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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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  Nature deficit disorder 'damaging Britain's children' - BBC news – 30th March 2012

  With the closing plenary speech from Satish Kumar at the EAUC Conference causing such discussion, it's great to see his messages being reiterated so clearly in a recent BBC news item over the weekend. We're also pleased to see Dr David Pencheon commenting on these findings as our day 2 keynote speak...

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  UK Government loses Feed-in Tariff appeal – 26th March 2012

  The UK Government has failed in its attempt to appeal to the Supreme Court over its plan to cut subsidies for solar panels on homes. In it's judgement, the Supreme Court said it could not challenge a High Court ruling that blocked the halving of payments to households generating solar energy. ...

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  2012 Budget Report – 26th March 2012

  George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, set the tone for the budget when he said: "Environmentally sustainable must always be fiscally sustainable." As well as all the controversy surrounding George Osborne’s so-called ‘Granny Tax’, this budget has also been hailed as ...

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  EAUC endorses the Higher Education Sustainability Initiative for Rio+20 – 19th March 2012

  The EAUC is delighted to announce that it has joined a number of other international organisations to officially endorse the Higher Education Sustainability Initiative for Rio+20. As part of the EAUC's involvement with similar bodies worldwide, including AASHE in North America, ACTS in Australasi...

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  Why not take part in Earth Hour 2012? – 19th March 2012

  This year, the EAUC is encouraging all its Members to support the WWF's Earth Hour 2012. Earth Hour is a simple message with a big punch. It started in one city but is now a global phenomenon - last year millions of people from 138 countries got involved by switching off their lights for one hour...

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  Permitted development rights for small scale renewable & low carbon energy technologies – 19th March 2012

  This report sets out the Government's response to the consultation, 'Permitted development rights for small scale renewable and low carbon energy technologies, and electric vehicle charging infrastructure.' The consultation was undertaken by the previous administration, between November 2009 and...

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  £20million prize for innovations in Carbon Capture and Storage technology – 14th March 2012

  Below is a press release from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) on the launch of its new Carbon Capture and Storage innovation competition. "Energy secretary Edward Davey is launching a competition worth up to £20 million to fund the development of innovations in Carbon Capture a...

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