Green Forest Tasks
Seed Level - 10 points each (@home)
Switch to a renewable energy provider
Look into the possibility of switching to a renewable energy provider.
Save water
You can save water at home on the following activities:
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Brushing teeth -
Showers -
Doing dishes -
Laundry etc
Use chemical free laundry detergent
You can try using Soap Nuts or chemical free powder for your laundry. Great for your skyn and for the oceans! Snap a picture of your replacement.
Reduce your waste volume
You can do this by shopping without packaging, repurposing and donating.
Compost
Show us that you compost your food scraps. There are a few scenarios that can take place here:
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Your concil does collects the food -
You have your own compost in your garden/allotment -
You are using a shared compost facility (neighbours or community gardens) -
You have a wormery -
You have tried everything but can`t find anywhere to take your compost to :(
Prevent food waste
Show us that you are mindful about food waste and are taking steps to make sure that this kept to a minimum. You can do this by making shopping lists in order to avoid impulse buying. You can also use apps like OLIO for your surplus food.
Declutter
"Clutter is bad for your physical and mental health" Lynne Gilberg, professional organizer.
Grow your own
Do you grow any veggies, berries or herbs? Show `em off!
Buy in Bulk
Can you find shops that sell bulk items? You can start off by using the Bulk locator app
Refuse plastic straws
"Can I please have a gin and tonic, no straw please!"
Refuse plastic bags
Make a habit of taking a tote bag anywhere you go - you never know when you`ll be tempted to pop in a shop.
Tap water
We are blessed with drinking water here in the UK and should be grateful for it.
Offset flights
Are you a frequent flyer? Did you consider offsetting your flights?
Leaf level - 20 points each (@work)
Switch to a renewable energy provider
Look into the possibility of switching to a renewable energy provider.
Save water
You can save water at home on the following activities:
-
Brushing teeth -
Showers -
Doing dishes -
Laundry etc
Use chemical free laundry detergent
You can try using Soap Nuts or chemical free powder for your laundry. Great for your skyn and for the oceans! Snap a picture of your replacement.
Reduce your waste volume
You can do this by shopping without packaging, repurposing and donating.
Compost
Show us that you compost your food scraps. There are a few scenarios that can take place here:
-
Your concil does collects the food -
You have your own compost in your garden/allotment -
You are using a shared compost facility (neighbours or community gardens) -
You have a wormery -
You have tried everything but can`t find anywhere to take your compost to :(
Prevent food waste
Show us that you are mindful about food waste and are taking steps to make sure that this kept to a minimum. You can do this by making shopping lists in order to avoid impulse buying. You can also use apps like OLIO for your surplus food.
Declutter
"Clutter is bad for your physical and mental health" Lynne Gilberg, professional organizer.
Grow your own
Do you grow any veggies, berries or herbs? Show `em off!
Buy in Bulk
Can you find shops that sell bulk items? You can start off by using the Bulk locator app
Refuse plastic straws
"Can I please have a gin and tonic, no straw please!"
Refuse plastic bags
Make a habit of taking a tote bag anywhere you go - you never know when you`ll be tempted to pop in a shop.
Tap water
We are blessed with drinking water here in the UK and should be grateful for it.
Offset flights
Are you a frequent flyer? Did you consider offsetting your flights?
Tree level - 40 points each (University wide)
Promote the energy saving targets in your department
This can be done through emails, meetings or posters. Support and resources will be provided.
Recycling campaign
Conduct an internal audit of your bins and waste segregation (ideally over a week).
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Do we have enough/too many bins in our area? -
Is it clear how waste should be segregated? -
Is the recycling contaminated? -by what? (eg. food)
Food waste
If food waste collected separtatelly? If yes, that`s great! - just check the food caddie regularly and make sure there is no contamination.
RE-use schemes
Promote the re-use schemes such as Warp-it (BBK and LSHTM). SOAS to find alternative solutions for re-use of items.
Sustainability events
Sustainability team will run events throughout the year. Get involved in the organization of these, help out on the day and promote the events in your team/department.
Greenthing brand
Forest level - 80 points each (community)
Good Gym
Meet Up
Join MeetUp Groups. Plenty groups with environmental themes (eg. SDG, Zero waste)
Wider Sustainability Group - Bloomsbury
Help us engage with our near neighbours and partners on sustaianbility and create a wider group of sustainability passionates in Bloomsbury. We are officially part of a group of 3 (BBK, SOAS, LSHTM) and informally we work closely with UoL and UCL. Get in touch if you`re interested in this and have any ideas.
Big Sustianbility events
We could host sustainability events on different themes and invite other sustainability proffesionals to attend and run workshops on specific themes. Get in touch if this is of interest. We wold love to support any ideas that you`d like to take forward that would benefit the School and neighbouring colleges.