Deep in the distant depths of Fleming (or down the corridor and through the door at the end) you will find me. Possibly typing, possibly talking, possibly eating Metcalfe\u2019s skinny sweet cinnamon popcorn, there I will be, busily preparing events for the next year ahead, because I\u2019m the Student Green Office Events Coordinator. My job is to plan and run events for you lovely students, all with the theme of sustainability.<\/p>\n
While I\u2019m not running events, I\u2019m studying for a BA in Film and Events Management, reading and writing, singing (badly), baking, chilling with friends and family and spending time with my cat, Indie. But I don\u2019t have much time for this because what a busy year it is going to be for the Student Green Office! Already we\u2019ve had our Divine Fairtrade Chocolate Tasting Evening, run by the fabulous<\/em> Erik Houlihan-Jong from Divine Chocolate. A great success, we had a turnout of 40 students, chilled and laughed, while tasting delicious Divine Chocolate. Our upcoming events include pop up stands, interesting Bioversity walks, hot chocolate in the Yurt, and several exciting events for Fairtrade Fortnight ( which we will not reveal right now; more details to come\u2026) So what are you waiting for? Be sustainable, eat some (Fairtrade) cake and make a difference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s 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.<\/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":[62],"tags":[150,214,334,366,562,698,778,782,794,1002,1446,1942,2022,2314],"class_list":["post-719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-green-office","tag-allotments","tag-beer-bread-honey","tag-canterbury-christ-church-university","tag-cccusustainability","tag-divine-chocolate","tag-environment","tag-fairtrade","tag-fairtrade-bake-offs","tag-fairtrade-fortnight","tag-green-chapel-ale","tag-megan-cork","tag-student-blogger","tag-sustainability-engagement","tag-whole-earth"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"authorName":"Felicity Brambling-Wells","featuredImage":false,"postExcerpt":"It\u2019s 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.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719","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=719"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16662,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719\/revisions\/16662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nIt\u2019s my great pleasure to run these events because sustainability is so important. Everything we do now<\/em> has an impact on future<\/em> generations and their quality of life. The food we eat, the clothes we buy, the hobbies we do. Even little things like \u2018do I turn my TV off at the wall?\u2019 or \u2018do I need to have a bath instead of a shower?\u2019 is important to consider. Sustainability is all about you<\/em>. How you<\/em> live. Your<\/em> choices. Sustainability affects every aspect of your life. My aim is to inspire students to be sustainable in their life now, not ten years later when it\u2019s too late, by running events like chocolate tastings, bake sales and workshops. Sustainability is fun – I have an awesome time as part of the Student Green Office – and we want you to know that too.
\nYou know what else is awesome? Food. I love food. Full stop. And I know you all do too. So my favourite events to run are food-related events, like tastings, bake-offs and food sustainability workshops. I also publish a lot of food related blogs, like recipes and how to eat sustainably.
\nThis next year is a huge year for sustainability, what with the WHOLE EARTH? project, Edible Campus\u2019s Allotment Blitzes, Green Chapel Ale, Beer-Bread-and-Honey projects and the take-over of the Student Green Office across North Holmes Road campus (don\u2019t say we didn\u2019t warn you), and I\u2019m so excited to get to know each of you on our journey to a more sustainable future. I\u2019m in the office (Fg11) afternoons on a Monday and on a Tuesday, so if you\u2019re bored or need someone to talk to, pop your head round the door and say hi!<\/p>\n