University of St Andrews Earth Year

03/03/2020

📢 APPLY FOR OUR SUMMER INTERNSHIPS 📢

The Environment Team are hiring for sustainability-related summer internships in the following topics:
- Sustainable food communications and marketing
- Mapping UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Investigating zero carbon procurement
- Researching sustainability in the curriculum
- Data collection and analysis

❗️ APPLICATIONS CLOSE FRIDAY 6 MARCH ❗️

Apply online now: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/careers/careerconnect/

16/12/2019

Last year, students and staff saved an incredible 750,000 kWh of electricity and 900,000 kWh of gas by shutting down responsibly over the winter holidays. That's the equivalent of a whopping 380 tonnes of CO2 and £110,000 saved!!

Can we beat those figures this winter?! Start by following these tips...

15/11/2019

(Opportunity from the Environment Team)

Recruiting now - be your school's Sustainability Representative!

This is a voluntary position for current University undergraduates and postgraduates, with a suggested minimum of 2 hours work per week. The role will not start until January 2020, although successful candidates will be required to attend a short introductory meeting this semester.

To apply, please email [email protected] with your name and academic school, and a brief statement on why you should be your school's Sustainability Representative. Applications close Friday 22nd November at 12 noon.
(School Sustainability Representatives is a joint initiative between the Environment Team, Sustainability in the Curriculum Working Group, and the Student Association's Environment Subcommittee)

Recruiting now - be your school's Sustainability Representative!

This is a voluntary position for current University undergraduates and postgraduates, with a suggested minimum of 2 hours work per week. The role will not start until January 2020, although successful candidates will be required to attend a short introductory meeting this semester.

To apply, please email [email protected] with your name and academic school, and a brief statement on why you should be your school's Sustainability Representative. Applications close Friday 22nd November at 12 noon.
(School Sustainability Representatives is a joint initiative between the Environment Team, Sustainability in the Curriculum Working Group, and the Student Association's Environment Subcommittee)

03/11/2019

Online survey BOS

22/10/2019

Hurry! Survey closes on the 27th October

Calling all St Andrews students! Would you like to help the University improve travel sustainability AND be in with a chance of winning one of 10 fantastic prizes?! 🤩🥳🎁

For 5-10 minutes of your time, you could win one of these:

- £50 travel voucher supplied by DP&L Travel
- £50 voucher for Cyclepath
- Dinner for two at Fairmont St Andrews Zephr Vegetarian Sports Bar
- £20 Yum-e.co food voucher AND 10 free zero emissions deliveries
- Two vouchers for Eden Mill Blendworks cocktail classes
- One Stagecoach Bus student bus pass
- Five free Hot House Yoga classes
- A CombiniCo goodie bag, including coffee and a reusable coffee cup
- A goodie bag from The Highland Soap Co.®
- One free pass to all St Andrews Green Film Festival screenings in 2019/20

Enter the survey at: https://standrews.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/student-travel-survey-2019

Your answers will help us understand your transport patterns and plan appropriately for your needs. As well as understand and reduce our overall carbon footprint.

You've got to be in it to win it! 😉🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️

14/10/2019

Calling all St Andrews students! Would you like to help the University improve travel sustainability AND be in with a chance of winning one of 10 fantastic prizes?! 🤩🥳🎁

For 5-10 minutes of your time, you could win one of these:

- £50 travel voucher supplied by DP&L Travel
- £50 voucher for Cyclepath
- Dinner for two at Fairmont St Andrews Zephr Vegetarian Sports Bar
- £20 Yum-e.co food voucher AND 10 free zero emissions deliveries
- Two vouchers for Eden Mill Blendworks cocktail classes
- One Stagecoach Bus student bus pass
- Five free Hot House Yoga classes
- A CombiniCo goodie bag, including coffee and a reusable coffee cup
- A goodie bag from The Highland Soap Co.®
- One free pass to all St Andrews Green Film Festival screenings in 2019/20

Enter the survey at: https://standrews.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/student-travel-survey-2019

Your answers will help us understand your transport patterns and plan appropriately for your needs. As well as understand and reduce our overall carbon footprint.

You've got to be in it to win it! 😉🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️

27/09/2019

Just a *small* announcement from the Environment Team and the St Andrews Students' Association 😉😃🌿 More details to follow!

22/09/2019

🌎🌍🌏

Hooray - today is world car free day! 🏃🏾‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️🚲 🚌

Here are a few ideas to get you travel savvy:

- Attend one of Transition’s Bike Pool workshops or led rides to get you cycle confident
- Commuting student? Swap your car for a Stagecoach student bus pass (link below) or carpool
- Staff? Book one of Transition’s e-bike induction courses, so you can hire an electric bike for free
- Attend the next bike to work breakfast on the third Thursday of every month
- Purchase one of a number of discounted railcards so you can get 1/3rd off UK train travel (link below)
- Support local sustainable transport solutions, such as Yum-e.co
- SHARE this post!!!

Got any more ideas?? Comment below! 😃

https://www.stagecoachbus.com/promos-and-offers/east-scotland/unirider
https://www.railcard.co.uk/?gclsrc=aw.ds&&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIiuGXvZ7k5AIVFPlRCh3ZVQ4JEAAYASAAEgKIMPD_BwE