Author Archives: Julia Kendal
Sustainability Action Awards 2015 – coming soon!
January 14, 2015
The annual sustainability action awards were launched for the first time in 2014. Soon you will have another opportunity to apply for one of our awards which recognise student and staff dedication to sustainability. Why awards? We want to highlight and reward- the activities that you are already undertaking to have a positive impact on […]
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Why you should work with Sustainability Action this summer
January 7, 2015
We are currently recruiting for a 12-week paid summer internship. If you are a current Southampton student read on about why you should take the time to apply for the post. Youâll earn the Living Wage. Not only do we think itâs important that internships are paid, we ensure that our interns are paid the […]
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What’s coming up in 2015?
January 5, 2015
After a Christmas break, we’re looking forward to a busy year ahead at Sustainability Action. Read on to find out more about just some of the activities coming up in the next term… The annual sustainability awareness survey will be launched in January. Take 10 minutes to complete the survey for your chance to win prizes […]
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The University of Southampton Social Innovation Challenge Series: our first challenge and why weâre doing itÂ
December 16, 2014
Guest Blog by Pathik Pathak. A million older people havenât spoken to someone else in over a month. 500,000 older people will be alone at Christmas. Acute loneliness is as twice as deadly as obesity. It is as potent a cause of death as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. The headlines statistics are staggering. Athina […]
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Sustainability doesnât stop for Christmas!
December 11, 2014
With the end of term and the Christmas holidays fast approaching, itâs important to be thinking about the sustainability of this often consumer-focused holiday. Students on the interdisciplinary curriculum innovation module âSustainability in the Local and Global Environmentâ designed and produced films exploring different sustainability issues; these may help you navigate some of the sustainability […]
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All blacked out!
November 25, 2014
On Friday 14th November over 250 students and staff blacked out Highfield, Winchester School of Art, Avenue and Boldrewood campuses! Back for its third year, Blackout sees hundreds of volunteers giving up their Friday night to audit and switch off electrical equipment left on in offices and computer rooms. Beginning in 2012 in 34 building […]
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Why you should apply for one of our internships
October 27, 2014
Sustainability Action is recruiting for three term-time internships in partnership with the Southampton Business Ethics and Environment Students (BEES) programme: Â BEES Volunteer Co-ordinator: develop your organisation skills and volunteer knowledge by working within the BEES team to promote volunteer opportunities, help with their training and support their work in organisations. BEES Communications Assistant: support the […]
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âA major milestoneâ â University achieves EcoCampus Platinum
September 11, 2014
Guest blog by Greg Sandford, Carbon Management  Communications Lead The University now sits alongside some of the worldâs leading companies â including Rolls Royce and Lloydâs Register â having reached the international standard for environmental management. The institution has been awarded EcoCampus Platinum, following almost three yearsâ work to implement the environmental management system (EMS) and an […]
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A year with Sustainability Action
July 21, 2014
Guest blog by Jessica Lobo, Sustainability Action student representative A year on from when I first started working with Sustainability Action and itâs been a fantastic experience, not only for me, but also for the hundreds of students and staff that are involved across the campus in one way or another. From swap shops to […]
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Did you see the purple lightbulbs? Promoting our investments in carbon reduction
July 8, 2014
Guest blog by Greg Sandford, Carbon Management  Communications Lead Hopefully those of you who have been on our campuses over the last couple of months will have noticed the purple lightbulb tags celebrating our investments to reduce the Universityâs carbon emissions. We know that staff and students are almost a bit âsnow-blindâ to all of the […]
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