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  Greening Spires - New Report Out Today – 22nd January 2008

  A new Universities UK publication, out today, showcases the contribution of higher education institutions to this ‘greening’ agenda. Click here to download the report The Guardian also has an article on this report. Click here to view the article Radio 4's Learning Curve show fea...

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  BBC Radio 4 - The Learning Curve – 18th January 2008

  Iain Patton has been invited to speak on the BBC Radio 4 programme The Learning Curve next Monday evening. The programme is picking up on a new publication called ‘Greening Spires’ comes out from UUK the following day. It presents a rather positive picture of universities embracing th...

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  Green Gown Sponsorship Launched – 17th January 2008

  Please see the documents below regarding Green Gown Sponsorship opportunities. If you have any queries please contact sponsors@heepi.org.uk.

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  SORTED website launches – 9th January 2008

  SORTED. The Sustainability Online Resource and Toolkit for Education is launched today by the Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (EAUC) in partnership with the Learning and Skills Council (LSC). The new website: www.eauc.org.uk/sorted helps those working in Further Educa...

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  University of Bristol win at Times Higher Awards – 7th December 2007

  The University of Bristol have won the 'Outstanding Contribution to Sustainable Development' category at the Times Higher Awards 2007. For more details on the awards, click here.

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  Inefficient ICT Sector's Carbon Emissions set to Surpass Aviation Industry – 7th December 2007

  The ‘Inefficient Truth’ Inefficient ICT Sector's Carbon Emissions set to Surpass Aviation Industry An Inefficient Truth is the first research report produced by Global Action Plan on behalf of the Environmental IT Leadership Team. The Leadership Team is a unique gathering of majo...

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  Your opportunity to take part in a DfID procurement and poverty project – 13th November 2007

  If you are potentially interested in this project, we would be very appreciative if you could get in touch as soon as possible with John Forster at john@jfassociates.org EAUC has been successful in the concept stage of a bid to the Department for International Development (DFID) for an exciting p...

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  People & Planet wins Best Campaign 2007 at British Environment and Media Awards – 9th November 2007

  Last night at the British Environmental Media Awards People & Planet, Britain's leading student campaign network, won the coveted British Environmental Media Campaign of the Year. The award was given for the Green League 2007, which ranked UK universities by environmental performance. The Green ...

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  Sound Impact Awards Launched their 2nd Year – 7th November 2007

  The Sound Impact Awards are an environmental accreditation scheme with an awards element designed specifically for students' unions. Last year 51 students' unions took part with 30 reaching the minimum bronze standard. To gain the bronze standard, unions need to achieve the 20 Essential criteria in ...

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  Launching the 2008 - 2013 EAUC Strategic Plan – 2nd November 2007

  Some Strategic Plans are made to sit on shelves and gather dust. I am pleased (and relieved) to say that the EAUC Strategic Plan for 2008 to 2013 is not going to be one of them! Thank you I am delighted to launch this excellent piece of work which will lead the EAUC for the next 5 years. Its s...

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  New French University Sustainability Group Established – 2nd November 2007

  Campus Responsables has been established and is fast building a useful web presence. EAUC Executive Director Iain Patton was recently interviewed by the organisation and this interview can be found in the Testimony (Temoigage) section. The actual interview is in English. See: https://www.camp...

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  EAUC Executive Director to speak at The Energy Consortium Conference – 2nd November 2007

  EAUC Executive Director Iain Patton is to speak at The Energy Consortium conference on 6th November 2007. With the conference theme being Sustainability, it is encouraging to see this important organisation moving beyond utility procurement to the challenging agenda of renewable energy and improv...

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  Biodiversity Duty - back on our agenda – 2nd November 2007

  According to new legal advice to HEFCE, the Natural England and Rural Communities Act 2006 –Section 40 Biodiversity Duty applies to English institutions. HECFE sought direction on whether the Act applies to HEIs in England and the advice is that it does. In their advice to HEFCE (1) , Bea...

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  Green Gown Awards - Categories Announced – 17th October 2007

  Green Gown Awards 2007-08 Entries for this year’s Green Gown Awards are now open. The Green Gown Awards are now in their 4th year and have become the most prestigious recognition of best practice in universities and colleges. Winning a Green Gown Award has become a great way to diffe...

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  Bringing Britain to Boston Podcast – 10th October 2007

  How are the roles of a campus environmental professional in the UK different than the work perfomed by an american environmental manager? Iain Patton and Sheri-Leigh Miles spoke at the CSHEMA conference in Boston about the activities of the EAUC. Click this link to download the podcast With t...

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  EAUC to speak at the forthcoming Energy Consortium Conference on 6th November – 10th October 2007

  The EAUC are to speak at the forthcoming Energy Consortium Conference on 6th November, please see the download below for more details.

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  Salix rolls out its fund to more Universities following its successful pilot – 4th October 2007

  Since the end of 2006 eight universities have been participating in the Salix Higher Education pilot programme. Based on the success and delivery of the pilot universities, Salix are now pleased to announce that they are keen to recieve applications from more universities. See below for furthe...

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  EU Energy Services Directive – 3rd October 2007

  New legislation is currently under construction for the implementation of this Directive in May 2008. A useful brief guide to the Directive and of particular interest will be the implications to FHE can be found in our Resource Bank. Click here for further details Thanks to Bob Stiff at Br...

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  BITC Touring Exhibition – 13th September 2007

  Business in the Community’s ‘Walk the Talk Exhibition with Universities and Colleges’ is an exciting new initiative aimed at the higher and further education community. The exhibition is a series of exhibition stands that carry poignant messages and vivid images to convey the sim...

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  Carbon Reduction Commitment Consultation – 11th September 2007

  DEFRA has asked for comments on the revised Carbon Reduction Commitment by the 9th October. We would like to hear your thoughts. Click here for full details.

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