COMMUNICATIONS FOR SUSTAINABILITY: ACTION PLAN 2011 - 2012

Sept/October
Student lunchtime conservation talks: allotments, Worcestershire Wildlife Trust,
City/student recycling awareness training and visits
Film Show ‘Just do it’ Joint Councillor Student/
Conservation society litter pick Travel surveys
Story Telling festival
Adverts for GIPA’s / Nov
GI Launch
Recruit student GIPA’s
SSO w/shop
Articles in SET newsletter / Dec
Student focus groups testing
Student xmas veg boxes / Jan / Feb
Go Green Week
Fairtrade Fortnight / March
GI auditing / April
SSO results / May
GI awards ceremony
Activity / Objective / Action Date / Measure of Success / Progress of Project / Partners/ person responsible / Completion Date
Online Activity
All user email
  1. Regular updates included with weekly all staff email.
/ Ongoing / Template designed and in use / Regular emails sent out. Aim for something most weeks. / KB / Ongoing
Sustainability webpages
  1. Site under continuous development
/ Ongoing / Monitor hits rates of ES web pages. / Website continuously updated. Adding more video links to keep current.
Needed to reconstruct the SD page with more user friendly interface, actively promote the page on F/book and twitter, also promote on external sources. But the ultimate goal is to have it linked with SOLE page, so student can access it without interruption / Web team/KB / Ongoing
Environmental pop-ups
  1. Investigate the possibility of environmental hints and tips to appear on staff PCs following login, with particular emphasis on energy and waste.
  2. Twitter
  1. Facebook
/ To be confirmed
Twitter account
Worc_uni_eco
f/book account
Katy Worcester-sustainability / 131 followers
268 tweets Nov 2011
172 Facebook friends Nov 2011 / Use material in green impact w/book KB to make appointment with ILS IT Manager to discuss
(Stickers with brief message and SD F/book address)
Priority to action on uploading information, link with Sustainability Webpage, link with other popular FB pages, e.g. SU/ILS, seeking for more attentions, and possible change of Name? / ILS – CG
KB+ Coordinator
KB / Ongoing
Ongoing
Student Activity
  1. Student Switch Off. To reduce amount of power used in student halls
/ Sept 10 - May 11 / Last year 11% energy reduction aim for greater than 11% this year / 40+ students at film show, photos added x Eco Power Rangers have signed up. / May 11
  1. Recycling in halls and student accommodation.
/ Sept 10 - May 11 / Recycling bins too full! More collections needed / Great progress for the start of the semester- must be monitored for it to stay a success. New literature produced. Off campus joint visits with Worcester City Council arranged. / May 2011
  1. Sustainability Events Calendar
/ Use E&C soc photo competition to produce / Sort after item! / Identify budget/extend competition for more on campus photos / KB/ E&C soc / January 2012
  1. People and Planet Group
Rory establishing separate group
Go Green week / Oct
Nov 6-11 / Good range of activities, inclusion of community groups, and wide range of students involved. / Work plan for SU sustainability officer in draft
Contact Kari from SU for more detail on Fashion show in the Go green Week, Primary date is 10/02/12 / SU Sustainability officer+ People and Planet Group
Staff Activity
  1. Green Impact.3rd year of competition.
/ Oct onwards / Behaviour changed as result. Green impact NUS surveys pre/post. More teams signed up for this year / Create 20 (last year was 13) Green Impact Teams
Including GIPA student volunteers / Various institutes and service departments / July 12
3 year programme
Campus Activity
  1. Building specific energy/recycling information
/ January 2012 / Quantified energy savings/increased recycling / Publish reports/information on savings
Display on the Plasma TV across all Department? / July 2012
  1. Motiv8t and Bike Loan
Signage and promotion every Wednesday / January 2012 / Increase number of requests for Bikes sales and Loans / Produce Signage for Motiv8t outside the Bike Storage.
Produce stand for promoting it on every Wednesday all day
Posters for the launch of Bike loan scheme / Various department / TBC
  1. Sustainable Food.
Promote new sustainable food action plan / October / More promotions through Green Impact and student initiatives. Eg xmas lunch demo/local food / ‘Local food’ page for ES website under development –
Veg Box / Aramark, Facilities/SET
  1. Campus Tours. Student Ambassadors T-shirts to carry environmental message. Brief Student Ambassadors to include campus sustainability and environmental initiatives in their tour packs.
/ November / New information and route provided
Check C&D’s training menu for the information been included / Check student feedback from Ambassadors that information is clear and useful. Check feedback from attendees / C&D
Academic
  1. The Green Debate (Question Time style)
Stage a debate for students, and perhaps staff,
Gregory or, political editor, Patrick Burns. / Date to be agreed / Providing a platform for them to have their views on tackling Climate Change heard by the Vice Chancellor, local councillors and regional MPs. Debate to be chaired by Worcester News political reporter, Jack Blanchard, BBC Midlands Today Science and Environment correspondent, David / KB
  1. Annual Environmental Lecture
Hold annual event and invite local well-known environmentalist/s to be guest speakers. / To be agreed / To take place during National Green Week in February 2011.
Local Community
  1. Staff and students
Joint work with the community / Litter pick 17th October / Reports to Community Forum. Local press articles / including student/community litter picks, sharing expertise, working with local schools and voluntary groups. Stem ambassadors Invited to neighbourhood watch meetings / Done
Third Party
  1. Sponsorships
Sponsor the ‘Worcester News’ to be printed on green newspaper for a day, / To be agreed / Publication happens / Launch on the day we launch a new initiative or something locally relevant, perhaps the ‘Green Debate’. / C&D
  1. Third party endorsements
Wherever possible, try and get third party endorsements!! We can use these on marketing material, publications, press releases and award entries. / No.s of endorsements / Promoting Green Search Engine? e.g. ecosiagreenmaven, blackle, eco-find
Collaboration with them while promote the university’s Green profile / All
Recognition
  1. Green Gowns
  2. Green League
  3. Green Apple
  4. Sustainability West Midlands- Green Leaders

Prepared October 2011

Review Jan 2012