Green Gown Awards 2019 – 26th Nov 2019

Green Gown Awards celebrate initiatives that ensure a better tomorrow for young people As the Climate Crisis is increasingly recognised as the most pressing issue our world...

Next government must deliver on climate and the environment – 21st Nov 2019

Today the Aldersgate Group publishes its manifesto report, Time for action: building a competitive and inclusive green economy, setting out key priorities for the new government...

EAUC announces launch of new Climate Commission – 21st Oct 2019

UPDATE: READ MORE ABOUT THE LAUNCH EVENT HERE.  Together with Association of Colleges, GuildHE and Universities UK, we have partnered to establish a Climate Commission...

The Environment Bill - progress and loopholes – 17th Oct 2019

The Environment Bill landed for its first reading in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 15th October. The first reading is a formal stage that takes place without any debate. The...

Boosting sustainability and wellbeing – 16th Oct 2019

It has been a record-breaking year for the higher education sector with 238,000 positive actions recorded across Jump’s university programmes. Jump is the leading...

Discover Teach the Future – 16th Oct 2019

SOS, NUS’s new sustainability charity, and UKSCN, the school strikers organisation, have launched a new campaign to repurpose the entire education system, from primary...

Tags: education | ESD | curriculum | policy and legislation

Government outlines review of education emissions reduction targets – 15th Oct 2019

The UK government has responded to the reports from the Committee for Climate Change (CCC) today. The government acknowledged the CCC’s point that the UK is on track to...

The Environment Bill - what are we looking for? – 15th Oct 2019

DEFRA will today present the finalised Environment Bill to Parliament, following on from its announcement in the Queen’s Speech yesterday. You can read the...

Tags: waste | policy | plastic | eu | Environment Bill | Brexit

Environmenstrual week highlights sanitary plastic issue – 14th Oct 2019

The second annual Environmenstrual Week is being held 12th-19th October, and is highlighting the issues that period plastic has on the environment, human health and period...

Tags: waste | plastics | Plastic Free | Sanitary | sanitary support | periods

New report outlines behaviour change needed for Net Zero – 14th Oct 2019

Imperial College London published a new report last week titled ‘Behaviour change, public engagement and Net Zero’. The report outlines the potential for people to...

Tags: carbon reduction | sustainable travel | sustainable food | net zero | domestic heating

Implementing the SDGs at Higher Education Institutions Challenges and Responses – 10th Oct 2019

The second meeting of the GUNi Group of Experts on SDGs and Higher Education and presentation of its last publication was celebrated on the 3rd and 4th of October 2019 and...

Enter the EAUC Annual Conference 2020 Climate Image Competition – 8th Oct 2019

We are inviting students from a visual arts background or who have a hobby in this direction to join EAUC's Annual Conference 2020 Climate Image Competition. This is a...

£50m green energy net zero deal from UK universities – 7th Oct 2019

The Energy Consortium (TEC) has established for twenty pioneering universities including Newcastle, Exeter and Aberystwyth; a UK first – an aggregated power purchase...

Advice for students - how to become food savvy at uni – 7th Oct 2019

Starting uni? We all know you need your pots and pans, and a few key recipes to keep you well fed. But what about some savvy habits to protect the planet? Well, you can start...

​Climate Crisis is the Mega Challenge and Opportunity facing the Education Sector – 2nd Oct 2019

Climate change was the clear mega trend UK universities and colleges need to better recognise - so say judges of the 2019 Green Gown Awards. A judging alumni of over 90...

University of Warwick Climate Emergency Declaration – 30th Sep 2019

Recognising that the next ten years will be crucial to limit global temperature rise the University of Warwick has declared a state of Climate Emergency on 20th September 2019....

Adapting to a Changing Climate - New Resources Launched – 30th Sep 2019

EAUC and HEBCoN (the Higher Education Business Continuity Network) are delighted to launch a new set of guides and resources on Adapting universities and colleges to a changing...

University of Winchester declares climate emergency – 24th Sep 2019

The University of Winchester declared a climate emergency last Friday, 20th September, to coincide with the Global Climate Strikes. “We have declared a climate...

University of St Andrews signs SDG Accord and commits to slashing carbon footprint – 24th Sep 2019

The University of St Andrews has made huge strides in its sustainability work this month. Principal and Vice-Chancellor Sally Mapstone has signed the SDG Accord, and the...

UKSSD publishes Scorecard of UK Voluntary National Review – 23rd Sep 2019

UKSSD’s SDG Scorecard was published last week, it assesses the UK Voluntary National Review (VNR) based on UN Voluntary Reporting guidelines and best practice. EAUC fed...

EAUC calls on universities and colleges to let staff and students strike – 19th Sep 2019

In advance of the Global Climate Strike on Friday, 20th September, EAUC are calling on its members in the higher and further education sector to support the strikes and sign the...

University of Leeds commits to bold climate crisis action – 17th Sep 2019

The University of Leeds has fully divested from significant fossil fuel extractors and has set out seven bold principles it will adopt to help tackle the climate crisis....