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Your chance to become the first Sustainability Action Photographer of the Year

By Julia Kendal |

As part of the annual Sustainability Action Awards, weā€™re inviting entries to the first Sustainability Action Photographer of the Year 2016 competition. All of the Universityā€™s students and staff are invited to enter the competition, submitting your images on the theme of ā€˜My Global Goalsā€™. The theme: My Global Goals 2015 was a landmark year […]

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7 steps to a sustainable Christmas

By Julia Kendal |

  1. Buy local. We’ll eat around 10 million turkeys in the UK this year. Not to mention all the potatoes, carrots and brussel sprouts! Buying the produce for your Christmas feast from local sources helps to reduce the carbon footprint of transporting it from further afield. The ‘Live My City’ map signposts local shops […]

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7 ways to make a sustainable start to the year

By Julia Kendal |

At Southampton, we bring our students and staff together to deliver ground-breaking and award winning sustainability initiatives. Hereā€™s seven ways you can play your part, starting today: Switch off ā€“ remember to switch off computersĀ and lights when youā€™re not using them. Our annual Blackout event ā€“ run by more than 250 volunteers ā€“ highlights the […]

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Live My City

By Julia Kendal |

Guest blog by Sam Bailey, SUSU VP Welfare Moving away from home is pretty exciting, there are new friends to meet, activities to try out and an entirely new city to explore. Weā€™re running walking tours of Southampton and Winchester next weekend to help you get to know some of our studentsā€™ favourite places around […]

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