What is People & Planet? The UK's largest student network campaigning on human rights, poverty and the environment Groups in over 130 universities, schools and colleges Aim to create effective campaigns and to empower active global citizens Communicating Sustainability

Go Green Campaign Aim: to improve the environmental performance of the entire education system Launched in 2003 Grew out of Green Electricity Campaign – need for institutional change Communicating Sustainability

Go Green Demands 1) The active, public support of senior university management 2) Full-time staff dedicated to environmental management 3) A written, publicly available environmental policy 4) A comprehensive review Communicating Sustainability

Go Green Successes “Students are pro-active, enthusiastic, dynamic and committed to environmental issues. They can really make things happen, as the People & Planet group has proven at LSE with their Go Green campaign” Victoria Hands, new Environmental Coordinator, LSE, April 2006 “Having run the campaign for two years and put in a lot of hard work we're actually seeing the difference it's made now. We've got increased recycling provision, sustainable purchasing initiatives and better transport planning but there's still room for improvement and we'll be keeping the pressure on!” Alex Sim, Warwick P&P group member Communicating Sustainability

The Green League Green League 2007 for the first time collected and ranked environmental information on 120 UK universities Published in the Times Higher Education Supplement in June 2007 Immediate response! Won Best Campaign in the British Environment and Media Awards Communicating Sustainability

Go Green Schools Launched in September 2007 Students hold a carbon audit and work out carbon reduction plan Communicating Sustainability

National Go Green Week February 2008 Students in universities, colleges and sixth-forms took collective local action to increase the pressure for change Green Education Declaration: education representatives call for a strong Climate Bill with carbon reduction strategies for public and private sectors of the economy – currently 40 signatories Communicating Sustainability

The Green League 2008 indicators: policy Publicly available environmental policy - areas of impact covered - is it reported on? Full time environment management staff - Do the staff have full or part responsibility for environmental management - Formal Involvement of other staff Comprehensive environmental audit - has it been reviewed - areas of impact covered - Part of an external environmental management system Communicating Sustainability

The Green League 2008 indicators: policy Ethical Investment policy - is it reported on? - has it lead to university divesting, university investing or shareholder engagement Data obtained directly from universities Fairtrade University Accreditation Data obtained from the Fairtrade Foundation - Communicating Sustainability

The Green league 2008 indicators: performance Energy Sources. - % energy derived from Renewable sources - Institution has CHP Percentage of waste recycled - % of waste mass/by weight an institution recycles Carbon emissions per head Communicating Sustainability

The Green League 2008 indicators: performance Improvement in performance indicators from The Green League Improvement in % of energy derived from renewable sources - Improvement in % of waste an institution recycles - improvement in carbon emissions per head Water consumption per head Data from Estates Management Statistics Communicating Sustainability