University of Bristol Sustainability

Over 1,600 young people across Bristol are participating in Climate Action Survey to help inform city-wide decision-making. 

91% of responses are currently from school-age participants, and  would really love to hear more from 18- to 24-year-olds. 

Take the survey today 🔗Link in our bio or type in  www.surveymonkey.com/r/2024climateaction 

We’re recruiting a new Climate Action Officer intern. Please follow the link in our bio for full details and share with any current students who may be interested.

This opportunity is only open to current

💚 Share what you do for nature and make a huge difference to help bring wildlife back to your neighbourhood 🐝🐸🦋🦉🌼 You can enter as an individual, a community group or school/ education provider 🌱🌳 This includes planting for pollinators, food growing and wildlife gardening effort, no matter what size they are.

Three finalists will be selected from each category to go to public vote. The main prize is awarded by Avon Wildlife Trust for outstanding achievement. Watch this space for prizes!

To enter, visit www.avonwildlifetrust.org.uk and select the category that best describes you and your garden. You'll be asked a few questions and have the opportunity to upload a photos or video to show off your space! Entries close on 31 July, T&Cs apply.

🚲 🚲 Another two members of the Sustainability Team taking on e-cargo bike training this morning. By training up staff to use the bikes we can reduce the journeys made in vans and make a more connected campus! 🚲🚲

Make some extra cash and keep resources such as clothes, electricals and kitchenware out of landfill by preparing for the end of year move.

Look out for the red drop off points around campus to donate good condition items you don't have time to or want to sell.

Use black bins only for items that cannot be reused, repaired or recycled.

Be the Change: Learn to repair your clothes workshop yesterday.

Thanks to the wonderful Claire from for your wonderful facilitation and sewing kits!

Thanks also to and for co-hosting.

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REMINDER! Our Climate Fresk Climate Education Kick Off is tomorrow!

We’ll be running the Climate Fresk workshop to cover the fundamentals of climate science with the support of trained facilitators.

We're out of spaces but you can join the waiting list here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/cabotinstitutefortheenvironment/1157241

👕👗👚🧥This month, our Be the Change campaign challenges you to repair your clothes refresh your wardrobe with only secondhand items for a month, a year or even for life - depending on what’s achievable to you! 

To help you on your way to a more sustainable wardrobe, the Sustainability Team is hosting a clothes repair workshop for staff and stufents with textile repair expert, Claire, from Gorgeous by Design. 

You will learn repair techniques such as sewing on a button and seam repair as guided through by Claire. You are also welcome to bring items of clothing for repair during the workshop. The workshop is open to absolute beginners, as well as more confident stitchers. 

All attendees will be gifted a small sewing kit.

Sign-up for a free ticket via the link in our bio - but please, only if you can definitely make it! We only have a few places available.

Would you like to join the Sustainability Team as a Green Labs Officer? 🧪🧑🏽‍🔬🌿

Find out more via the link in our bio!

 
Please note, you must be a student for the duration of the 12 month contract.

This month we’re encouraging you to choose active forms of travel as part of our ‘Be the Change’ campaign. To help you on your way we’ve organised this bike maintenance class, run by Taylored Cycles. Spaces are limited so please only sign up if you can definitely make it! All attendees will receive a free puncture repair kit!

This month’s Sustainability Newsletter is now live, featuring:

New Sustainability Manager for Scope 3 Carbon

School of Education’s Climate Challenge

Be the Change ‘travel’ month

Climate Fresk Climate Education Kick Off

Plus lots more ways to get involved!

➡️ Link in bio!

We’ve invited expert cycle technicians, Taylored Cycles, to show you how to identify and repair a tyre puncture.

All participants will be given a free puncture repair kit!

➡️Spaces are limited – sign uplink in bio.