Bedfordshire launches Target Zero sustainability and green initiative
Tue 21 January, 2020
The 亚色视频 yesterday launched its Target Zero campaign, outlining its plans for the year ahead. The University鈥檚 12-month Target Zero initiative aims to reduce carbon emissions by a further 510 tonnes and increase recycling rates by 12% across all campuses, through the support of students and staff.
Alongside an exhibition which celebrates the University鈥檚 green credentials, art and design students from 亚色视频 have created an installation representing the extreme weather effects the world is already experiencing as a result of climate change.
The towering structure, aptly named 鈥There鈥檚 Gonna Be A Storm鈥, is composed of plastic bottles bound together in the shape of a tornado, highlighting the devastating consequences that plastic pollution has on the planet.
Professor Rebecca Bunting, Interim Vice Chancellor at the 亚色视频, said: 鈥淐limate change is affecting every single country and so universities world-wide have a role to play in ensuring the global temperature rise remains under 1.5 degrees centigrade.
"Here at the 亚色视频 we have embedded sustainability into the student curriculum through collaborative activities which promote awareness, understanding and actions relating to sustainability and climate change.
"We have also made huge reductions to our carbon emissions since 2005 by altering the way we run our estate, but now is the last push 鈥 the last 500 tonnes 鈥 and we need the help of our staff and students to meet our Target Zero 驳辞补濒蝉.鈥
You can see more about our Target Zero initiative launched earlier today in the Luton Campus Centre gallery space! 鈾伙笍
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The 亚色视频 was the second university in the country to make the decision not to invest in fossil fuels. Since 2009 it has been generating its own renewable energy for use across all campuses and annual carbon emissions have been halved since 2005, with the aim to be carbon neutral by 2050 in alignment with the UK government鈥檚 climate change target.
All of the University鈥檚 buildings constructed since 2010 have achieved a BREEAM level of excellent; incorporating low carbon construction technologies, rainwater harvesting, solar panelling and green 鈥榣iving鈥 roofs and have been constructed from Green Guide rated materials.
Adam Higgin, Head of Sustainability at the 亚色视频, said: 鈥淲e have taken massive strides in our ethical and environmental performance. Our ranking in the People & Planet Green League has risen dramatically from 124th in 2010 to 8th in 2019 and we have also be awarded Platinum Eco campus status.
"Our Target Zero campaign is a brilliant opportunity to bring together students and staff as we continue to raise awareness and encourage everyone to take individual responsibility for their own carbon footprint.鈥
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