{"id":175,"date":"2012-08-29T09:43:59","date_gmt":"2012-08-29T09:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cccusustainability.wordpress.com\/?p=175"},"modified":"2023-01-27T11:11:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T11:11:22","slug":"meet-the-new-su-ethical-and-environmental-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/meet-the-new-su-ethical-and-environmental-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the new SU Ethical and Environmental Officer!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/669\/2012\/08\/abby-james.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-176 alignright\" title=\"Abby James\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/669\/2012\/08\/abby-james.jpg?w=187\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My name is Abigail James, I am entering my third year of studying Biosciences at CCCU and am thrilled to have been recently elected as the Ethical and Environmental Officer of the Students\u2019 Union.<!--more--> I am looking forward to working closely with the University\u2019s Sustainability team to ensure our institution maintains its worthy place in the UK\u2019s top 25% of universities and colleges for environmental performance; through helping with on-going projects and organising events of my own.<\/p>\n<p>During my time in this role I would like to invigorate \u2018recycling\u2019 a concept I believe has turned stale as of late. I propose a \u2018Make-do-and-mend\u2019 approach, reminiscent of the thrifty spirit of World War II; as a keen seamstress and craftswoman I intend to organise workshops in which old can become new \u2013 easing strain on the humble student budget, but most importantly easing negative impact on the environment.<\/p>\n<p>I am very excited for the year ahead and being a part of an increasingly environmentally-friendly and sustainable university.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Abigail James, I am entering my third year of studying Biosciences at CCCU and am thrilled to have been recently elected as the Ethical and Environmental Officer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"authorName":"Felicity Brambling-Wells","featuredImage":false,"postExcerpt":"My name is Abigail James, I am entering my third year of studying Biosciences at CCCU and am thrilled to have been recently elected as the Ethical and Environmental Officer [&hellip;]","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16706,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175\/revisions\/16706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}