Thanks to funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), the Sustainability Exchange was born. This has lead to a wealth of information becoming stored on this site, for those working on FE and HE sustainability in England.
Despite the funded period ending, the EAUC is committed to continuing the Sustainability Exchange, maintaining its relevance to the sector and wider conversations and activities related to climate adaptation, resilience, and management.
These new and exciting relationships are designed to put sustainability at the forefront of tertiary education in England, with the necessary tools and inspiration. Across the English regions, the continue to promote sustainability in tertiary education.
Pearl Costello, Environmental Officer, Royal Agricultural University emailed the ISO14001 Community of Practice to ask if anybody had any templates of non-conformance/CAR...
Jennie Jack, Environmental Sustainability Projects Manager, University of Oxford emailed the ISO14001 Community of Practice to ask, “We would welcome your thoughts and...
Karl Letten, Environmental & Sustainability Officer, De Montfort University emailed the Members’ network to ask, “We are currently looking at a bicycle hire...
Sarah Roberts, Sustainable Projects Officer, University of Leicester emailed the Biodiversity Community of Practice network to ask, “A subject has come up recently in...
District heating is booming in the UK, but to pose a serious alternative to the gas network a different funding model is needed, according to Ian Manders (consultant to Danish...
Emily Dunning, Living Laboratory for Sustainability Coordinator, University of Cambridge emailed the Members’ network to ask, “Does anyone have a sustainable food...
Ben Tongue, Environmental Manager, University of Bradford emailed the Biodiversity Community of Practice to ask, “I’m looking at beefing up our biodiversity...
Pearl Costello, Environmental Officer, Royal Agricultural University emailed the Members network to ask, “We’re looking at getting a fresh pair of eyes for our...
Fabia Jeddere-Fisher, Energy Engineer, The University of the West of England emailed the Energy and Water Community of Practice asking for other people's advice...
Paul Monk, Waste Manager, Queen Mary University of London emailed the EAUC Members’ network to ask, “Just wondering if anyone uses the EDOC (Electronic Duty of...
Victoria Penson, Sustainability Support Officer, Bournemouth University emailed the Transport Planning Network Group to ask, “Does anyone have a figure for their scope...
Do you want to help your business take action on food waste prevention? WRAP's series of interactive digests, tailored to ten different themes such as fresh produce and...
To mark Fairtrade Fortnight 2016 (29 February-13 March), the EAUC Fair Trade Community of Practice launched a competition to see who can come up with the best six word stories...
Pearl Costello, Environmental Officer, Royal Agricultural University emailed the Members network to ask, “I’m just finalising our HESA EMR return for the year and...
John Bailey, Sustainability Manager, University of London emailed the EAUC Members’ network to ask, “I have two things to ask for your help on today: 1. ...
The Global Citizenship and Youth Participation in Europe Report identifies the context within which the Schools for Future Youth Project takes place in terms of evidence on...
UNESCO has released a Clearinghouse on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)which comes with a comprehensive Resource Bank.
Community Action for Spaceship Earth (CASE) Initiative Members of the ENIRDELM network (www.enirdelm.net) are seeking to ‘make a difference’ by focusing...
"Food Futures: from business as usual to business unusual" is WRAP's ground breaking new report analysing 15 critical areas in the UK food system,
John Bailey, Sustainability Manager, University of London emailed the Members’ network asking, “While everyone is still feeling fresh from the Christmas break...
Sarah Roberts, Sustainable Projects Officer, University of Leicester emailed the Biodiversity Community of Practice with the following request which prompted many responses from...
Simon Chubb, Environment Manager, Anglia Ruskin University emailed the Members network to say, “I’d be grateful to hear from anyone with examples of questions...
Carla Shaw, Utilities & Environment Assistant, Anglia Ruskin University emailed the Members’ network saying, “We are just starting to think about events for...
Mat Jane, Head of Energy and Environment, The University of Winchester emailed the Members’ network asking, “Our new insurer UMAL is requesting that all bin...
Viola Retzlaff, Travel and Transport Co-ordinator, University of Glasgow emailed the Transport Planning Network Community of Practice to ask, “University of Glasgow is...
A short client guide for owners and developers. Heat networks (also known as district heating) supply heat from a central source to consumers, via a network of underground...
Jack Connors, Sustainability Projects Officer, University of London emailed the Members’ network asking, “We are moving to a centralised printing set-up and we...
Nicola Daly, Environmental Sustainability Manager and Pamela Brandwood, Energy Manager, Edge Hill University sent the following message to the NW Region network and the...
The 2015 Green Gown Awards Winners’ Brochure which explores the journeys all these institutions have taken.
Need a little animation in your day? We promise it counts as work! Check out the 4:37 animated video created by Sustainability Illustrated and based on the work of...
Salix Client Case Studies have been developed by Salix to promote and communicate how Salix funding has been used by a wide range of public sector clients to complete energy...
Simon Chubb, Environmental Manager, Anglia Ruskin University emailed the Members’ network with this request, “I’d be grateful to hear from anyone who could...
Liz Thompson, Environmental Compliance Officer, Nottingham Trent University emailed the Members’ network to ask, “Do any universities have Energy Performance...
Learn for late 2015 human rights policy will impact the cleaning industry.
What more do you and your peers believe institutions could be doing to address environmental sustainability and social responsibility? This question was asked as part of the...
Emma Crowther, Travel & Transport Manager, University of Edinburgh emailed the EAUC Transport Planning Network Community of Practice to ask about colleagues' experiences...
This guide suggests ways to reduce food waste at banquets, meetings and events from the contractual and client engagement aspects, to food ordering and production and service...
The collective voice of the world’s universities, colleges and students must be heard at COP21 when the United Nations Climate Change Conference takes place in Paris,...
Alice Johnson, Waste Prevention and Engagement Assistant, The University of Manchester emailed the EAUC Members’ network to ask how colleagues encourage students to...
John McCann, Transport Services Manager, Queen’s University Belfast emailed the EAUC Transport Planning Network Community of Practice with his concerns over setting up a...
Rebecca Allen, Sustainability Officer, Newcastle University emailed the Transport Planning Community of Practice to ask, “I’m shortly putting together a briefing...
This report demonstrates that Government loan funding is ensuring that public sector energy-efficiency projects which otherwise would not have sufficient capital to progress are...
Fiona Macey, Sustainable Travel & Transport Manager, University of York, emailed the Transport Planning Community of Practice to ask, “I was wondering if anyone can...
Research published by sustainability consultancy Brite Green shows universities in England have fallen further behind their own targets and the national carbon targets set by...
The BSRIA Market Intelligence Team has published a news report on the future market for data centre cooling. The report contains some interesting information on future cooling...
In August 2015 Amy Hill, Travel Plan Co-Ordinator, University of Exeter emailed the Transport Planning Community of Practice to ask Members if they could offer any ideas or...
Janet Sanders, Energy Advisor, Aberystwyth University, emailed the EAUC Transport Community of Practice to ask how colleagues at other universities deal with the bikes left...
Public Health England reports on its progress in sustainability and carbon management for 2015
How is sustainability structured at your university? Victoria Johnsen, Environmental & Cultural Change Manager, University of Surrey emailed the Members’ network...
In partnership with the Department for Education and the Department for Energy and Climate Change, Salix is launching a research pilot project for a limited amount of...
Environmental health practitioners (EHPs) can access free advice on how to help hospitality and food service businesses tackle food waste by watching these four screencasts...
An interactive presentation for engaging staff on taking action on Hospitality and Food Service waste
The true cost of food waste to the UK hospitality and food service sector is over £2.5 billion a year – on average that’s 1 in 6 of meals served. ...
Food waste is a constant challenge for commercial kitchens, which creativity in the kitchen can really help to tackle. Watch WRAP's chef masterclasses to get practical tips...
Good menu planning can be a great way of preventing food waste within your organisation and to help put profits on the bottom line.
WRAP has published three documents about legislation which clarify how food safety fits with food waste prevention actions.
Following the workshop on the regulations held at the University of Birmingham on 4th June 2015 a copy of the presentation by Chris Smith, NMRO, has been placed on the AUE...
Sean Jobling, Energy Manager, Newcastle University emailed the Members’ network to ask about recharging CRC costs
This report shows how universities are making efficiency gains, while working to deliver increased value from their estates for the benefit of student and staff plus the...
The Education for Sustainable Development Toolkit is based on the idea that communities and educational systems within communities need to dovetail their sustainability...
Download a pdf of the guide, which folds to credit-card size, so that you can see for yourself the type of information or advice contained in it
View the photographs taken at "Challenging Connections" Annual Conference 2015.
This video is from the Student Sustainability Summit 2015, in partnership with NUS and People & Planet, presented by Sara Parkin.
This presentation is from the Student Sustainability Summit 2015, in partnership with NUS and People & Planet, presented by NUS and Post-Crash Economics.
This presentation is from the Student Sustainability Summit 2015, in partnership with NUS and People & Planet, presented by Incredible Edible, NUS and Leeds University Union.
This presentation is from the Student Sustainability Summit 2015, in partnership with NUS and People & Planet, presented by WWF- UK.
This presentation is from the Student Sustainability Summit 2015, in partnership with NUS and People & Planet, presented by NUS.
This presentation is from the Student Sustainability Summit 2015, in partnership with NUS and People & Planet, presented by People and Planet, Crystal Lameman and The...
This presentation is from the “Challenging Connections” EAUC Annual Conference 2015, presented by The University of Manchester and Netpositive Futures and falls...
This presentation is from the “Challenging Connections” EAUC Annual Conference 2015, presented by Oxford Brookes and EAUC and falls under the Estates and Operations...
This presentation is the opening Keynote on Day 2 of the “Challenging Connections” EAUC Annual Conference 2015, presented by Giles Hutchins, Speaker, writer, adviser...
This presentation introduced the Further Education Summit, part of the “Challenging Connections” EAUC Annual Conference 2015, presented by Lucidion, the Summit Sponsor.
This presentation is from the “Challenging Connections” EAUC Annual Conference 2015, presented by Carbon Credentials, Headline Sponsor.
This presentation is from the “Challenging Connections” EAUC Annual Conference 2015, presented by Carbon Credentials, Headline Sponsor.
This Exchange presentation is from the “Challenging Connections” EAUC Annual Conference 2015, presented by Kedge Business School and University of Wales Trinity St...
This Exchange presentation is from the “Challenging Connections” EAUC Annual Conference 2015, presented by Biomimicry UK and The Sheffield Urban Institute
This Exchange presentation from the “Challenging Connections” EAUC Annual Conference 2015, presented by University of Roehampton falls under the Partnership and...
This Exchange presentation is from the “Challenging Connections” EAUC Annual Conference 2015, presented by Advanced Power Technology Ltd
This Exchange presentation is from the “Challenging Connections” EAUC Annual Conference 2015, presented by British Gas Energy Performance and The Energy Consortium
This Exchange presentation from the “Challenging Connections” EAUC Annual Conference 2015, presented by Leafield Environmental falls under the Estates and Operations...
This Exchange presentation from the “Challenging Connections” EAUC Annual Conference 2015, presented by Interface falls under the Leadership and Governance Stream
This Exchange presentation is from the “Challenging Connections” EAUC Annual Conference 2015, presented by Pam Reynolds from Blackpool and The Fylde College.
This Exchange presentation from the “Challenging Connections” EAUC Annual Conference 2015, presented by Interface, falls under the Leadership and Governance Stream
This Exchange presentation from the “Challenging Connections” EAUC Annual Conference 2015, presented by University of Leeds falls under the Leadership and Governance...
This Exchange presentation from the “Challenging Connections” EAUC Annual Conference 2015, presented by Resource Futures Ltd falls under the Learning, Teaching and...
This Exchange presentation is from the “Challenging Connections” EAUC Annual Conference 2015, presented by UNEP and falls under the Leadership and Governance Stream.
This Exchange presentation from the “Challenging Connections” EAUC Annual Conference 2015, presented by Coventry University falls under the Learning Teaching &...
This Exchange presentation is from the “Challenging Connections” EAUC Annual Conference 2015, presented by This Exchange presentation is from the “Challenging...
This Exchange presentation is from the “Challenging Connections” EAUC Annual Conference 2015, presented by Salix.
This presentation is from the “Challenging Connections” EAUC Annual Conference 2015, presented by IEMA and falls under the Estates and Operations Stream.
This presentation is from the “Challenging Connections” EAUC Annual Conference 2015, presented by The University of Nottingham, HEFCE and University of Bradford.
This Exchange presentation is from the “Challenging Connections” EAUC Annual Conference 2015, presented by The Energy Consortium and falls under the Estates and...
This link will direct you to all photos from the Student Sustainability Summit 2015.
This video is a representation of the hundreds of students who came together to take action on sustainability and social justice in March 2015.
AUDE's winter 2015 issue includes new £50m state-of-the-art building goes ahead at UWE and first zero carbon Business School in the UK to open at Essex.
Read all about how staff in the EAUC Office celebrated Fairtrade Fortnight 2015 and everything fair trade.
Legal update for EAUC Members (March 2015) which includes new recycling regulations, climate change reporting in Scotland, landfill tax and ISO 14001 progress.
In this EAUC Member Spotlight, see how Oxford Brookes University are working towards achieving their ambitious targets to ensure that the University has a positive impact on the...
In this EAUC Member Spotlight, see how Leafield Environmental are developing ideas and building strong relationships with universities.
In this EAUC Member Spotlight, see how EMSc UK uses innovative design and manufacturing for energy saving solutions.