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  Consultation on Site Waste Management Plans - Response required by 14th March 2008 – 27th February 2008

  Dear Members You may remember we responded to Defra on the proposed regulations for site waste management plans last year. Defra have now published the Regulations which are due to come into effect on 6th April 2008. You can view the Regulations by going to: https://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/uks...

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  Call for Mini-Grant Funding Bids – 22nd February 2008

  There is growing pressure and expectation on the higher education (HE) sector to respond to the sustainability challenge and consider how best to embed sustainable development into policies and practices, not least in learning and teaching and curricula. To that end, the Higher Education Academy&rsq...

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  HEFCE Review concludes that stretching policies are required if HE is to become a leader in SD – 20th February 2008

  The key aim of the review was to devise a baseline of Sustainable Development activity in English Higher Education in order to measure progress over the longer term. The review examined the extent to which teaching, research and corporate and estates activities addressed SD – that is, our unde...

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  The Green Education Declaration – 19th February 2008

  With the launch of Go Green Week by People & Planet, many students will be lobbying their Vice Chancellor or Principal to ensure they sign The Green Education Declaration. The Declaration was launched this morning with a total of thirteen initial signatories. It calls for this year’s Climat...

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  Consultation on Article 5 of the Energy End Use Efficiency and Energy Services Directive 2006/32/EC – 1st February 2008

  Article 5 requires the public sector to fulfil an exemplary role in the context of energy end use efficiency. As part of performing this exemplary role the public sector must communicate its energy saving actions to the wider public. The Directive requires the public sector to take up cost effective...

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  Consultation: Revolving green Fund for English HE – 1st February 2008

  Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in England will benefit from a new fund to provide repayable grants for projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This fund will be a partnership between HEFCE and Salix Finance Ltd (Salix) with both parties committing significant funds. HEFCE and Salix expe...

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  Encouraging greener living - Defra publishes public attitudes research – 31st January 2008

  The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published a framework to encourage environmentally friendly behaviour among individuals and communities. The report pulls together evidence on public understanding, attitudes and behaviours and draws conclusions on the potential f...

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  Government calls for Universities to do more to reduce their carbon emissions – 22nd January 2008

  Reducing carbon emissions was one of the key priorities laid down today by John Denham, Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, in his annual grant letter to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). The grant letter calls for universities to do more to reduce ...

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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 [email protected].

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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 [email protected] 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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