I am pleased to tell you all that at the NUSSL dinner that I attended earlier in the month, Birmingham Guild achieved a Silver Standard in the Sound Impact Awards. The Sound Impact Awards are run by NUSSL and look at how green the union is. Myself, Pippa (EEO) and Mike (Facilities Manager) worked hard on completing the workbook in the autumn term, which consisted of criteria relating to lots of different aspects - such as energy usage, environmental policies and lobbying, and how integrated the "green" culture is into the union. When we first entered we got a "working towards" standard, and last year we achieved Bronze standard, which means we have been making a year on year improvement.
Although it will be very hard for us to achieve a Gold Award (unions that achieved Gold do things such as have Solar Panels on their roofs and are carbon/waste neutral!) there are other awards for most improved and most innovative, which are things I think we should aim for! So if you have any ideas on how we can improve our environmental performance, or any innovative ideas to get students more involved in environmental activities, let me know!
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