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Students’ Union win Sound Impact Silver Award for their environmental sustainability work this year.

Students’ unions are leading the way in greening campuses and communities across the UK, according the latest findings of NUS’s green scheme.

The Sound Environmental Impact Awards seek to capture the positive green innovations in students’ unions and promote them to the general public.

The University of Leicester Students’ Union managed to improve their performance this year by 100 points and was awarded Silver. Notable environmental improvements were a carbon neutral Freshers’ Fair powered with Biofuel to being of the lead Unions in the UK that…

Owen Jones, Campaigns & Involvement Officer, has been elected to NUS Services Limited (NUSSL), the commercial arm of the National Union of Students to oversee the environmental and ethical aspects of their activity.

At the NUS Services Limited (NUSSL) AGM held in Liverpool on March 31th 2010 Owen Jones, the Campaigns & Involvement Officer at the Students’ Union, was elected to the Environmental and Ethics Committee.

His responsibility will be to assist NUSSL in how they can maintain their ethical practises as well as promoting environmental best practise throughout all the Student Unions across the country that are affiliated with…

Mintues of the Environmetal Forum held Feb 2010

If you’d like to get involved with the eco action within the Union or any matter that were discussed within these minutes contact the Campaigns & Involvement Officer - Owen Jones

owen@leicesterunion.com
0116 2231125