Weekend podcast inspiration #1
During lockdown, it’s more important than ever to keep our brains active, feel connected to others, and remain engaged with sustainability! That’s why we will be recommending our favourite sustainability podcasts for…
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Apply to be our new Sustainability Coordinator
Calling all University of St Andrews class of 2020 graduates: applications are now open for our annual Sustainability Coordinator position! This is a one-year, paid internship within the Estates department. As…
Meet our new team members
It’s been a while since our last blog post, but don’t think we’ve been slacking. In fact, the Environment Team has grown in size! Over the past 20 months, we have recruited three new Environment Team members. Read on…
Welcome to the University of St Andrews Environment Team blog!
The Environment Team is a group of people in the Estates Department of the University who work on energy, waste, transport, biodiversity, facilities management, sustainable policymaking and outreach. The team was…
Welcome to our new Sustainability Intern
Welcome to Anya Kaufman, our new Sustainability Intern! She’ll be working with our dedicated Environment Team who work to fulfil the University’s sustainability agenda. Anya graduated from the University of St Andrews…
Sustainable Food
Back in May Cara Nicholson, an undergraduate student at the University of St Andrews, shadowed the Environment Team for a day, collaborating with the team on communications. Have a read through what Cara and Mariya had…
University of St Andrews’ Carbon Footprint
Every year the Environment Team calculates the University’s carbon footprint for the previous fiscal year. Below you can find the data for 2016/17 academic year. University of St Andrews’ Carbon Footprint Under the…
Where are they now? Part 3
Every year the Environment Team gains a new Sustainability Intern whose position lasts for a year. This internship provides the incredible opportunity to work for the University of St Andrews Estates Environment…
Fairtrade Fortnight 2018
Monday saw the start of the annual Fairtrade Fortnight – a festival originating with the Fairtrade Foundation. University of St Andrews has been a Fairtrade University since 2007 and as such partakes in the…
Fairtrade Christmas
As the holidays approach we are flooded with consumer adverts, deals and sales, finding it hard to resist spending on things we may not even need, or end up never using. However, we could use the this time of the year…