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Students’ Green Unit

 
Exeter

The Students’ Green Unit is here to empower students to set up their own change-making sustainability projects – we provide training, mentoring, and funding to enable students to turn their ideas into reality, creating projects which make real change possible at the University of Exeter and beyond.

Founding story

In 2012, the National Union of Students UK issued a call for proposals to Students’ Unions around England to receive two year funding for sustainability initiatives. The president of the Students’ Union learned about the Green Office Model and adapted it to propose a unit to provide opportunities, training, and support for student-led sustainability projects. The Green Unit was then established in 2013.

The team

The team

Organisation

The team of the Green Unit consits of 1 staff coordinator (16 hours per week) and 1 student employee (paid 8 hours per week). It is part of the students’ guild of the University of Exeter.

Exeter

Activities & achievements

Divestment

Supported a divestment campaign successful in divesting 1 million pounds

Empowerment

Empowered over 40 students running 11 longterm projects and organising 27 student-led events

Catering

 Supported the FoodCycle project to prepare meals preventing 250 kg of food waste

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    At the GO Green Week organised by the Green Unit
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    The Students’ Green Unit at the GO Green Week
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    Sustainable blender at a Green Unit event
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    At the Students’ Green Unit’s “Ethical Exeter” campaign
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    At the Green Unit’s end of the year celebration

About the university

University of Exeter
Hosts 21,000 students and employs 3,300 staff
Located in Exeter, United Kingdom

Integration of the Green Office

Annual Budget of €28,200
Approved by the Students’ Guild
Part of the Student’s Guild

The office

The office

Contact

https://www.exeterguild.org/change/sgu
/StudentsGreenUnit

studentsgreenunit@exeterguild.com

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