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  The Green League 2007 – 7th June 2007

  Today, 7 June 2007, the UK's leading student campaign network, People & Planet, has published the first ever green league table showing the environmental performance of Britain's universities. Leeds Met, Plymouth and Hertfordshire top the leaderboard. The Green League 2007 celebrates success, and ex...

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  Site Waste Management Plans - Defra Consultation – 5th June 2007

  You may already be aware that from April 2008 the Government intend to make Site Waste Management Plans (SWMPs) mandatory for all construction projects over £250k in value in an attempt to reduce waste crime and reduce the environmental impact of construction waste. See the end of the email for a br...

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  Climate Change Bill Consultation – 4th June 2007

  The government has published a draft bill to tackle climate change and the EAUC wishes to contribute to the consultation process. Please send any contributions to the 4 key questions to info@eauc.org.uk by 6 June. Find the Bill at https://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/climatechange/uk/legislation/...

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  HEFCE Strategic Review on Sustainable Development - Interim Report – 4th June 2007

  Click on the link below to view the Interim Report on Sustainable Development in Higher Education in England.

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  Green Campus Week Events – 17th May 2007

  EAUC are pleased to announce their involvement in Green Campus Week. A new initiative highlighting how universities are making an environmental difference in Britain and America The Higher Education Environmental Performance Improvement (HEEPI) is organising a ‘green campus’ week in J...

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  New Convenor – 2nd May 2007

  Following the AGM held on 18th April, the EAUC are pleased to annouce their new convenor as Sheri-Leigh Miles, Sustainability Officer at Bishop Burton College. Sheri is taking over from Martin Wiles, who is standing down from the role but is remaining on the Executive Committee. Other changes wit...

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  Sound Impact Award Winners – 26th April 2007

  Congratulations to Loughborough Students' Union who scooped the top award for the Sound Impact Awards. In this, the first year, of Sound Impact 51 Students’ Unions were involved, affecting almost 750,000 students. Overall the awards were split as follows: 3x Gold Standard winners ...

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  The Carbon Academy Project – 26th April 2007

  On 09 January NUS Services submitted a bid to the Carbon Trust Networks Initiative to run an £80,000 climate change project called the Carbon Academy. On 09 March we learnt that our bid had been successful, meaning that we will soon be launching an exciting new project for our members. The Carbon A...

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  Universities that Count - HE Benchmarking Report – 13th April 2007

  An important new report out today has benchmarked universities from across England on their environmental and corporate responsibility performance. It then reveals how they rate against UK businesses. As institutional performance benchmarking evolves and becomes a mainstream business tool for univer...

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  Britain's Greenest Universities & Colleges? – 30th March 2007

  The prestigious Green Gown Awards, now in their third year, have been announced. The Awards recognise innovative sustainable actions by universities and colleges across the UK. Universities and colleges have a large part to play in developing a sustainable society with over 2 million students and 30...

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  UN hails East Midlands - as the first UK region that’s learning to be more sustainable – 8th March 2007

  The UN has led the world in promoting sustainable development and now, as part of a 10 year programme, it acknowledges the vital role of regions in helping everyone learn to be more sustainable. The East Midlands has just become the first UK region to be approved by the UN University and UNESCO as a...

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  Guidance on WEEE issued by DTI – 5th March 2007

  Guidance on the waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) regulations have been issued by the Department of Trade and Industry. Members will be glad to hear that the EAUC are about to start preparing initial outline guidance with support of an environmental lawyer and sector colleagues Ann ...

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  Edinburgh Students Fairtrade Video – 5th March 2007

  Edinburgh Students have launched a video about their experience of being a Fairtrade University. The video, launched on You Tube, interviews Edinburgh rector Mark Ballard MSP and St Andrews rector Simon Pepper as well as student campaigners and university staff about their experiences – visit ...

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  First International Meeting on Implementation of ESD for Higher Education – 16th February 2007

  First International Meeting on Implementation of Education for Sustainable Development for Higher Education Institutes (IMESD) took place in Amsterdam 8-9 February 2007. Stephen Sterling and William Scott were commissioned by DHO, the Dutch network for sustainable higher education, to develop a rep...

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  UN Decade of ESD - Progress to Date – 12th February 2007

  The UN have released a progress to date briefing on the Decade of ESD.

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  Sustainable Procurement - International Links – 7th February 2007

  The EAUC & C2E2 (Campus Consortium for Environmental Excellence) held a video conference on November 28 2006 to compare and contrast sustainable procurement initiatives at universities in the UK and the USA. Click here to view shared documents ...

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  LSC launch strategy for building greener colleges of the future – 6th February 2007

  The Learning and Skills Council (LSC), today revealed their strategy for building greener colleges of the future. Bill Rammell MP, Minister of State for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education launched the LSC prospectus, which for the first time states that Colleges must include green propo...

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  The BIG Energy & Environmental Staff Development Needs Survey – 2nd February 2007

  Do you need to have some understanding of energy and environmental issues in your work? Universities and colleges are under great pressure to improve their environmental performance. One potential barrier is a lack of relevant knowledge and skills. EAUC and HEEPI have developed this survey to establ...

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  Queen's University Belfast achieve ISO14001 – 24th January 2007

  Queen’s University Belfast is the latest University to achieve certification to the ISO14001 Environmental Management Systems Standard. Certification was achieved for the Environmental Management System (EMS) in place within the University’s Estates Department and Purchasing Office. Th...

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  Biodiversity on Campus Presentation at Sustaining Excellence in HE Conference – 16th January 2007

  Sustaining Excellence in Higher Education A presentation on the Biodiversity on Campus project was made at the Sustaining Excellence in Higher Education Conference which was jointly organised by the Leadership Foundation and HEFCE. The Conference was held at the Royal College of Physicians in London...

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