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Swel3February 2014Third
Edition
Welcome to the third edition of
Swel, the Sustainability Teamstermly news letter about
Sustainability and associatedwellbeing in the university! This edition features
updates of exciting new developments in the
Botanical Garden, opportunities to enhance your
wellbeing and news about upcoming Fairtrade
Fortnight and Sustainability Month 2014! Enjoy
your read and feel free to contact us at
[email protected] or drop by our new
office at the ground floor of the Digital Technium
3 DAYDRYSTONEWALLING
COURSES
COURSEDATES: 19 TH-21ST 26 TH-28THFEBRUARYTIME : 9.30AMTO3.00PMLOCATION: ORACLE SITEBOTANICALGARDENS
PLANTINGSEASONISBACKON!
If you have a lot in thePolytunnel , its time to
start sowing someseeds to grow yourown veggies and
herbs!.
ITS BUZZING Here comes a special piece of news for all beefriends out there! Swansea University has become the host to two new
pilot beehives in the Botanical Garden. Throughout the UK bee
populaons have suered drasc decline. In line with the Universitys
Biodiversity Acon Plan this project will hopefully contribute to the
conservaon of bees. We ask all visitors of the Botanical Garden to be
aware and respecul of the beehives. Unless threatened bees are
peaceful insects and wont bother you. They will be busy collecng nectar
and hopefully pollinate some of your Polytunnel lots!
www.swan.ac.uk/sustainability/
Strolling through the Botanical
Garden for lunch break some of you
may have noced the ORACLE
building project. This excing project
was launched in December and is due
to be completed in June. The ORACLE
will be used to foster outdoor
engagement of sta and students.
You can even get involved in building
the unique structure by contacng
Nick Johnson and sign up to one of
the two three-day dry stone walling
courses with Down to Earth.
Oracle LaunchVC BreakingGround!
ACTIONINTHEBOTANICALGARDEN!
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Well & Active
BECOMEANIPCCHAMPIONSwansea, Wales will host the 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships,
rawing around 600 athletes from 40 countries. Championship organisers are
ooking to recruit up to 1,000 volunteers from across Europe to help deliverhe event, which is the first of its kind to be held in the UK. Be part of this
outstanding event and apply online to become a volunteer champion. Formore information check out the official IPC website.
MENTALHEALTHDAY19THFEBRUARY
Mark this date! As part of Mental Health Week several
departments are hosting a number of events with the aim
of promoting good mental health amongst the student and
staff population. For more details contactRachel Edwards.
o further enhance
taff, student andnstitutional
ellbeing the SHE/
ustainability team
now drafting a
Wellbeing Action
lan for Swansea
niversity.
The new Cycle to Work Scheme is hereBoost your wellbeing and cycle to work. Just get a bike, save taxes and feel goodthrough thecyclesolutions salary sacrifice scheme for bikes. Sign up until March 14thand take advantage of a host of benefits now offered to staff.
Over 6,000 bikes in
stock and ready for next
day delivery.
Clear, low-cost
arrangements for
the end of the
salary sacrifice,rental period.
Save either 38% or 47%
against the equivalent
purchase price of bicycles
& cycling equipment.
Chose from the UKs largest
range of bicycle brands
(over 140 available).
Expert staff on-call from
8am to 8pm weekdays
and 9am to 1pm onSaturdays to provide
advice and support on
bikes available and the
scheme generally.
All bikes assembled
to exceed Britishand European
standards by Cytech
qualified technicians.
Free Ridemapper iphone and
android app allows employees to
track their rides with details of
the health, wellbeing and
environmental benefits of cycling.
At the end of January tenamazing students conducteda waste infrastructure survey of the
university for the Sustainability team as
part of the Universitys Employability
Week. The students did a great job andwowed the team with their motivation
and insights! Following this successful
week, we will train another host of 30
students to become energy auditors
and perform energy audits of Green Impact teams on 19th February.If
you are part of a Green Impact team you can request an energy audit
by contacting Ambreen Jahangir!
ACTIONONTHEGROUNDAs of February Swansea Universityis boasting 29 active Greenmpact teams, which is the highest
umber of teams in Wales! New teams
ave sprung up especially in the School of
ngineering and Medicinewell doneuys! We are also proud to welcome the
Grounds team to our growing Green
mpact community. Additionally, some
eams are boosting their competitive
dvantage by recruiting energetic Green Impact Project Assistants
o their teams. Good idea with crunch time coming up and
ompetition heating up!
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Coming Up!
irtrade display table with awareness video & leaflets
(The Venue)
FAIRTRAIDEINFULTONHOUSE
THROUGHOUTTHEFORTNIGHT
airtrade fruit given free with every salad purchased
(The Venue)
Black Gold Screening - This is an investigative
documentary in to the global coffee trade
(Monday to FridayFusion Caf)
Fairtrade Wine raffle &
Its all about BANANAs.
Check out the events
schedule and come along for
an exciting two weeks of
Fairtrade Bonanza!
Fairtrade Coffee tastingto take place
in selected vending areas hosted byCaterings vending partners Autobar.
Library Vending Area, 2nd Floor, Library
10.00am to 10.30am
1st Floor Vending Area, Glyndwr
Building
10.45am to 11.15am
MONDAY& TUESDAY-
24TH& 25THFEBRUARY
WEDNESDAY-5THMARCH
BEATTHEBANANA
Come to a banana fun run
around the Nature Trail at 1pm in
front of FultonHouse. Runners
must be healthy, wear yellow
clothing & hold a Fairtrade
Banana! To register in advance
clickhere.
TUESDAY-4THMARCH
Eros Coffee Tasting with
the Barista Bikeat Blas
Dont miss out on the events put on by the Swansea Fairtrade Forum.
MARCH2014SUSTAINABILITYMONTH
1st Week of MarchClimate Week
19th MarchEarth Hour
21st MarchBlackout Event
Coming Up!
Go Green Week14th-22nd FebruaryOn Thursday, 20th February theustainability team will run a pilot
Blackout of Haldane Building as partf Go Green Week. Together withtudents from People & Planet, The
Pagan Society and the Conservationociety the team will switch off allnnecessarily left on appliances.
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