GUEST - Glasgow University Environmental Sustainability Team

GUEST - Glasgow University Environmental Sustainability Team 🌿Amplifying student voices to UofG management + encouraging change on campus and beyond🌿 Feel free to get in touch with us if you have any questions!

GUEST are a team of students employed by the university to encourage and celebrate sustainable practices on campus. We work over eight branches that work together to engage staff and students with environmental and social sustainability. Currently our branches are working on:

- Sustainable Transport and Bike Hub - check out our weekly Bike Hub (a free bike repair service on campus).

- Biodiversi

ty - running gardening sessions every Sunday 12-1pm in the Viewfield Lane Gardens (on campus).

- Sustainable Food - running a community fridge on campus and working with various organisations including ZWS and GCPH to work towards educating people on the sustainability issues around food.

- Sustainable Labs - helping UofG laboratories to implement the sustainable LEAF program.

- Student and Community Engagement - check out the monthly Climate Cafes (informal discussions around an environmental topic).

- Communications and Social Media - sharing information about the upcoming events with UofG students. Check out the link in our bio to access our resources (such as the link to our Podcast, volunteering forms, and many more)! Cheers for reading!

💚 Student to Student Essentials is back - but we need your help! 💚If you have items you don’t need, please consider dona...
21/05/2026

💚 Student to Student Essentials is back - but we need your help! 💚

If you have items you don’t need, please consider donating them at one of the following locations so that we can support new and returning students and help make campus more sustainable.

For more details on what can be donated check out our pinned post or come down to the Eco Hub. ♻️

GUEST needs you! There’s still time to join the team next year as a Promoter or an Eco-Hub assistant, and help make our ...
13/05/2026

GUEST needs you! There’s still time to join the team next year as a Promoter or an Eco-Hub assistant, and help make our campus more sustainable. 🌿

Applications close on the 15th of May for both positions, so click the link in our bio to find out more and submit your application. 💚

Love the Eco-Hub? Looking to get more involved with sustainability on Campus next year? Applications are now open for Ec...
07/05/2026

Love the Eco-Hub? Looking to get more involved with sustainability on Campus next year? Applications are now open for Eco-Hub Assistants! 💚

Get more information via the link in our bio. 🌿

Applications for the role of GUEST Promoter are now live - this is the perfect opportunity for students looking to make ...
06/05/2026

Applications for the role of GUEST Promoter are now live - this is the perfect opportunity for students looking to make a more sustainable place for students, staff and our wider community!

Find out what the role entails and how to join the team at the link in our bio. Applications close 15th May. 🪴

🥼 CLEAN Lab Coats Wanted! 🥼Are you a graduating student with lab coats that you don’t need? Or maybe you’re taking modul...
23/04/2026

🥼 CLEAN Lab Coats Wanted! 🥼

Are you a graduating student with lab coats that you don’t need? Or maybe you’re taking modules next year that won’t require lab time? GUEST are collecting lab coats to give to new students about to start their studies.

Please bring lab coats to either:
Eco-Hub, Level 2 of the Boyd Orr building
Graham Kerr Building Reception.

22/04/2026

Last bike hub session before we break for exams! Come over to library hill before 4pm to get your bike serviced.

We will be running some sessions over the summer if you miss out today and through semesters we run slots twice a week. More info in the linktree!

Are you a PGR student? Join us for a series of events providing informal social space, wellbeing activities, and some cr...
21/04/2026

Are you a PGR student? Join us for a series of events providing informal social space, wellbeing activities, and some creative and practical sustainability learning opportunities including:
🌿 Weekly PGR gardening sessions
🎨 Craft session
🚲 Group cycle
🎬 Movie night
🏛️ Radical history tour
🍃 Local foraging walk

The details of these events will be shared following our launch event on Wednesday 29th of April 5.30-7pm at the Eco-Hub (Level 2, Boyd Orr Building), a chance for us to gather around a relaxed craft activity (no experience needed!) and get to know one another. We hope to see you there!

15/04/2026

Are you using the bus to explore Scotland for free this summer?

If you are under 22, you're Young Scot Card and free buses extend outside of just glasgow. You can explore anywhere in Scotland free, from Edinburgh to Skye!

Check out the links in our bio for more information on free bus travel and destinations.

Did you know that you're Young Scot Card works in more places that just the bus?Up to the age of 26, Young Scot Cards ca...
09/04/2026

Did you know that you're Young Scot Card works in more places that just the bus?

Up to the age of 26, Young Scot Cards can be used like a subway smart card to get discounts on everyday tickets!

Go to the linktree in our bio for more info on public transport in Glasgow. Enjoy your next subway ride 🟠

There’s still time to join us at GUEST as a coordinator for the 26/27 academic year! Click the link in our bio for more ...
06/04/2026

There’s still time to join us at GUEST as a coordinator for the 26/27 academic year! Click the link in our bio for more information about the role and to apply. 💚

Applications close in 1 week (13th April).

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