Erik, the resident Divine Chocolatier, a bubbly chocolate expert, who knew everything about chocolate, from the origins of hot chocolate in Mexico to the cool historical facts about the first modern wrapped chocolate bars (its origins were in Bristol, by the way) charmed the audience with his passion and excitement for chocolate.
Edible Campus: Introducing ‘Green Chapel Ale’
Freshly harvested hops have a very limited window, roughly 4-6 hours, before they become unsuitable to be used in brewing so it was a rather mad ‘race to the finish’ to get them collected and transported to the brewery in time!
SGO: Introducing Meg – Events Coordinator
It’s my great pleasure to run these events because sustainability is so important. Everything we do now has an impact on future generations and their quality of life. The food we eat, the clothes we buy, the hobbies we do.
SGO: Chris Bamber – The New Guy
With that in mind I packed up the family, after a serious discussion about practicalities and future possibilities, and moved over 300 miles from a tiny town near Manchester in order to attend CCCU where I am now happily enrolled in the first year, aiming for a BSc in Forensic Computing and so far, enjoying every minute of it.
For those of you who missed Michael Morpurgo at the WHOLE EARTH? launch…
The WHOLE EARTH? exhibition is only on the Canterbury campus for three more weeks, though, so pop over and see it while you still can! It will be spending November and December split between our Broadstairs and Medway campuses, before being shipped off to one of our partner organisations, Kerala State University in India!
Freshers Fair and WHOLE EARTH?
Megan Cork, our SGO Co-Ordinator and some awesome SGO volunteers were flying our colours down at the Fresher’s Fair yesterday, giving out free reusable water bottles and recipe cards and loads of other great stuff.
We’re back, we’re merging – and here’s what we’ve been up to!
Megan and the SGO are hosting a Divine Chocolate tasting on the 9th October at Barista & Baker to get new students talking about Fairtrade foods, and we’re finalists for three Green Gown awards from the Environmental Association of Universities & Colleges (EAUC)
Reflections by a guest blogger, Chris Carr
I attended an education and sustainability conference in London recently held by the HEFCE (Higher Education Funding Council for England) and wanted to relate back about my experience.
BE SEEN WEARING GREEN: all day across the CCCU campus network Fri.15th Feb.
Together we’re building the culture of sustainability at Canterbury Christ Church University… Sustainability Projects Officer, Lucy Brown; Director of Sustainability Development, Dr Peter Rands; and the Student Union’s Vice President […]