Social MediaSocial MediaCampaignAt the start of semester two, welaunched our first ever socialmedia campaign; #ULGoesGreen.The idea behind the competitionwas for people to uploadpictures or videos of them doingsomething that benefited theenvironment with the hash-tag.Then we filtered down all theentrants to pick a winner and arunner up. Prizes donated forthe competition included foodvouchers from Eats of Eden, avoucher and CD from Lucky Lane,posters and a solar paneledpower bank Our winner Trey (top picture) and runner up Christopher (bottom picture)
1st Place 2nd Place2018 Winning Entries
FundraisingBake SaleOn September 28th, the ULEnvironmental Society held abake sale to raise funds for someplanned semester two events.Various yummy treats wereprepared by our very talentedsociety members! Strategicallylocated in the SU courtyard, thissale was hugely successful withalmost all items being sold.
Guest SpeakerTalk on Fair TradeAngelica Risquez, a member ofthe UL staff, came and gave apresentation to the society on theimportance of Fairtrade. FairtradeIreland works to promote fairtrading practices between Irelandand developing countries. It isa founder member of FairtradeInternational, based in Germany,the organisation responsible forsetting international Fairtradestandards.
WasteVisit From LimerickAgainst PollutionOn Tuesday of Week 3 we had a talkfrom Limerick Against Pollution whospoke to us for an hour about thework they do in opposing LimerickCement’s plans to start burningtyres in their Limerick plant.
Society Clubs & Socs BallNights Out! Society Meal OutAs well as putting in a lot of hardwork throughout the year to makesure our projects are successfuland effective, we make sure tohave fun with our society as weknow how easy it is to get lostin your work so we frequentlyorganize nights out whether its inScholars, Stables or a few drinks insomeones house, we here at ULESknow how to have fun as well aswork hard!Christmas Night Out! Bowling!
Society Band!Continuing on from the funexperience and success ofrecording an Enviro Soc songlast year, the society is inthe process of recording anumber of new songs! Staytuned for the updates onwhen they will land!
Nationl PresentationChange MakersSummitIn October our president Criostóir network and share ideas. Criostóirrepresented UL Environmental made a 15 minute presentation on theSociety at the Change Makers’ work being done by UL EnvironmentalSummit in Dublin. The event was Society over the past year. Thereorganised by An Taisce to bring were also representatives from UCC,together environmental groups DCU, Trinity, NUIG, NUIM and GMIT.from various third level institutionsacross the country so that they could
The event also included a presen- We intend to use these ideastation on improving your commu- to inspire our future projectsnication and presentation skills and these contacts to seek supportand a workshop on developing and and collaborate in the future. Sincerunning an effective campaign. The the forum, NUIM has already takenevent was very worthwhile and some inspiration from us andbeneficial. The society got many developed their own bottlenew ideas and made many new collector.contacts with other universities.
NationalPresentationGreen CampusNetwork MeetingOn the 1st February2018, members of the ULEnvironmental Society attendedthe Green Campus NetworkMeeting in Dublin. Differentcolleges and organizationsmade presentations on theirenvironmental initiativesinlcuding our very own president,Kathrin Mobius, who spoke aboutthe various projects we havedone as well as what we hope todo in the future!
Student Choice AwardsEnvironmentalStudent of YearThe student choice awards area series of awards to celebratestudents who go above an beyondtheir time in UL. These awardswill celebrate UL Students’achievements across a widearray of areas such as studentrepresentation, communityinvolvement and sport. The awardsare presented by the UL President.As a result of all her hard effortsthroughout the year, our very ownPresident, Kathrin Mobius, won theEnvironmental Student of Year!
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