Welcome to the Sustainability Office
The University is committed to reducing its environmental footprint. This includes all areas of environmental impact from waste generated and energy used, to wider social corporate responsibility considerations. In order for this to happen, every student, member of staff and visitor to Edinburgh Napier must play their part and be aware of their own action.
Walk to Work Week
The week beginning Monday 14 May is Walk to Work Week. We’ve set up an Edinburgh Napier group on the Living Streets. You can record all of your walking activity on the site including miles travelled, calories burned and carbon reduction. Calories burned are listed but also equated to the percentage of a muffin burned. For instance, walking four miles from Craiglockhart to Stockbridge burns 70% of the calories in a muffin!
From our 2011 travel survey we know that many of you, 10.42% of staff and 14.34% of students in fact already walk from home to the University and back on a daily basis. Of course, this doesn’t count walking to and from bus stops, train stations etc. For more information on travel to and from all Edinburgh Napier campuses visit our transport pages.
Join the [EN]gage Team for 30 minute lunchtime walks from the sports centre reception at 12:15pm on Tuesday’s and Friday’s. A group also leaves Merchiston at 12:00noon on Monday’s. You can also borrow pedometers to measure your daily walking activity. Contact Laura Snedden and Jamie Pearson for more information.
Carbon Management Plan Review
We need your help. We are currently reviewing our Carbon Management Plan and we are inviting and encouraging all students and staff to feed into the plan. We are looking for simple suggestions to specific project based ideas covering energy, transport, waste and water. Many of you will be covering carbon and environmental management academically but whatever your area of academic or professional expertise, here's your chance to feed into a real working plan and help shape the structure of environmental and resource management at the University. Contact Jamie Pearson with any comments or queries.
We have reduced carbon emissions from energy, transport, waste and water associated with daily life at Edinburgh Napier by around 24% (from a 2006/07 baseline). We must reduce this and our £1.6 million energy budget further.
Conservation Society
For information on the Conservation Society visit their Facebook page or contact Pavlina Kapickova.
Surveys
Biodiversity Survey. The year long survey has finished. By the start of June 2012 we will have a full record detailing the biological quality of Craighouse, Craiglockhart and Merchiston. For more information, including monthly reports, visit the biodiversity section on this website.
Travel Survey. Thank you to all 1,409 staff and students for their time in completing our 2011 travel survey. We will publicise the results in June 2012. Winners of the John Lewis vouchers have been notified.
More Information
Follow any of the links to the right. If you can't find what you are looking for, do not hesitate to contact the team at the Sustainability Office. Information is also provided on the Student Portal , Facebook , , YouTube and Podcast. For all of our work to succeed, we need the support of staff and students throughout all campuses. You can support us by recycling your waste, switching off all unnecessary electrical appliances and by investigating your travel options to work and study. Or, you could help further by becoming an Environmental Volunteer!
