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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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  HEFCE launches new online resource for Sustainable Development in HE – 2nd August 2007

  HEFCE have launched an online resource for sustainable development in HE at https://www.hefce.ac.uk/susdevresources/. This lists resources and organisations relevant to those in higher education who are dealing with sustainable development issues. Steve Egan, HEFCE Deputy Chief Executive, said: ...

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  Possible UK wide Phase II of the Business in the Community Indices for the Sector – 2nd July 2007

  After the success of the HE Sector Benchmarking Pilot Project and on the recommendation of the participants we are considering a further developmental phase of the "Universities that Count" Benchmarking Programme – potentially UK-wide. As our group of pioneers suggested, we have plans to impro...

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  Green Colleges Survey Report – 25th June 2007

  Waterless urinals, generators powered by cow slurry, walls insulated with denim jeans and cars powered by chip fat are among the innovative green features identified by a new survey of colleges published today (21 June). The survey was undertaken to mark the launch of the Association of Colleges...

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  New EAUC Website Launched!! – 19th June 2007

  The EAUC are pleased to announce the launch of our new website. The new website will be the one-stop-shop for environmental and sustainability issues for universities and colleges. The new Resource Bank provides, per topic, strategic and operational examples of good practice from the sector, as w...

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  LSC Sustainable Development Action Plan – 13th June 2007

  The LSC has published its sustainable development action plan for 2007/08. The plan sets out priorities and actions for the current year and looks ahead to likely actions in future years. Read the Plan Visit the LSC SD webpage...

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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 [email protected] 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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