Go Green Week is People & Planet’s annual national week of action on climate change in schools, colleges and universities. Students hold a week of activities to raise awareness every February and launch Going Greener projects.
Students here at the university have organised a week of free events across the campus to promote sustainability and carbon reduction. During the week there will be debates over climate change, a slow bike show in front of the iconic Aston Webb building and an UV party at the Vale BarOne. Every day will bring new events linked together via specific themes aimed to raise awarness on environmental sustainability.
All events, unless otherwise specified, are free of charge and open to the general public .
Calendar of events
Wednesday 1 February 2012
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Event
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Time
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Venue
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Debate about climate change narrative
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18.30
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Arts Main Lecture (Arts Building - R16 campus map)
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Monday 6 February 2012: Meat-free
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Event
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Time
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Venue
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Vegetarian food stall
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12 noon
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University Centre/Quad
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Plenary event - How people in the Global South are effected by climate change
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18.00
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UG04 Learning Centre
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Can Film Festival, “The age of Stupid”.
This ambitious documentary/drama/animation hybrid stars Pete Postlethwaite as an archivist in the devastated world of the future, asking the question: "Why didn't we stop climate change when we still had the chance?" He looks back on footage of real people around the world in the years leading up to 2015 before runaway climate change took place.
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19.00 till 22.00
(follow after the Plenary event)
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UG04 Learning Centre
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Tuesday 7 February 2012: Travel-light
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Event
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Time
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Venue
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Slow Bike Race
Testing the skills of agility and balance - will you be the last to cross the finish line.
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12 noon
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Chancellor's Court
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Wednesday 8 February 2012: Waste-not
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Event
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Time
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Venue
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How to make home grown compost?
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12 noon
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Guild of Students
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Can Film Festival, “Food Inc”.
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19.00 till 22.00
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G33 Education
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Thursday 9 February 2012: Switch-off
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Event
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Time
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Venue
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UV Party
£1 entry gets you a free Fairtrade t-shirt, glow bracelet and UV paint!
Try your luck on the Pedal Powered Bike for a chance of winning a water powered clock and look out for GREG!
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20.00 till Midnight
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Vale BarOne
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Friday 10 February 2012
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Event
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Time
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Venue
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Political Parties debate
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18.00
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Guild Council Chambers
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