Green Impact Students' Unions 2018-19 awards announced
Congratulations to all unions who took part in working for a sustainable society!
The Green Impact Students� Unions awards are our opportunity to recognise the commitment students� unions have made to create positive change and equip our student body with the skills they need to work towards a more just and sustainable future.
Green Impact responds to student interest and demand for sustainability, allowing unions to showcase work on areas such as equality, community, curriculum reform and campaigning. 2018/19 years marks the 12th year of the national programme, with 60 unions participating and 1,811 actions taken.
This year Green Impact has engaged students and staff in sustainability through campaigns such as financial divestment, carbon literacy, reducing food waste and plastic free campuses. We have also supported unions to build strong community and institutional partnerships to create bigger changes on campus.?All participating unions are now taking actions on campus to reduce coffee cups and plastics, with a levy for single use cups and plastic containers being introduced across many campuses.
Many Green Impact Students� Unions up and down the country are passing policy to declare climate crisis and have put pressure on their institutions to do the same. Societies have been set up to engage with Extinction Rebellion, support the School Strikes for Climate Change and work with other pressure groups to take actions locally, and engage with the climate crisis debate nationally and internationally. Many unions are finding creative ways to raise awareness through creating waste sculptures, putting on exhibitions and creating zines.
More and more we are seeing unions working to diversify environmentalism, exploring the relationship between liberation campaigns and sustainability with events on C02lonialism and racism and climate change. There are increasing numbers of environmenstral projects, LGBTQ+ clothes swaps, use of recyclable flags and biodegradable glitter for pride and other events, and a working to centre disabled students and student parents in discussions on sustainable travel plans.
This year we awarded 3 top awards to students unions, these are:
Most Improved Union?
The Union, Manchester Met
Highest Scoring � Devolved Nation
University of Stirling Students' Union
Highest Scoring Union
The Students� Union at UWE
Excellent
Arts University Bournemouth Students' Union
Bucks Students Union
Christ Church Students' Union
Keele Students' Union
Leeds University Union
Liverpool Guild of Students
Queen Mary University of London Students' Union
Roehampton Students' Union
SOAS Students' Union
Staffordshire University Students' Union
Strathclyde Students' Union
Student's Union at Bournemouth University
The Students' Union at UWE
The Union, Manchester Met
UCA Students' Union
Undeb Bangor
University of Birmingham Guild of Students
University of Sheffield Student's Union
University of Stirling Students' Union
University of Sussex Students' Union
Very Good
????Glasgow Caledonian University Students' Association
Lancaster University Students' Union
Oxford University Student Union
Trinity Saint David Students' Union
University of Northampton Students' Union
University of Suffolk Students' Union
University of York Students' Union
Worcester Students' Union
Good
Beds SU
City Students' Union - Listed as Green City
Falmouth & Exeter Students' Union
Highlands and Islands Students' Association
Kings College London Students Union
Leeds Trinity Students' Union
London South Bank Students' Union
Middlesex University Students Union
Northumbria Students' Union
Queen's University Belfast Students' Union
Sheffield Hallam Students' Union
Swansea University Students' Union
The Royal Veterinary College Students' Union
Ulster University Students' Union
Union of Brunel Students
University of Cumbria Students' Union
University of Gloucestershire Students' Union
University of Manchester Students Union
University of Nottingham
University Of West London Students Union
Warwick Students' Union
Working Towards
Aston Students' Union
Green Impact Students� Unions 2019-20 will be launching in September and we look forward to another year working with unions to create a sustainable society!?
If you would like more information on the programme click?here or email?[email protected]
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