lab is an initiative with a purpose to create more effective laboratories arising from the financial, customer, user, regulatory and other pressures they are susceptible to. It originated with support from the four UK HE funding bodies and has its centre of gravity in universities but increasingly...

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  Rio+20 EAUC side event confirmed! – 1st May 2012

  We WILL have a voice at Rio! Over the past few weeks, we’ve been keeping you up to date with our progress with Rio+20 – more specifically, ensuring that sustainable development is on the agenda and that EAUC Members have voice. We’ve been working hard with a number of internationa...

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  Continued heavy rain south of Britain increases flood fears – 1st May 2012

  There were fears that many parts of England and Wales faced further flooding on Tuesday 1 May as heavy rain continued to drench southern Britain after the wettest April since records began (1910). The Environment Agency are particularly concerned about conditions in Somerset, Dorset and Devon &nd...

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  People needed for research on education for sustainable development (ESD) – 30th April 2012

  Jane Ward from NIACE (National Institute of Adult Continuing Education) has been on sabbatical from 6 April 2012 to carry out research into learning for sustainability (ESD) and is looking for adult learners (19+) and their tutors to contribute to this research. Jane is researching policy and pra...

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