Sustainability Week 2018

Green Impact Introduction

TIME: 12:00 – 13:00
LOCATION: IOE - Bedford Way (20) - 804

Fed up with the amount of paper used in your department? Want to gain knowledge in sustainability litercy? Want to make UCL become more environmentally and socially sustainable? Attend this workshop to find out how you can make your department more sustainable with Green Impact. For more information on Green Impact click here.

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Green Economy Society Talk on Clean Growth

TIME: 18:00 – 20:00
LOCATION: Chandler House G10 

GES is very excited to be hosting a talk on the 29th October with a focus on clean growth! We have a brilliant line up prepared:
Ecosia- A web search engine with over 7 Million users based in Berlin which donates 80% of its surplus income to non-profit conservationist organizations, with a focus on tree planting.
Carbon Tracker- An independent financial think tank that carries out in-depth analysis on the impact of the energy transition on capital markets.
Prof. Raimund Bleischwitz, UCL- Director of the Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources (BSEER) and Chair in Sustainable Global Resources at the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources.
Ichthion- A multi-award winning company that develops cutting-edge technology to remove plastic waste from rivers and oceans.

All are welcome so come along, bring some friends and get ready for a great talk!

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Solar Cooker and Tea Ceremony 

TIME: 12:00 – 15:00
LOCATION: Front Quad outside the Slade

Join the Slade for a traditional Korean tea ceremony. Hot water will be provided by the solar cooker, which concetrates the sunlight and converts it into heat energy!

Careers in CSR - UCL 180 Degrees Consulting

Learn about ethical business and a career in Corporate Social Responsibility from the professionals themselves. 

Look forward to speakers from KPMG, Aviva plc and LEGO group, coming to talk to you about the ins and outs of a high-impact career. Networking and drinks will follow.

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Sustainability Volunteering Fair

TIME: 12:00 – 15:00
LOCATION: South Cloisters

You’ll meet sustainability charities who are currently looking for volunteers to support what they do.  These include Canal & River Trust, The Felix Project, The Environmental Justice Project and UCL Zero Food Waste.

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Sustainability Market

TIME: 12:00 – 15:00
LOCATION: South & North Cloisters, Front Quad & Wilkins Terrace 

Explore social and ethical products, taste our future with beer made of bread waste and get your hands soapy with Lush.

Vegan Food Market - Wilkins Terrace

Our friends at Food Federation UCL have put on a full vegan market! 

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Lush Workshops - North Cloisters

TIME: (13:00 - 13:30); (13:30 -14:00); (14:00 - 14:30)
LOCATION: South & North Cloisters, Front Quad & Wilkins Terrace 

Get your hands soapy with Lush! There will be 3 product making workshops during the day where you will have the chance to create one of the amazing Lush products, and listen to how they are reducing plastic waste and fighting animal testing. You will be making "The Comforter" which is a bubble bar - Sometimes you just need to shut yourself off from the outside world under a blanket of fruity foam that will put you back in the right frame of mind to face the world. 

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Bike Sale - Front Quad

TIME: 12:00 - 13:00

Bike Sale by Recycle your Cycle. Recycle your Cycle are passionate about supporting disadvantaged groups within our communities as well as prisoner rehabilitation and breaking the cycle of reoffending. To help, they set up bicycle repair workshops in communities and in prisons to help those in need to gain new skills and improve their employment prospects.

No booking required, simply rock up. *Cash Only* For more information, please email hannah.biggs@ucl.ac.uk

Pub quiz

TIME: 17:00 – 19:00
LOCATION: Jeremy Bentham Room 

Think you know all there is to know about sustainability? Test your general knowledge as well as your understanding of sustainability at our pub quiz led by John Draper our long-running Sustainability Champion at UCL. This is a great chance to meet other likeminded people at UCL.

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Free Veggie Chilli Cooking Classes in halls

Do you want to up your culinary game? Then join Reflect Your Future as a team of professional chefs teach you to cook a delicious, cost effective veggie mixed bean chilli. The classes are totally free for UCL hall residents, book your spot via the links below.

TIME: 13:00 - 14:00
LOCATION: Ifor Evans Kitchen

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TIME: 13:00 – 14:00

LOCATION: Ramsay Hall Kitchen

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UCL MODO x CAS second hand clothes swap

Come and visit our stall at the Sustainability Market in cloisters with either some cash or your unwanted clothing. Here you will have the option of swapping your clothing, donating it, or buying something fresh. 
The fashion industry is a major polluter with overproduction and waste being only a couple of its many flaws. You can help us limit this impact by giving clothes a second life, not to mention freshening your wardrobe.

DR. Bike

TIME: 11:00 – 15:00
LOCATION: Front Quad

Have you got a wobbly saddle or a dodgy brake? Have no fear Dr Bike is here! These free MOTs are open to all cyclists, so feel free to drop by. The team will check and tune your bike, carry out minor repairs and diagnose more complex problems.

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Sustainability Tour

TIME: 14:00 – 15:00
LOCATION: Meet at Front Quad

Join us for a sustainability tour of the Bloomsbury campus. From solar roofs to biodiversity gardens, our team will give you a unique tour of UCL. We'll be explaining how green interventions are improving the environment for staff, students and the local wildlife. You my even see one of our resident kestrals or peregrine falcons.

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Urban Bird Walk

TIME: (8:30–9:30) and (12:30-13:30)
LOCATION: PRINT ROOM CAFE

If you fancy some fresh air and want to learn about some of the wildlife that lives among us on the UCL campus, join the UCL Conservation Group for their infamous bird walk.

Meet your fellow UCL bird watchers outside the Print Room cafe at either 8.30am or 12.30pm before heading into Gordon Square and beyond for about an hour.