A Green GSU

At GSU we are committed to minimising our impact on the planet and maintain sustainable practices in everything we do

In October 2019, the GSU Student Assembly voted to ask the University to declare a climate emergency and for the University and Union sustainability strategies to consult with students in the process of creating them.

This call to action aims at encouraging the University to take action and speed up its efforts at becoming carbon neutral (having no carbon footprint often through carbon offsetting). Niel Lewis is the GSU Officer leading on the work to support the University Sustainability Team for 2020/21.

 

 


A message from GSU Officer Niel

 

“We can do great things when we work together to make a real change. We have to question ourselves as individuals and as an organisation. Are we as green as we could be? Now is a great time to be passionate about sustainability as we can focus on how we change the world, starting at Greenwich”.

Niel Lewis
GSU Officer 2020/21
 

 

Sustainability Strategy

GSU will be developing its own Sustainability Strategy in 2020. If you are interested in getting involved please email o.u.a.lewis@gre.ac.uk.

Join us on Teams

We've made a channel on Microsoft Teams for you to get involved and help us make a change!

 

Join us on Teams

Sustainable Homes

In your house you can take control of sustainability! Every change you make is another step closer to sustainable living.

Download the guide

Sustainable Halls 

It's up to everyone to live sustainably. If you're not sure where to start, there's a fantastic guide that explains how you can be sustainable in your halls.

Download the guide

 

Change

Discover how we aim to be sustainable at our venue Change.

 

Discover more

Climate petition

Make sure you sign our students’ Climate Petition to declare a climate emergency alongside other UK universities!

 

Sign now

Students go green

Check out some of the content made by students here:

- CHANGE - Eco Team Greenwich - Green Action Week

- How green is Greenwich?

Green Gown Awards

Eco-Team Greenwich is a collaboration between staff and students at Greenwich

The Green Gown Awards Team had this to say about the Eco Team: 'We really like the process of discussing issues of importance followed by considered action, as well as the balanced collaboration of the EcoTeam. And such a breadth of fantastic activities have been run as a result!  It would be great to see this developed for future applications, to include evidence of long-term impact, and how the activities are creating behaviour change.'

You can connect with the Eco-Team on Facebook and Instagram.

Join us on Facebook

Follow us on Instagram