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16/02/2024

🌿🏛️ Love house plants? Us too!

Come and explore the world of "Cabinet Cultures" –launched in 2023 and reshaping our relationship with houseplants! 🌱✨

Embark on a journey throughout the academic year, exploring values we attach to our leafy companions. 🌍🌿

Date: February 19th
Time: 2-4 PM
Where: Old Library

Build greenhouse cabinets with the Queen Mary team

🌱 Learn a cool new skill and way to grow plants!
🔬 Contribute to groundbreaking research
🌍 Explore histories of plant cultivation, delve into the relationship between technology and mosses, and engineer new futures with plants!

Some of our contributors:
- Matthew Beach (QMSU)
- Dr Giulia Carabelli (Politics and International Relations)
- Nirit Binyamini Ben-Meir and Erin Robinson (EECS)
- Prof Pat Healey (EECS)
- Alexandre Duponcheele (Barts)

Grab your tickets in our bio!

17/11/2023

Another successful BIG Green Canal Clean on the final day of sustainability week!

Amazing efforts from our students and staff at , with lots of rubbish collected! 🚮

13/11/2023

Incredible "photos" taken with plants during our first Sustainability Week event!

It's amazing what you can do with some creativity, plants and chemistry. 🌿🧪

Welcome to the world of Phytograms!

Students came together with , to deliver a workshop with
founder

What a beautiful outcome 😍

10/11/2023

Who's excited for Sustainability Week next week? 🌏

From the 13th - 17th of November, we'll be bringing you a week FULL of sustainable workshops, talks and activities.

Some of the things you can look forward to:

Monday 13th

- Taking photos with plants - It' Chemistry 10-1pm

Tuesday 14th

- Wardrobe Refresh Fair 3-5:30pm
- Yarn from plastic bags with 5-7pm

Wednesday 15th

- 1-3pm - Action for Sustainability in the Curriculim launch event!

Thursday 16th

- 2-4pm Litter Pick Scavenger Hunt with and
- 3:30 - 5pm - Eco Medics Workshop - "Creating Impactful Change in the NHS"

Friday 17th

- 12-2pm BIG Green Canal Clean
- 3-4:30pm - Cook more with less competition

During this week if you buy a Chilli's water bottle you can get a FREE hot drink in Ground Cafe, the Village or Union shop!

Check out the link in our bio or the SU website for all the details 😊🌏

31/10/2023

You could be in for the chance of winning £500! 🥳

Sound good? Follow the link in our bio and complete the Students Organising Sustainbility UK (SOS-UK) survey.

This is open to all Queen Mary students, asking about your university experience and skills you're developing! 💪🏻

For just 15 minutes of your time you could be up £500!

What are you waiting for? Survey closes on the 12th of November. 👐🏻

25/10/2023

Regular Canal Clean-ups are now officially back! 🎉

We will be running the clean-ups on alternating Wednesdays and Thursdays, 12:30- 1:30pm on the following dates:

October:
- Wednesday 25th

November:
- Thursday 2nd
- BIG GREEN - Friday 17th
- Wednesday 22nd
- Thursday 30th

December:
- Wednesday 6th
- Thursday 14th

More dates TBC in the new year!

Sign up as volunteer through the link in our bio to be able to take part in any of the clean-ups. You'll need to sign-up to BIG GREEN Canal Cleans separately 😊

11/10/2023

We are once again taking part in the Big Hog Friendly Litter Pick Challenge! 🎉

Wildlife frequently gets trapped and entangled in plastic packaging, leading to creatures suffocating, or severely
injuring themselves on sharp or tight objects.

Unfortunately, many hedgehogs die every year because of this. Taking part in the competition will clean up our community and save lots of animals.👏

We will be running regular litter picking sessions on campus and litter picking as part of our canal cleans.

But you can also do litter picking in your in your own area as part of our team!

All you need to do is take a picture of your bin bags filled with litter and send them to our sustainability coordinator [email protected]

Volunteers taking part will get a certificate at the end as recognition 😊

The winning university gets a hedgehog house and food to continue supporting hedgehogs on campus. 🦔💯

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04/10/2023

Don't forget to check out our Recyle Your Cyle bike sale happening tomorrow on campus!

Get a refurbished bike for a fraction of the price and travel sustainably 😊🚴‍♀️

29/09/2023

We had a special visit from Zuko the dog at the Re-Use Fair and got Queenie's paw of approval on our Big Green Canal Clean! 🐾🐕

It's been great to see all our student's enjoying what sustainability at Queen Mary has to offer 🥳

Record numbers at our Canal Clean and Student Board , with hundreds of students enjoying the Re-Use Fair, and chatting to us at the Welcome Fair.

We can't wait to see what this year brings for sustainability... keep an eye out for ways to get involved! 🌏♻️😊

13/09/2023

Our student pantry next to the Students' Union reception is once again full! 🥳

Come along and take what you need to stock up for free and spread the word. 😊

05/09/2023

We're lucky to get lots of wildlife on campus, especially near the Canal!

Check out this Heron, our most recent visitor, spotted near our residences office 😊

05/07/2023

Fantastic canal cleaning effort from Queen Mary students with the cleaning the River Lea in Hackney! 🛶🏞

A real difference made, and a litter island relocated. This helps keep the river clean and safe for wildlife, who will otherwise use rubbish for building nests. 🐦

It also makes it easier for boats to navigate and keeps it looking nice for the public to enjoy! 😊

24/04/2023

Saturday marked the 53rd Earth Day, first celebrated in 1970. 🌎 💚

The theme for this year is "Invest in our Planet," calling for businesses to shift to more sustainable practices.

We want to make sure that you get a say in the sustainable changes we make. 👍🏻

❗️So, this Earth Day, we launched our Big Green Survey! Let's dig into what sustainability really means to you...

It'll only take 7 minutes to fill in - that's less than an episode of a binge-worthy Netflix show! 👏🏻

As a thank you, you could win 1 of 3x £20 to spend on sustainable goodies, a sustainable cup or mug! ♻️

17/02/2023

Help Trees for Cities in their mission to keep air clean and mitigate the affects already felt by climate change. 🌏

Volunteer in groups of 5-6 to plant larger trees in Victoria Park and directly contribute to conservation of our green spaces. 🌳

Date: Saturday 25th February
Time: 10-3pm
Location: Victoria Park

Sign-up via the link in our bio! 😊

16/02/2023

Swap your clothes for new (second hand) ones with the FFF clothes swap. ♻️👖👕👚

Spring-clean your wardrobe and get that fresh feeling whilst being planet friendly! 🌏

Either swap your clothes or pay as you feel, starting at £1.

Date: 24th Feb 2023
Time: 10-3pm
Location: Library Square

See you there! 😊

16/02/2023

Come along to the allotments for our drop-in sessions! 🌱

Plant and learn how to take care of your own chilli in 10/15 minute drop-in slots. 🌶

Date: Thursday 23rd February
Time: 10-2pm
Where: QM Allotments (behind the Village shop)

Sign-up via the link in our bio! 😊

16/02/2023

Dr Bike is back for Green Week! 🚲

Come and get your bike checked by a friendly, experienced mechanic including wheels, breaks, gears, tyre pressure, lights, pedals etc.

If adjustments can't be made on site they'll let you know what needs to be done and give a cost estimate!

Just drop in, no booking needed.

Where: Library Square
Time: 11:30-2pm
Date: 23rd February

15/02/2023

If you hadn't guessed... It's Green Week next week 🥳🌏

We're excited to celebrate all things sustainability all week bringing you green discounts, careers advice, seed planting, canal cleaning and more 😊

Be sure to sign up for events soon, as spaces are going fast❗️

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Telephone

0207 882 5555

Website

https://www.qmsu.org/green/

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