Green Impact
Green Impact is a United Nations award-winning programme designed to support environmentally and socially sustainable practice in organisations led in the UK by the National Union of Students.
Both the University and the department are a part of this initiative and our department currently holds a Gold NUS Green Impact Award.
These pages are your first stop for information about what the department is doing to improve sustainability, and for simple tips and other content that can help you to lower your own and the department's environmental footprint.
Department Senior Champion
Green Impact Lead
Top useful links:
> Introducing the University of Oxford Carbon Target
Find out about the Universities ambitious new carbon target and the steps we can all take to meet it.
> University of Oxford Green Business Travel Toolkit
What the department does to stay Green
The department supports a number of Green initiatives. Find out more in this section.
Tips for eco-living at home and work
We'll be offering as many tips as we can to help you live more eco-friendly.
Got your own tip? Let us know!
Got a green tip, news or event to share? Or have a question for the green impact team?
Email us here: greenimpact@phc.ox.ac.uk
Click here to download (.pdf) the Spring Wildlife photo competition winners and entries!
View the University Environmental Sustainability Policy by clicking below
University Sustainability Newsletters
Green tip of the month - Composting!
Green events
| Topic | Overview | Session lead | Register |
February - March 2021 | Fairtrade Fortnight - A FESTIVAL OF CLIMATE, FAIRTRADE AND YOU 22 February to 7 March 2021 | Farmers behind our food are on the front line of the climate crisis. But there’s hope. Join the global community during Fairtrade Fortnight 2021 for a free festival of online events and activities to entertain, educate and inspire us all to choose the world we want to see… |
| Have a look on the Fairtrade website for a fantastic range or talks, resources and competitions! |
Tuesday 16 March 1-1:45pm | Rewilding Spaces | Hear from university staff who are rewilding roof-tops, streets, homes, gardens, courtyards and campus. | Staff at the University of Cambridge and London Met University, alongside Zoe Arnold, SOS-UK Project Manager. | Register to attend |
Tuesday 13 April 1pm-1.45pm | Sustainable Travelers | This workshop will identify the negative environmental and social impacts of air travel and explore how individuals and organisations can make more sustainable travel decisions. | Sonya Peres - SOS-UK Scotland Project Manager | Register to attend |
Wednesday 12 May 1-1:45pm | Climate Change: The Truth In Ten | The climate crisis affects all of us. And it’s up to all of us to solve it. That is why Al Gore created the Truth in 10 slideshow, a 10-minute presentation that will help you spread a simple message to your community: the climate crisis is urgent, but the solutions are at hand. | Katie Jepson - SOS-UK Senior Project Manager and Climate Reality Leader. | Registration coming soon |
Wednesday 16 June 1-1.45pm | Single-use plastics | This session will identify what single-use plastics are, and explore the impacts of global plastic waste. We will also identify ways in which to reduce our dependence on single-use plastics. | Grace Corn - SOS-UK Project Manager | Register to attend |
Tuesday 20 July 1-1:45pm (3pm CET) | Repair and shared economy initiatives at universities | Within the wider paradigm of circular economy, repairing and sharing initiatives have gained momentum. In this workshop, we will see some concrete examples and approaches on how this kind of initiatives can be implemented in a HEI context. | Ann-Sofie Van Enis - SOS International | Register to attend |
Thursday 5 August 1-1.45pm | Monitoring your local wildlife - the importance of citizen science | Want to help conservation efforts through monitoring your local wildlife? Join this webinar to learn more about the importance of citizen science and discover fun ways you can get involved! | Celine Clark - SOS-UK Project Manager | Registration coming soon |
Tuesday 14 September 1pm-1.45pm | An Introduction to Climate Justice and Migration | This workshop will explore the ways in which the climate crisis affects migration, and how we can act in solidarity with migrants. | Emma Lewins - SOS-UK Project Manager | Registration coming soon |
| October | Education for Sustainable Development | Rachel Soper - SOS-UK Senior Project Manager for Education | Registration coming soon | |
| November | Having your own wormery | Grace Corn - SOS-UK Project Manager | Registration coming soon |
Rewatch our 2020 webinars;
Topic | Overview | Recording |
Helping hedgehogs | Hedgehogs are the UK's favourite mammal, but they have declined by 50% in the last 20 years. This short Webinar explains why this is and how you can help hedgehogs, both on campus and at home. | Watch the recording here on YouTube! |
Single-Use Plastics | What are single-use plastics are and why are they a problem? How can we reduce our dependence on them? | Watch the recording here |
Cycle confident and basic bike maintenance | Top tips to improve your cycling skills to help you feel safer and more confident on the road. The second half you can learn how to do an M-check and repair a puncture. | Watch the recording here |
Climate Emergency – the bigger picture | What is the Climate Emergency and what can we and organisations do to tackle this? | Watch the recording here |
Choosing an ethical bank | Talking people through and giving tips on ethical banking | Watch the recording here |
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