UL Environmental Society - Portfolio

ULENVIRONMENTALSOCIETY PORTFOLIO 2015-16



SOCIETYAIMS&OBJECTIVESWe are the student body representative in UL thatcreates exciting campaigns to promote environmentalissues on campus, engaging students and staff. Ourobjectives are the following:- To promote sustainability- To raise awareness of environmental issues- To organise events and excursions surrounding the environment- To help maintain the green flag in the universityUL ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIET Y / PORTFOLIO-2016

VISIT UL students, Donnchadh O Sullivan, TO UCC Jose Dan and Manasi Shetye, and STEPS UL Green Campus CommitteeTOWARDS THE member Sean Collins visited UCC FOUNDATION campus and met Francis White OF THE (President) and Tadgh Moore SOCIETY (P.R.O.), members of the UCC Environmental Society. The group learned a lot from this trip in terms of society structure, event sugges- tions and event planning. The group were also given a tour of some of the green facilities on campus at UCC such as the UCC Garden, where students can learn to plant and grow their own food.

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UL ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIET Y / PORTFOLIOThe UL Environmental Society held PLANNING their first committee meeting on Monday February 2nd. The Pictured above from left to right: Rushil Adelino Diniz -Travel & Transport Officer, Érica Della Garza Oiticica Moreira – Travel & committee discussed a number of agenda items such as lessons Transport Officer, Ciaran O’Donovan – Bio Diverstiy Officer, Helen learned from field trip to UCC Walshe – Energy Officer, Lauren O Brien – Energy Officer, Manasi Shetye – Waste Officer, Donnchadh O Sullivan – Water Officer, Jose Environmental Society, develop- ment of an outline events calen- Dan – Travel & Transport Officer . (Absent from photo Maireaddar for the semester and agreed a Cusack – Energy Officer) plan for their Clubs and Societies’ semester two recruitment drive stall. The group also appointed officers for each of the five green flag themes which they will promote over the course of the coming semester.

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RECRUITEMENTCAMPAIGNPREPARATIONSWednesday evening, February 3rd, saw Campus, Smarter Travel, Green Party)hundreds of students visit the Foundation -Mention on Green Campus BlogBuilding for the Clubs and Societies’ -Facebook likes and Instagram followersSemester 2 Recruitment Drive. The UL -Number of official members signed upEnvironmental Society had a great at one timepresence with an impressive stall set upconsisting of two large display boards Throughout the campaign, we have usedillustrating some events the society a consistent brand image by using theplanned on running. Over the course of same green and purple colours andthe two and a half hours the group emblazing the logo on all posters. Havingmanaged to sign up 75+ students! a well thought out and meaningful logo to support our campaign and represent ourThere are many indicators that point society was important for us and this wastowards the success of the campaign. achieved without any help from outsid-These include: ers. Having a member with graphic-Logo design design skills really stood to us and made-Large email database our campaign stand out and remain in-Outsiders reaching out to us (Green peoples’ minds.

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THE ENVIRON which the society was recently set up, andSOCIETY EGM outlined a schedule of events planned for the coming weeks. A number of students inThe UL Environmental Society held their first EGM attendance added further event ideas to thiswith over 25 students in attendance. At this meet- schedule and volunteered to help also. Thising the committee introduced themselves to the event included free pizza which was providednew society members, presented the steps from by the UL Green Campus Committee.

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DOCUMENTARY EVENING! At our second society get together we held a documentary evening and watched 'GMO OMG'. It was a perfect study break and a really interesting documentary. Apart from the activities we initiate and collaborate for, we are also trying to create awareness amongst the students about the concerns of environment and encourage them to come up with concepts that would better the global situation.

SUSTAINABLE DESIGN-FYP Environmental Society PRO and Waste Officer, Manasi Shetye, developed such a huge interest in her Officer rolethat she decided to explore this topic further by integratingit into her chosen FYP as part of her Masters in InteractiveMedia in UL, The project is entitled ‘Waste Situation in UL’. She has been working meticuluously researching and analysing bins and waste around UL. As part of this project, Manasi has been collaborating with the UL Waste Manager and the cleaning Staff as part of her mehtod of reasearch on campus. You can see more information on Manasi’s blog: https://interactivebins.wordpress.com/ UL ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIET Y / PORTFOLIO

BIODIVERSITY types of gardening skills, such asROOF GARDENING growing Kale, Potatoes and Peas. As part of our socities activities to promote bio-diversity, a number of our society members attend the weekly UL Community Roof Garden. Sessions take place each Thursdaybetween 1 & 2pm. So far our group has learned about various

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WASTE & WATER extending from the UL Boathouse toRIVER BANK CLEANUP the ‘Kilmurry Beach’. On the day 100 bags of rubbish were collected filling the Gator UtilityVehicle 9 times.Some members of our UL Environmental Society helped in theUL riverbank clean-up which took place on Saturday 12thMarch. Here staff and students of the University gave up 2hours of their time to collect rubbish along the banks of theRiver Shannon. A 2 km stretch of riverbank was covered

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TRAVEL RELATED ACTIVIES:COLLABORATION WITHUL SMARTER TRAVELOur Environmental Society travel officers collaborat- ed with UL Smarter Travel with the advertising and promotion of various great campaigns on campus. The first of which was entitled the 'Light Up Your Life' campaign (Week1). To encourage safe cycling in the dark winter mornings and evenings, togetherwith UL Smarter Travel we manned the main exits of UL each evening for a week handing out and attach- ing LED bicycle lights to students and staff cyclingby. Approximately 40 cyclists availed of the free offer per day! These LED lights were kindly provided by the National Transport Authority.

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Collaborating with the UL Smarter Travel team, weorganised a Campus to City Cycling Tour on FridayFebruary 19th led by City Tour Guide, Noel Curtin. 23staff and students from all over the world joined thetour which stopped off at Arthur’s Quay, the Milk Market,King John’s Castle and the Treaty Stone. On return tocampus all participants were fed hot finger food whichwas sponsored to us by the UL Scholars Club. UL ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIET Y / PORTFOLIO

NATIONAL The Marchathon was our biggest travel relatedMARCHATHON event of the semester- it occurs on every campus across the country on the same week and is run by the National Transport Authority. This challenge aims to encourage students to get out and get walking for health, for the commute and for fun! Two weeks before the challenge occured our travel officers were given a presentation by the National Trasport Authority regarding tips on promoting and running large events like this. With the Smart- er Travel team, we helped to promote and encourage participation by setting up various sign-up stalls across campus in the lead up to the challenge, promotion by our own society members' participation in the event, and helping run various fun activities throughout the week of the event. Dozens of teams from UL participated and many were successful prize winners nationally.

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UL SAFETY As part of UL Safety Week, we collaborated WEEK with UL Smarter Travel and UL Students Union to run a free bike maintenance class for staff and students at Wednesday lunch- time of that week. Eileen Cunningham of the Road Safety Authority Ireland was also on campus and we helped to give out loads of high-visibility freebies at a stall!

SMARTER TRAVEL MEDIA AWARDS 2016The brief for this competition wasabout showcasing any/ manypositive aspect(s) of sustainabletravel. Manasi Shetye, UL Environ-mental Society PRO, designed thisPoster as part of her submission tothe awards, but also to be used tohelp promote sustainable travelhere on campus. The Poster is aminimal interpretation of walkingbeing a healthy way of living life:imbibing two shoes in the form oflungs to indirectly portray theconnection between walking andbreathing. UL ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIET Y / PORTFOLIO



We are gratified by the help of the Green THE Campus committee who has provided GREEN help setting up the society and offered CAMPUS COMMITTEEfunding for some of our socities' activitiesas our society did not receive a budget yet as a new society.We still managed to collaborate and takepart in events like Roof gardening and theRiver Bank Cleanup. It has been a learningendeavor since we have come together as a society and it would not have been so successful without their support. UL We would like to thank the UL SmarterSMARTER Travel team for collaborating with us on so many events. It has been a great TRAVEL experience learning and working with the national award winning organisa- tion on campus. Special thanks to Sean Collins for guiding the members of the newly founded Environmental Society and a commendable liaison between the Green Campus Committee, Smarter Travel and the Environmental Society. He was a constant source of assisstance and motivation.