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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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  The Effective Laboratory Conference – 30th April 2012

  Good Practice and Great Networking to Inform and Inspire National Science Learning Centre, York, June 12-13 THIS CONFERENCE has been organised by S-Lab in association with the National HE-STEM Programme (and the University of Bradford Greening STEM Legacy project which it is funding) plus a nu...

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  Sharing resources across the globe – 30th April 2012

  This month's issue of University Business shares the excellent news that EAUC Members now have access to resources across the globe. Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) in America and Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability (ACTS) have come together wit...

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  QMU receives Outstanding Leadership recognition in national awards – 24th April 2012

  The management team at Queen Margaret University (QMU) has been shortlisted for a prestigious higher education sector leadership award. Within three years QMU has been transformed from a university facing many challenges in terms of its finances, strategy and organisational culture, to one with a cl...

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  New JISC-funded SusteIT tool for ICT-related carbon, electricity and costs – 24th April 2012

  Updated Footprint Tool and Cost Figures A new version of the JISC-funded SusteIT Footprinting Tool is now available with revised default figures for equipment energy and a power usage effectiveness (PUE) calculator. An accompanying report analyses the results of 27 UK colleges and universities wh...

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  HEI sustainability initative for Rio+20 declaration – 23rd April 2012

  On the occasion of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in 2012, the leaders of the international academic community are called upon to commit to the development of sustainable practices for Higher Education Institutions. They are invited to sign on to the Declaration below. With the 1992...

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  WRAP's Facilities Management Client Interactive Toolkit: User Review – 17th April 2012

  WRAP is working with Government and leading private sector clients and contractors in the Facilities Management (FM) sector to identify resource and cost savings. To help practitioners to specify and measure these savings, WRAP is developing an interactive toolkit to provide clients procuring or...

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  Logica launches ‘Sustainability Stories’ competition - your chance to win €20,000 – 17th April 2012

  One European project in line for €20,000 prize A competition to search for innovative projects that are delivering a more sustainable future for local communities has been launched by Logica, a leading business and technology service company. www.Sustainability-Stories.com has been creat...

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  Earth Week 2012 – 16th April 2012

  With Earth Day 2012 approaching, the government’s failure to make any positive movements toward preserving the environment is continually frustrating us. Sunday 22nd April sees Earth Day 2012 which has been created as a platform for individuals to raise their voices and unite for a sustainable...

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  Britain needs more rain – 16th April 2012

  Two very dry winters has led to a drought for almost all of England. There have certainly been rainy winters in previous years however with a consistent change in climate; we are now seeing consecutive dry winters which have a direct impact on our farmers, wildlife and landscape which will inevitabl...

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  2012 Annual Conference raffle – 10th April 2012

  2012 Annual Conference raffle At the 2012 Annual Conference, we held our usual Annual Conference raffle. With some fantastic prizes up for grabs, delegates were very excited prior to the prize draw which was held at the Iceotope Conference Gala Dinner on Wednesday 28th March! A visit to the spons...

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  Sustainability is at the heart of South Staffordshire College – 3rd April 2012

  South Staffordshire College, this year's earth magazine 'learning journey' case study, has hosted a sustainability event to support its strategic "Sustainability Energy’’ plan and to outline the Government’s "Rural Economy Grant’’. Following the recent announcement o...

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  EAUC Annual General Meeting results 2012 – 2nd April 2012

  This year's Annual General Meeting took place on Tuesday 27 March 2012 at the University of York. Voting has been taking place by representatives from our Educational Membership institutions and the results were announced during the AGM. We received 3 nominations for the 2 available trustee vacan...

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  Green awards at the double for University – 2nd April 2012

  EAUC Member, Sheffield Hallam University, has had a fresh endorsement of its green credentials by reaching a new certificate for its energy management. The university has received the ISO 50001 (Energy Management System) standard following audits by the British Standards Institution (BSI). ISO...

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