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...