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    GREEN FORTNIGHT EVENTS 2022:

    Peaceful commuter cycle route to Frenchay Campus
    Meet at The Arches on Gloucester Road
    Live on the Gloucester Road corridor and want to cycle to UWE? Try out a green pleasant and flattish cycle route to UWE on quiet residential roads and cycle paths.
    Green Fortnight
    Clothes Mending Session at Bower
    Bower Ashton Campus - The Students' Union bar area
    Drop in anytime between 12:30-14:00 for this session with the Fashion Technical team from UWE. Bring along some clothes or items that need mending and any questions or just come by for a chat. There will also be scraps for you to practice on.
    Bower Ashton Event | UNION - Green / Sustainable | Green Fortnight
    Green Fortnight: Putting road transport in the context of the climate crisis
    Online: MS Teams
    An updated version of a session delivered to senior civil servants this summer, Glenn Lyons from UWE Bristol's Centre for Transport, will outline the challenges posed by our changing climate to the UK Transport system and will explore the solutions!
    Action on Sustainability | Green Fortnight
    Green and Sustainable careers virtual drop in
    Online: MS Teams
    Do you want to know how to find out about sustainable careers that could make a positive impact on the world?
    UNION - Green / Sustainable | Green Week | Action on Sustainability | Green Fortnight
    Dr Bike - free cycling check-ups and repairs
    Outside the P Block cycle hub, Frenchay campus,
    Free drop in Dr Bike session for all students and staff: our mechanic Ross will be able to carry out a check up and do simple repairs on your bike, particularly on brakes, gears and punctures - with a charge for the parts but not for the labour. Cash
    Go Green Week | Green Week | Action on Sustainability | Green Fortnight
    The Passivhaus Journey - UWE's new student accommodation project
    1R026, R Block, Frenchay Campus
    This session will track the Passivhaus journey on UWEs new 900 bed sustainable Student Accommodation project. Upon completion, the project will be the UK's largest Passivhaus residential development.
    Frenchay Event | Day | Free | UNION - Green / Sustainable | Green Fortnight
    A 'nature first' approach to carbon - research on rewilding sites
    0J11, J Block, Frenchay Campus,
    Come and hear how UWE Bristol are working with Wild Carbon to develop a cost-effective toolkit for assessing carbon dynamics and biodiversity change in rewilding sites.
    UNION - Green / Sustainable | Green Week | Action on Sustainability | Green Fortnight
    Free Period Product Stall
    Glenside Students' Union
    To support our students during this cost of living crisis, The Students’ Union at UWE are providing free period products to all UWE Bristol students.
    Glenside Event | Free | UNION - Green / Sustainable | Green Fortnight | Cost of Living
    Climate action café HAS
    Room 2A27, A Block, Frenchay Campus
    Open to all, join a regular session of HAS climate action café in action. See how it provides an opportunity for staff to take time out and to focus on how they can progress sustainability within their area, both in terms of teaching and learning!
    Action on Sustainability | Green Fortnight
    Community Garden (Frenchay)
    Community Garden - Frenchay Campus
    The garden is in a quiet corner of campus, giving you space to take a break from screens and time to connect with nature and other students.
    Free | UNION - Green / Sustainable | Feel Good | Green Fortnight
    Glenside Clothes and Book Swap with OT Society
    The Students' Union, Glenside Campus
    Swap don't shop - it's better for the planet and better for your bank account. Bring in your pre-loved clothing and books to swap on the day and enjoy homemade brownies while you browse!
    Society Events | Glenside Event | Day | Free | Alcohol Free | Family Friendly | UNION - Green / Sustainable | Feel Good | Green Week | Green Fortnight | Cost of Living
    Placement Uniform Swap Shop
    The Students' Union, Glenside Campus
    Giving healthcare students a more budget-friendly, eco-friendly placement experience.
    Glenside Event | Day | Free | Alcohol Free | Family Friendly | UNION - Green / Sustainable | Green Fortnight | Cost of Living
    Drop-in energy forum
    Microsoft Teams
    Drop in at our UWE Bristol virtual Energy forum for all things to do with energy: top tips on how to reduce energy bill, an update on what UWE are doing to become carbon neutral, information on the climate change talks in Egypt COP 27, etc.
    Free | UNION - Green / Sustainable | Green Fortnight
    How the BBC is taking on the climate crisis
    Room 1N05, N Block , Frenchay Campus
    Join Emma Peddie, sustainability advisor at the BBC, who will share the ways that the BBC is taking on the climate crisis, taking both practical steps to cut the damaging impact of their productions on our planet as well as creating content to engage
    UNION - Green / Sustainable | Go Green Week | Green Week | Action on Sustainability | Green Fortnight
    Sustainability tour with Professor Chad Staddon
    Meet outside X Block entrance (opposite Z Block), Frenchay Campu
    Join Chad Staddon, Professor of Resource Economics and Policy, for a fascinating tour of sustainability hot spots on campus.
    UNION - Green / Sustainable | Go Green Week | Green Week | Action on Sustainability | Green Fortnight
    Cancelled: Changing climate network showcase
    Room TBC
    This event has been cancelled
    UNION - Green / Sustainable | Go Green Week | Green Week | Action on Sustainability | Green Fortnight
    Global café: climate chat and cake
    UWE Bristol provides an informal space for you to learn about climate action. It is a great opportunity for you to research ideas and think about what you could do differently to create change.
    Green Fortnight
    Just Stop Oil - Campaign Talk
    Meeting Room 1 The Students' Union Frenchay Campus
    “If governments are serious about the climate crisis, there can be no new investments in oil, gas and coal, from now – from this year.” Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (May 2021)
    Free | UNION - Green / Sustainable | Green Fortnight
    Craft Friday - Glenside Library
    UWE Bristol Library, Glenside Campus
    Join us for knitting, crochet and other craft activities in Glenside Library. No previous experience necessary. Materials provided and experts will be on hand, or bring your own item to work on.
    Glenside Event | UNION - Green / Sustainable | Go Green Week | Green Week | Action on Sustainability | Green Fortnight
    Free Period Product Stall
    Bower Students' Union
    To support our students during this cost of living crisis, The Students’ Union at UWE are providing free period products to all UWE Bristol students.
    Bower Ashton Event | Free | UNION - Green / Sustainable | Green Fortnight
    Free Period Product Stall - Frenchay
    The Students' Union, Frenchay Campus
    To support our students during this cost of living crisis, The Students’ Union at UWE are providing free period products to all UWE Bristol students.
    Free | UNION - Green / Sustainable | Green Fortnight
    Charity Shop Crawl with LGBT+ Society
    Meet outside Costa, 14 Gloucester Road, BS7 8AE
    Come join us as we visit 12 thrift shops in a row on this iconic Bristol street Meeting at 2pm outside Costa, 14 Gloucester Road, BS7 8AE (https://bit.ly/2ZN5vut)
    Free | UNION - Green / Sustainable | Feel Good | Green Fortnight
    Litter Picking Walk
    Meet location: Temple Meads Station (T6)
    UNION - Green / Sustainable | Green Fortnight
    Nature poetry drop in and prize draw
    Bower Ashton Campus - The Students' Union bar area
    Society Events | Campaigns | Bower Ashton Event | Free | UNION - Green / Sustainable | Action on Sustainability | Green Fortnight
    Green Fortnight: Clothes Mending Session
    The Students' Union, Glenside Campus
    Join us for a super-chilled clothes mending session with sustainable fashion expert, Beth (@reclaimedcraftbristol)
    Glenside Event | Day | Free | Alcohol Free | Family Friendly | UNION - Green / Sustainable | Feel Good | Green Week | Green Fortnight
    Sustainable Period Product Talk & free product
    Meeting Room 1 The Students' Union Frenchay Campus
    Environmenstrual Ambassador Leah will join us to chat about different sustainable period product options.
    Free | UNION - Green / Sustainable | Green Fortnight
    Peaceful commuter cycle route to Frenchay Campus
    Live on the Gloucester Road corridor and want to cycle to UWE? Try out a green pleasant and flattish cycle route to UWE on quiet residential roads and cycle paths.
    Green Fortnight
    The Role of Tech in Supporting Wellbeing and Inclusion
    TLT, 1 Redcliff Street, Bristol City Centre
    Join us for this breakfast event kindly sponsored by TLT to discuss the relationship between wellbeing, tech and future cities with Amba, Mitsubishi Electric and Babbasa and more speakers to be announced.
    UNION - Green / Sustainable | Go Green Week | Green Week | Action on Sustainability | Green Fortnight
    Dr Bike - free cycling check-ups and repairs
    Outside the P Block cycle hub, Frenchay campus,
    Free drop in Dr Bike session for all students and staff: our mechanic Ross will be able to carry out a check up and do simple repairs on your bike, particularly on brakes, gears and punctures - with a charge for the parts but not for the labour. Cash
    Go Green Week | Green Week | Action on Sustainability | Green Fortnight
    Bower Ashton Swap Shop - Clothes and Book Swap
    Swap don't shop - it's better for the planet and better for your bank account. Bring in your pre-loved clothing and books to swap on the day. The more items you bring = the more new books and clothes you can take!
    Campaigns | Bower Ashton Event | Bar Events | Day | Free | UNION - Green / Sustainable | Green Fortnight
    Free Period Product Stall
    Glenside Students' Union
    To support our students during this cost of living crisis, The Students’ Union at UWE are providing free period products to all UWE Bristol students.
    Glenside Event | Free | UNION - Green / Sustainable | Green Fortnight
    Climate shocks: building resilience
    Clarke Willmott offices, 1 Georges Square. Bristol City Centre
    Part of Bristol Green Capital Partnership's Climate Action Programme, this event on climate resilience is for students, staff and members of the public. It will focus on understanding and preparing for potential climate risks and will help any organi
    UNION - Green / Sustainable | Go Green Week | Green Week | Action on Sustainability | Green Fortnight
    Dr Bike - free cycling check-ups and repairs
    Outside the P Block cycle hub, Frenchay campus,
    Free drop in Dr Bike session for all students and staff: our mechanic Ross will be able to carry out a check up and do simple repairs on your bike, particularly on brakes, gears and punctures - with a charge for the parts but not for the labour. Cash
    Go Green Week | Green Week | Action on Sustainability | Green Fortnight
    'Fashion Fictions' workshop
    Room 4B13 - City Campus at Bower Ashton
    Are you interested in Fashion Innovation Sustainability and alternative futures? If so come along to the 'Fashion Fictions' workshop to imagine new ways of thinking doing and making fashion.
    UNION - Green / Sustainable | Go Green Week | Green Week | Action on Sustainability | Green Fortnight
    Frenchay Community Garden - installing a 'WildPod'
    Come along for a special edition of the usual Community Garden session where we will be joined by an Ecologist from an organisation called 'Bioscapes' to install a multi habitat WildPod in the garden to help increase biodiversity.
    Free | UNION - Green / Sustainable | Feel Good | Green Fortnight
    Glenside Community Garden
    Glenside Community Garden
    The garden is beautiful area of campus, giving you space to take a break from screens and time to connect with nature and other students. In this session we will be doing a variety of activities including weeding, planting and pruning.
    Glenside Event | UNION - Green / Sustainable | Green Fortnight
    Placement Uniform Swap Shop
    The Students' Union, Glenside Campus
    Giving healthcare students a more budget-friendly, eco-friendly placement experience.
    Glenside Event | Day | Free | Alcohol Free | Family Friendly | UNION - Green / Sustainable | Green Fortnight
    LEAF: sustainable labs at UWE
    Online: MS Teams - Link to follow
    Come and find out how to improve the sustainability and efficiency of our laboratories at UWE using LEAF, a programme which covers all aspects of sustainability!
    Green Fortnight
    Dr Bike - free cycling check-ups and repairs
    Outside the P Block cycle hub, Frenchay campus,
    Free drop in Dr Bike session for all students and staff: our mechanic Ross will be able to carry out a check up and do simple repairs on your bike, particularly on brakes, gears and punctures - with a charge for the parts but not for the labour. Cash
    Go Green Week | Green Week | Action on Sustainability | Green Fortnight
    CANCELLED: Drop-in energy forum
    Microsoft Teams
    Drop in at our UWE Bristol virtual Energy forum for all things to do with energy: top tips on how to reduce energy bill, an update on what UWE are doing to become carbon neutral, information on the climate change talks in Egypt COP 27, etc.
    Free | UNION - Green / Sustainable | Green Fortnight
    Climate Conversations and Cake
    Concerned about what is happening to our planet? Come along and chat with other students in a relaxed setting – with free cakes, savoury wraps and snacks. A great opportunity to meet people and to share your views, ideas and feelings.
    UNION - Green / Sustainable | Green Fortnight
    Frenchay Swap Shop - Clothes and Book Swap
    The Students' Union Reception (Frenchay)
    Swap don't shop! It's better for the planet and better for your bank account. Drop your pre-loved clothing and books to The Students' Union Reception anytime between 09:00 and 16:00 Monday to Friday before the event, or bring them in on the day.
    Free | UNION - Green / Sustainable | Green Fortnight
    Free Period Product Stall - Frenchay
    The Students' Union, Frenchay Campus
    To support our students during this cost of living crisis, The Students’ Union at UWE are providing free period products to all UWE Bristol students.
    Free | UNION - Green / Sustainable | Green Fortnight
    Greenspace - Conservation Volunteering
    Meet outside The Students' Union shop - U Block, Frenchay
    Are you interested in wildlife and forestry conservation? Love spending time outdoors in the fresh air? If yes, then this is for you! Even if you have never done anything related to conservation before, everyone is welcome.
    UNION - Green / Sustainable | Green Fortnight
    This crisis demands action! COP27 march for climate justice
    On November 12th there will be a Mass Mobilisations for Justice happening across Britain during COP27. UWE students and staff will be attending the protest in Bristol, meet at 12:00 on College Green.
    Free | UNION - Green / Sustainable | Green Fortnight
    Cup of tea in a bush Fairtrade Tea Café
    Lower Engagement Space, Union 1, U Block, Frenchay
    Pop over with your re-useable cup and try out some of our free Fairtrade tea
    Frenchay Event | Day | Free | Alcohol Free | Regular Event | Green Fortnight
    Vegan Pizza Making Workshop
    2S502
    For the finale of Green Fortnight, Ivan will be giving a tutorial on how to make your own dough from scratch, stretching techniques, and how to cook a delicious pizza using regular ovens.
    Frenchay Event | Free | UNION - Green / Sustainable | Green Fortnight

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