Green Gown Awards 2018 - Cardiff Metropolitan University - Finalist

Cardiff Metropolitan University is fully committed to the Sustainability agenda; a Green League top ten University for the past 3 years, ranked first in Wales (8th in the UK). This has been achieved via a broad range of engagement initiatives led by our students, staff and community.

This year we introduced the ‘Real World Projects’ involving over 60 students, who worked closely with staff and academics to deliver realistic solutions to a range of environmental challenges. The project aims to create engagement opportunities, further awareness, and behavioural change for all, around these issues.

For each project, students were tasked with exploring how the University could further enhance the sustainable approach amongst the student body. They were given free rein to suggest anything they thought would make a sustainable difference to fellow students, staff and visitors. They were asked to consider a range of areas including transport, catering, community and environmental management.

Top 3 learnings:

1. The student involvement has led to initiatives that we would never have thought of.
2. It’s made a permanent and tangible change to the way our University operates.
3. Student and staff have worked side by side in making a difference to our community.

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