Go green
This year, between the 6 and 12 February is National Go Green Week, and University of Westminster is excited to be taking part and running a number of events to help you fall in love with your climate!
We have some great internal events planned, so why not come along, get involved, and meet like-minded people and show your commitment to the environment while having fun!
Monday 6 Feb – MEAT FREE MONDAY
Try a veggie meal at our food outlets, with 10% discount!
Try it, you’ll love it! Chartwells is offering you the chance to try and increased selection of vegetarian meals this Monday, with a special discount of 10% off the cost of your veggie meal to whet your appetite and encourage you to eat less meat. Visit any of the Chartwells outlets this Monday to make the most of this opportunity!
Did you know that 1kg of beef produces more greenhouse gases than driving for 150 miles? Cut your carbon the simple way by eating less meat.
Tuesday 7 Feb – TRAVEL LIGHT TUESDAY
Visit Dr Bike outside the 115 New Cavendish campus between 10-2pm on Tuesday 7 February 2012. Love your bike!
Come and have your bike serviced for free by Dr Bike - experienced cyclists and mechanics check everything on your bike from wheels, brakes, gears and tyre pressure to lights, racks, pedals, saddles and more. By the end, your bike will feel loved and cared for.
Ride your bike – Cycle Training!
Would you like to ride a bike but feel like you’re lacking in confidence? Come along to find out more and sign up for free cycle training we will be offering over the next month. If you can’t make it but you’d still like further information email m.mackeith@westminster.ac.uk
We’ll also be encouraging people to link up to resuce their car use by raising awareness about the car sharing scheme gocarshare.com
Wednesday 8 February – CAN FILM FESTIVAL - Wall-E
Free Cinema Screening of Fyvie Hall, Regents Street, Wednesday 6.30pm – ‘Empties for Entries’ Free entry with 10 empty drinks cans!
Come and exchange your empty drinks cans for a free ticket to our Green Week cinema screening of Wall-E. Bring along 10 empty cans (minimum) and see this critically acclaimed blockbuster on the big screen for free.
Where is the screening?
The film screening will be taking place at our Regent St Campus, in Fyvie Hall on the Ground Floor. (You can see it on a map here)
Do I have to pay for the film?
The film is being shown in the Can Film Festival, as part of UoW’s Go Green Week, so it’s free, but you need to bring 10 empty drinks cans to get free entry.
Can I buy extra tickets?
There are no paying tickets for this screening – By asking you to bring along at least 10 drinks cans to recycle, we aim to help you think about what you throw away, and what can be recycled, and so help you reduce your personal waste.
Can I bring my mum / brother / friend who’s not a student?
People from outside the university are welcome to come along - they should bring their empty cans, and sign in at the reception on arrival.
Should I book a place?
The venue for the film is a large space (in the Fyvie Hall, Ground floor309 Regent’s Street), so provided you’re not late, there should be no need to book a place – there should be room for us all!
What time does it start?
Doors will open at 6.30, please arrive then so we can count your cans and you can get a good seat.
We hope to provide some light refreshments for your enjoyment, and will start the film at 6.45pm.
Where is it showing?
We’re showing the screening in the Fyvie Hall, 309 Regent’s Street.
Can I bring any other cans?
We would prefer you to bring drinks cans, but if you only have food cans these are also fine! If you have any other questions, please email m.mackeith@westminster.ac.uk
Thursday 9 Feb – Big Switch Off
Start making the changes for tomorrow by acting today!
On average UK households spend £35 a year each powering appliances left in standby mode. This is the energy used by certain appliances when they are not in use and not switched off at the plug. That’s quite a lot of money to spend powering the lights on your digibox!
Think of all the electrical appliances you own – phone? Laptop? MP3 player? Digital camera? TV? digibox? DVD player? Hair straighteners? The list is endless...
Join in with our switch off campaign by making sure that you switch off your appliances at the plug – Today we’re reminding you to really think about what you need to have plugged in, and switch everything else off at the plug.
Start making the changes for tomorrow by acting today!
Friday 10 – National Day of Action
Watch this space to find out our how University of Westminster will be taking part in the National Day of Action. Our university’s Pro Vice Chancellor will be signing up to the national petition, and we’re asking you to follow in her footsteps!
Watch this space to find out our how University of Westminster will be taking part in the National Day of Action. Our university’s Pro Vice Chancellor will be signing up to the national petition, and we’re asking you to follow in her footsteps!
Environmental Managers and VCs from across the UK will be signing up to a petition which recognises that when he came to power David Cameron promised that this Government would be the ‘Greenest Government ever’, and Myszka Guzkowska, our University’s Pro Vice Chancellor will be signing up too.
We’re asking you to step up to the example set by Myszka, and email David Willets yourself, to Demand the “greenest government ever” when it comes to education.
Why not take action on a wider scale too? Find out more about the day of action here - http://peopleandplanet.org/gogreenweek/take-action
