This week we welcome a new addition to the Environment Team as Sarah Duley starts her year as the Sustainability Officer. Sarah is a recent graduate of the Sustainable Development undergraduate programme at the…
Yesterday was the Wee Green Machine Unveiling Ceremony. The three kids with winning designs were finally able to see their artwork on the side of the van. Read the whole story about the art competition in our previous…
Staff across the University of St Andrews have donated educational resources for schools in Namibia, to help children in need. Earlier this month, the Environment Team coordinated efforts to collect items for a…
Remember our earlier post about the 100% electric vehicle and the Environment Team’s plans for brightening it up? (read the story here) We can now reveal that a green art competition has successfully been held with P6…
Did you participate in the Foam fight on Raisin Monday? We did! Every year, the University helps to organise this bizarre, unique, exhilarating tradition that is so unusual we are broadcast around the world. From the…
The New Biomedical Sciences Research Centre (BSRC) has been awarded an A-rated energy performance certificate. The BSRC, on which construction was recently completed, is a world-class research facility. This means that…
Did you know that the University of St Andrews has a 100% electric vehicle? No, neither did I until someone told me about the Mega. But it’s true, Grounds has been using an electric vehicle around campus to help out…
Freshers Week is just around the corner and we are all excited for the students to return and for the week to kick off! We know that there is so much going on, with too much to do and too little time. So we thought…
After the Green Tourism re-assessment was completed in August, we at the Environment Team have been waiting with baited breath to hear the result. And the news is finally in….. GOLD Awards for both New Hall and David…
We are the Environment Team! Meet Roddy Yarr, the Environment and Energy Manager! Roddy is the guy doing all the big stuff, like working on getting a 6 turbine, 12 megawatt wind farm at Kenly and looking into a biomass…