A year in review…
So second year is over and I just wanted to go over and highlight all the things that I am proud of this year because it’s been a tough one. I was selected to deliver the Welcome Talks with the Vice Chancellor on Open Days as a Student Ambassador, and received amazing feedback from the […]
How to Survive Fresher’s Week
Congratulations on getting your place at the University of Leicester, it was so lovely to work in the Clearing Call Centre and give out offers to some of you. I hope you’re all super excited to start here at the end of September and here our Fresher’s lasts two weeks, YES TWO! Here are some […]
My Final Degree Result
Ive just had my final results! Its still sinking in that Uni is all over, but I don’t want it to end! Looking back on this year, I’ve actually achieved so much more than I realised… this year I: Got my first ever part-time job, working in the Student’s Union and becoming poster girl for […]
My evening at the Student Awards 2016
This month I had the honour of going to the student awards again! I was shortlisted for an individual award ‘Environmental Achiever of the Year’ and my society, the Environmental Action Society, was shortlisted for two group awards ‘Campaigning Group of the Year’ and ‘Green Impact Group of the Year’. Before I reveal whether or […]
Shortlisted for the Student Awards 2016!
This week I had some really wonderful news – I’ve been shortlisted for an individual award – Green Achiever of the Year! Not only that but the society I run, the Environmental Action Society, has been shortlisted for TWO awards – Green Impact and Campaigning Group of the Year! Its a real honour to have […]
Eat, Sleep, Recycle, Repeat
In this post I want to talk about something I am a part of due to my involvement in the Environmental Action Society. The Student Sustainability Working Group is a group of representatives from student societies that have an interest in sustainability – with current representatives from Hungry for Change, Environmental Action, Young Greens, Geography Society, Zoology, […]
The Leicester Climate March
This weekend has been critical in terms of getting world leaders to take notice that people want real action on climate change. The COP21 climate talks are starting tomorrow in Paris, and negotiations will be under way, to set emission reduction targets etc. Its been especially important for marches in cities across the world due […]
Preperations, revelations and postcards to Paris
The past 2 has been very busy for the Environmental Action Society! We’ve been on a stall in the SU for 3 days, with multiple aims. Firstly to advertise a film screening that we are putting on – Cowspiracy – a film endorsed by Leonardo Di Caprio, about the food industry and the huge secret that […]
Using Edges – The Green Festival of Making and Mending
This week has been a week of awakening for me, all because of my geography lectures. As part of the Contemporary Environmental Challenges module, on Monday we had a guest lecture and seminar from Transition Leicester, an organisation with a goal to help the local people of Leicester to transition to a more resilient economy and society, […]
Battling nature – the fight to save Vicky Park Pond
It’s a widely-used narrative: humanity vs. nature. Man vs. crocodile, little town vs. big tornado, riverside town vs. flooding river, farmer vs. pests. In modern western society we’re prone to putting ourselves outside of nature, that we are separate, superior to other species and the ’empty wilderness’. We treat the planet as our rightful property, extract resources from the […]
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