Kingston University London

End of Term Halls Donation Scheme

This scheme aims to collect reusable items the students no longer need when they move out of the Halls of Residence and to distribute them to local charities.

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Part-time carnivore

This initiative aims to encourage individuals to eat a little less meat as part of their weekly diet. Any KU staff member or student can sign up to the campaign and pledge to one of 6 easy meat reducing diet options at the Kingston University community portal.

Sustainable Fish City

Kingston University supports the call to make London a Sustainable Fish City. People are eating more fish than they used to, and a lot of it is being caught by destructive methods. The world is now seriously at risk of losing some species from our seas for ever. By signing the Sustainable Fish City pledge, we have promised to take the appropriate steps to buy sustainable seafood, to protect precious marine environments and fish stocks, and good fishing livelihoods. You can help too by changing the fish you buy. Find out more about the campaign and what you can do.

Liftshare

Kingston University have now teamed up with Liftshare, one of the largest car sharing networks in the UK, to allow staff and students the opportunity to car share on site. Sign up to the Kingston University car share scheme here.

Green Impact

In the new 'Green Impact' accreditation scheme teams of staff and students are rewarded points for taking practical action to green their workplaces. The scheme recognises and rewards good practice and empowers staff and students to implement new and simple environmental office procedures. Green Impact also enables departments to benchmark their existing achievements and work to improve them year on year.

To create a team and check out the workbook visit: www.greenimpact.org.uk/kingston

Contact Elise for more information.

London Cycle Challenge

The Cycle Challenge is a free competition where teams from organisations across London compete to see who can cycle the most miles in a month. There are prizes for the best teams. It’s free to enter and is a great reason to hop on your bike.

Fairtrade

Kingston University has been a Fairtrade University since 2006. We actively raise awareness across campus holding Fairtrade events and promotions throughout the year.

Find out more about Fairtrade here.

Green Fingers

A range of fun finger characters from Professor Albert Thumbstein to Caretaker Andy Withnail have been created to promote a serious message which it is hoped will raise awareness with staff and students across the University to take simple personal steps to save energy.

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Freshers Green Fayre

Every September, we hold our very own alternative Freshers' Fayre which encourages students to take part into green activites, hear about local green groups, meet the Sustainability Hub and ask any question they might have regarding sustainability.

Go Green Week

People & Planet's annual week of action on climate change in schools, colleges and universities. Every year we run events to encourage staff and students to think about their impact on climate change.

Click here to view the 2012 poster

Scary Jumper Day

In the run up to Christmas, all staff are invited and encouraged to don their “scariest” jumper for a day, and turn down the heating in an effort to spread a bit of winter cheer and reduce the University's energy bills. Their photos are entered into a competition and uploaded onto the Sustainability Hub's facebook page, where other members of staff and students vote for the scariest jumper! Started in 2011, we look forward to expanding the campaign in 2012.

View our first year's entries here.

Student Switch Off

The Student Switch-Off Campaign is an inter-hall competition to save energy and this year saw over 520 students sign up as Eco Power Rangers to carry out energy saving activities in Kingston’s halls of residence. The Student Switch Off Campaign monitors energy use and provides incentives such as Ben & Jerry’s ice cream parties and free tickets to local night spot Oceana to student residents who save the most energy. 

Sign up on their facebook page