Sustainability October newsletter

Welcome to this month’s Sustainability spotlight

Here are our latest sustainability news updates:

Peoples Choice award

 

The voting for this year’s People’s Choice Top 10 is now open and will remain so for the whole of October. (Voting will close at 5pm on 31st October) Vote for our beautiful Wivenhoe Park here.

The sustainability champion of the month is: Mike Warren

 

During Welcome Week, Mike who is part of our wonderful grounds team, was at the Travel and Facilities team gazebo. He provided valuable advice to students about the indoor houseplants being handed out and helped promote upcoming bulb planting events. He also raised awareness of the monthly tree walks which are also organised by our Grounds team.

Mike said: ‘I am very privileged to be doing a job I love . Being outside amongst plants nature and wildlife is so good for the soul and mental health which first lead me to this role . I'm passionate about giving something back to others.’

To book a place on the next tree walk, please sign up via HR Organiser.

Resources on the EAUC

 

The University is a member of the EAUC, so what does this mean for you? Staff have access to lots of sustainability resources (for free) across many communities such as; transport, waste and recycling, education for sustainable development and more. To access all the resources we need to set an account up for you – just let us know!

Did you see our sustainability piece in How We Work At Essex?

 

Sustainability features in the latest How we work at Essex, if you haven’t already you can complete it on your Moodle homepage. 

The online world has an environmental impact

 

Every time we go online to visit a website, stream a TV show, catch up on social media or join a video call, we’re using energy. The article goes into detail about how to reduce your environmental impact virtually.
Read more here.