Mixing it up: alternative learning

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Improved recycling at Welcome Fair

WHAT DID UBU GET GREEN DO LAST YEAR?

10 % energy savings across all halls

88 tonnes of unwanted items donated (rather than landfill) raising £200k for local and national charities

20% increase in recycling in some halls

2000 students on the newsletter

4 student-led upcycling workshops

Free Earth Hour concert with music and performances

Sustainability training for Course RepsEco-themed pub quiz

Researching a UBU Second Hand shop

800 students attended events

Project OverviewUBU Get Green

Learn

• Empowering students to become change makers in their curriculum.

Act

• Developing positive environmental behaviours for waste, energy, and water.

Engage

• Giving opportunities for students to volunteer, gain employability skills, and contribute to the community.

Create

• Supporting students with funding, resources, and staff assistance in making their own green ideas a reality.

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UBU KEY APPROACHES• Student led• Partnership focussed• Utilising existing

systems and processes

• Open access resources

Learn• Embedding Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)

in the curriculum• Empowering students to be change makers in the

classroom

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What is alternative learning?

Community Based Learning

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• Work with a community partner on a real world problem

• Individual examples• Three pilots: Engineering, Social Policy and

Geographical Science

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Dissertations for Good• NUS Pilot

• Undergraduate dissertations

• Projects that are practical, fascinating and publishable

Social Media

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• Example from UBC-Vancouver

• Provides the opportunity for students to propose, coordinate and lead your own

• Cover a topic not currently offered by the University

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Student Directed Seminars

Over to you……………

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• How do you learn at the moment?

• How would you like to learn?

• What needs to change?

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• Next steps……….

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Join our Green Curriculum Team!

• First meeting this Monday 20th October 6.30pm in Wills Memorial Building L102

Contact: Quinn, Amy and Hannah

Email: ubu-get-green@bristol.ac.ukTel: 0117 331 8653

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Thank you!