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Celebrating Success 5 th June, 2013

Celebrating Success 5 th June, 2013. Professor Tony Stevenson Pro-Vice Chancellor Planning and Resources. World Environment Day. Vision 2021. To Achieve – Financial and Environmental Sustainability Societal Challenges – Ageing; Sustainability; Social Renewal.

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Celebrating Success 5 th June, 2013

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  1. Celebrating Success5th June, 2013 Professor Tony Stevenson Pro-Vice Chancellor Planning and Resources

  2. World Environment Day

  3. Vision 2021 • To Achieve – Financial and Environmental Sustainability • Societal Challenges – Ageing; Sustainability; Social Renewal

  4. Operational Environmental Sustainability The ESS Sustainability Team and a network of 80 volunteer Environmental Co-ordinatorswork to reduce the environmental impacts of the University. • Recent achievements include: • Attaining a 1st Class award from People and Planet Green League - 2012 (26th) – 2013 (**th) • Dual accreditation- EcoCampus Platinum & ISO14001 • Recycling Rate <90% and zero waste to landfill • Completion of £4.4m boiler scheme saved 1,500t CO2 • An additional £1.2M invested in carbon reduction projects over last 5 years, saving £427k and 2,500 tonnes CO2 p.a. • Energy consumption contained despite new buildings • Water use reduced by a further 3.9% - 23.9% since 2008/9 • Proportion of staff travelling to work by car reduced from 40% in 2004 to 20.5% in 2012 • Continued implementation of biodiversity action plan including creation of a pollinator garden • Undertaken 2nd year of Green Impact

  5. Nominations For Best Environmental Initiative • Calculating the Carbon Footprint and Establishing a Carbon Strategy for O’Brien and Sons Ltd • Systematic development of an intervention aimed at promoting active school travel among primary school children • Big Sea Survey • Earth Day: The Face of Climate Change at NUMed • EAT@NCL Sustainable Food initiatives • U-Café Project

  6. Best Environmental Initiative- HIGHLY COMMENDED • Earth Day: The Face of Climate Change at NUMed • Library, IT & student’s Stay Green Society at NUMed • 21st – 26th April • Earth Night- all campus lights switched off from 7-9pm • Earth Week Exhibition • “No plastic bag or polystyrene boxes” event at the Tyne Cafe

  7. Best Environmental Initiative- HIGHLY COMMENDED Big Sea Survey Dr Jane Delany and Dr Heather Sugden • Trained 350 members of the public, retained 70% of these in 3 year long project to record marine species abundance along North East Coast. • Educated and raised awareness of marine and climate change issues within the public. • Data collected by volunteers is feeding into national databases to inform marine policy and wider conservation.

  8. Best Environmental Initiative- HIGHLY COMMENDED EAT@NCL Sustainable Food Initiatives Accommodation & Hospitality Services • Creation of a Healthy & Sustainable Food Policy • 2011 Good Egg award • 2012 Bronze Food for Life for EAT@Courtyard and EAT@Bistro • Initiatives include: • locally sourced and free range eggs • use of MSc certified sustainable fish • Seasonal menus

  9. Best Environmental Initiative- WINNER • U-Café Project • Newcastle University staff and students from CEGs, Architecture, Fine Art, Music and CURDs • Exploring the potential of up-cycling • Created a café made entirely from waste • Challenging perceptions of what is waste • >150 visitors over 3 days • Children from Hadrian Primary School staged a concert in the U-Café using instruments made from used bottles and boxes

  10. Awards 2013

  11. Green Impact Working Towards Labs Bronze Award Merz Court

  12. Green Impact Bronze Awards NUBsies IGM Green Team Catering Bronze- Lean Mean Catering Machine

  13. Green Impact Silver Awards Estate Support Service The Wombles(Leazes Terrace) TeamoVerda (School of Modern Languages) Mean Green Impact Machine Estate Support Service IHS Ecoteam Devonshire Green Team Library Green Group

  14. Highest Achieving Green Impact Team King’s Gate Eco-team

  15. Green Impact Innovation Award Devonshire Green Team ‘Give Up the Lift For Lent’ Campaign • 947 trips up the stairs recorded during the challenge • ~120kg C02 saved

  16. Green Impact Students Union- GOLD AWARD

  17. Sustainable Estate Project Award Dave Pearson- Cyclotron Project

  18. Outstanding Individual Contribution to Sustainability at Newcastle University Jennifer Molyneux

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