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In each episode, field-leaders from student liberation movements and academia deconstruct the exclusivity of sustainability activism and education. Episodes cover sexuality, disability, gender, class and race.

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To further anti-racism understanding and work, holding a regular group with peers or colleagues may support discussions and learning on race equity. Participants could take it in turns to bring a topic to the group.

Check out the resources we've collated for our own group at SOS-UK (it is not exhaustive!). It forms part of our wider sustainability & intersectionality resource hub.

We partner highly motivated students and recent graduates with forward thinking organisations to collaborate on research, placements and practical projects to progress economic, social and environmental sustainability. Start browsing the opportunities currently available at https://forgood.nus.org.uk/.

Write to your elected reps here

Our current education on the climate emergency is not good enough. Students aren't being prepared to face the effects of climate change, or taught to understand the solutions for a crisis that will most impact our generation. But we can change this.

Sustainability and climate change need to be taught across the curriculum, equipping generations to come with the skills and knowledge needed for the green jobs of the future. A broad climate education will empower every young person to contribute to a more resilient, sustainable society.

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SOS-UK are offering an exciting training opportunity, open to all students who are currently private renting whilst at university, on home energy auditing!

The training will support you to develop transferable employability skills in communication,teamwork, time management, and organisation. You’ll then put your new found skills into practice by conducting audits of your own! You’ll also develop a better understanding of sustainability- supporting students to make changes that could improve their homes, reduce their energy bills, and support their wellbeing.

Attend online training on:

23rd or 24th February 2022, 2-5pm

Open to all students currently private renting whilst at university- no prior experience is needed, just a willingness to try something new! After completing the training, you will receive a £15 bursary for each completed student home energy audit, and a digital badge to demonstrate your experience.

Please submit your application by 22nd February 2022, 11:59 PM. Find more information and apply here.

SOS-UK, alongside the National Union of Students (NUS), the University and College Union (UCU) and People & Planet (P&P) are calling for all UK universities and colleges to publicly commit to being net zero emissions for scopes 1, 2 and 3 by 2030 to tackle the climate emergency and ecological crisis.

We know that in order to have any hope of limiting temperature rise to 1.5 degrees we need to commit to and start delivering these ambitious targets, and we've created an easy resource to see how your university or college is doing!

Check out your institutions target, and compare across the sector, at www.carbontargets.uk.

Everywhere you look companies are making sustainability commitments – but where is the action? What does net zero mean if you’re still funding new fossil fuel projects? What is ‘caring about the planet’ if you’re driving deforestation and displacement of communities?

AGMs– Annual General Meetings - are a chance to hold companies to account. All public companies have to hold them. Universities are often shareholders in these companies and can vote on shareholder resolutions – similar to policy committing the company to take action. Find out more more about what AGMs are on the Invest for Change website.

What can you do?

Sign (and share)our petition

Call for your university to support – use our template email to write to your VC

Is your university investing in Standard Chartered? Support Market Forces' shareholder resolution for no new fossil fuel funding with our template email

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