Butler Green Committee

Hi all!

Greenspace would really like students to fill out the following survey on sustainability skills. If you have any spare time to complete the survey by 17th November it would be really appreciated.

By completing the survey you could win a prize of £500 or a runner-up prize of £50.

Survey: https://online1.snapsurveys.com/interview/f11637ab-5b6e-4bea-9368-ba1aa91b2abd

Thanks,
Marissa

Starting survey...

Some good energy savings tips from the Greenspace Switch Off Campaign

There will be no Green Comm tonight. Hope to see you all again next week 😀

Green comm is moving to the JCR are lounge for today!

Hi everyone! This years first Green Comm meeting will be tonight at 7pm in the Seminar Room. The meeting will probably be 30-40 minutes for those who haven’t been before. We’re very excited to see lots of new people and some more familiar faces as well! 😊

Hi all! Hope you all had a brilliant break. There will be NO GREEN COMM tonight as there’s not much discuss and exams are approaching, if you have anything you want to discuss please message Kian or Kate and we’ll try and figure something out.
Good luck for exams! 💚💚

Not a bad start from butler currently in second! Let’s not get beaten by John’s though and let’s win the energy round! Keep up the good work butlerites. ❤️💛💚

The results are in after the first week- GET INVOLVED- of this year's inter-collegiate Sustainability Varsity! Where does your college rank? 🏅

Points were awarded last week based on new signups to the My Greenspace platform, average actions completed on the platform per user, and logs of environmental volunteering. If your college is still on zero, not to worry- it's all to play for this week in the ENERGY round- keep your eyes peeled for details of how to earn points which will be published later today!

Hi everyone we will be closing the signup for the social tomorrow (on Monday) at midday and we will book so it’s now the last opportunity to sign up! If you’d like to come please go to the event and click on the google form and fill it out.

with Greenspace and join My Greenspace by downloading the app. If you refer a friend or win that months challenges you can win some great prizes.

Do you fancy yourself as a bit of a big name on campus? 📣

Refer the most friends to My Greenspace between now and Friday 11th February and you can treat them to dinner with a £25 voucher valid at Tango, Zen and the Rabbit Hole!

Hey, tonight we are back to a face to face meeting at 7pm. We're hoping to use the group study room (if it is free or we can try and sort someone else if not). Make sure you have a negative LFT and remember we will be doing the short election of the Vice-Chair! hope to see you there!

Hi all, just a quick notice that we’ll be having a short meeting tonight on teams at 7pm to discuss plans for the term etc. hope to see you there x

Hey all we are currently in the bar!

Hi everyone! We’ve got a meeting tomorrow 7pm in the Seminar room. We will be planning our first litterpick, trying to find the green comm bottles and coming up with a way to sell them! Remember to get an LFT to come.
See you all there!
Kate and Kian

Hey all! Meadow update: the ground wasn't rotavated this weekend, so we won't be able to spread the seeds tomorrow! Sorry, but we will try and get it re-organised and get back to you when we can sort it out (hopefully this weekend),
thanks Kate

The Ugly Fruit Group are looking for volunteers!
https://www.facebook.com/335615447064513/posts/905520406740678/?d=n

Hi everyone! This years first Green Comm meeting will be tonight at 7pm in the JCR lounge, please make sure you’ve had a negative lft with in the last two days. The meeting will probably be 30-40 minutes for those who haven’t been before. We’re very excited to see lots of new people and some more familiar faces as well!

Amazing environmental volunteering opportunities from DUSVO

We are challenging the Durham University staff and student body to all give at least an hour of their time this summer to volunteer to help make a difference to someone else!

This can be volunteering you do on your own, or we have a number of one-off opportunities available - for a list of these and for details on how to register your interest, for them, please follow this link:
https://bit.ly/3dXlBWY

Let's move out the green way!

Welcome to the last week of exam season!!!

After this week, we're gonna have the final big project of this year––Green Move Out––up and running all the way until June 28. Aside from furniture donations, we are also recruiting volunteers to help us sort the donations out. If you are willing to spare a few hours of your time to help reduce furniture waste and put them to good use, then sign up via the form below!

The working period will be 3-6pm every working day until June 28 and rotation scheme will be built based on your availabilities.

sign-up form: https://forms.gle/PFNEZQDkLXYrvcRq6

****Well done to everyone who pulled themselves through this challenging year and for people who have exams this week, you can do this!!!!!!

Amazing environmental volunteering opportunities from DUSVO!

We are challenging the Durham University staff and student body to all give at least an hour of their time this summer to volunteer to help make a difference to someone else!

This can be volunteering you do on your own, or we have a number of one-off opportunities available - for a list of these and for details on how to register your interest, for them, please follow this link:
https://bit.ly/3dXlBWY

Meadow planting is cancelled today, we will be rearranging for autumn next year.

Hello everyone, This Saturday (8th May) we will be doing another meadow volunteering day. We will start at 10:30 AM like last time and will do the square area. The grass has been cut shorter so should be at least a little easier! To attend you must have a negative COVID test before you arrive. To sign up fill in the form here:https://forms.gle/XcFw7qDcWhSY4iSc8

Meadows Volunteering - 8th May Fill in this form to sign up.

Welcome back!

As you can see, the Green comm facebook has been integrated with the new business page, from which both we will be posting new things.
Our last green comm meeting before exam period is happening tonight at 7pm, on Team! We will be briefly talking about the Wildflower Meadow this Saturday, and do a little Q&A session for anyone who is interested in running for Green comm Officer(s) next year 😉 See you then!

Do you know about the 2013 Dhaka Garment Factory Collapse in Bangladesh?

In Fashion Revolution Week 2021, we're reminiscing the loss of over 1,000 young women in this tragedy, and educating ourselves about why we need fairtrade and sustainability in fast fashion industry.

See more information on Fashion Revolution, and an informative video on the reality of fairtrade and 'greenwashing' in the fashion industry made by Justine Leconte : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYkFHMgToeA

photo credits: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/23/world/asia/report-on-bangladesh-building-collapse-finds-widespread-blame.html

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/5-years-after-the-worlds-largest-garment-factory-collapse-is-safety-in-bangladesh-any-better

https://eluxemagazine.com/culture/articles/greenwashing/

Last chance to sign up for our meadow creation volunteering day on the 1st of May! To get involved just fill in the form on the link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1d63tpkRxqBrQytOKvNX2j8A76vHCRxZl9fOs-2wX-cM/edit =394821684&field=2067191403

On the second page are some photos of some of the species we’ll be planting:

1. Tufted Vetch
2. Ox-eye Daisy
3. Cowslip
4. Meadow Cranesbill
5. Meadowsweet
6. Common Knapweed
7. Selfheal
8. Field Scabious
9. Great Burnet

Butler Green Committee updated their business hours.