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Swel3February 2014Third

Edition

Welcome to the third edition of

Swel, the Sustainability Teamstermly news letter about

Sustainability and associatedwellbeing in the university! This edition features

updates of exciting new developments in the

Botanical Garden, opportunities to enhance your

wellbeing and news about upcoming Fairtrade

Fortnight and Sustainability Month 2014! Enjoy

your read and feel free to contact us at

sustainability@swansea.ac.uk or drop by our new

office at the ground floor of the Digital Technium

3 DAYDRYSTONEWALLING

COURSES

COURSEDATES: 19 TH-21ST 26 TH-28THFEBRUARYTIME : 9.30AMTO3.00PMLOCATION: ORACLE SITEBOTANICALGARDENS

PLANTINGSEASONISBACKON!

If you have a lot in thePolytunnel , its time to

start sowing someseeds to grow yourown veggies and

herbs!.

ITS BUZZING Here comes a special piece of news for all beefriends out there! Swansea University has become the host to two new

pilot beehives in the Botanical Garden. Throughout the UK bee

populaons have suered drasc decline. In line with the Universitys

Biodiversity Acon Plan this project will hopefully contribute to the

conservaon of bees. We ask all visitors of the Botanical Garden to be

aware and respecul of the beehives. Unless threatened bees are

peaceful insects and wont bother you. They will be busy collecng nectar

and hopefully pollinate some of your Polytunnel lots!

www.swan.ac.uk/sustainability/

Strolling through the Botanical

Garden for lunch break some of you

may have noced the ORACLE

building project. This excing project

was launched in December and is due

to be completed in June. The ORACLE

will be used to foster outdoor

engagement of sta and students.

You can even get involved in building

the unique structure by contacng

Nick Johnson and sign up to one of

the two three-day dry stone walling

courses with Down to Earth.

Oracle LaunchVC BreakingGround!

ACTIONINTHEBOTANICALGARDEN!

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Well & Active

BECOMEANIPCCHAMPIONSwansea, Wales will host the 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships,

rawing around 600 athletes from 40 countries. Championship organisers are

ooking to recruit up to 1,000 volunteers from across Europe to help deliverhe event, which is the first of its kind to be held in the UK. Be part of this

outstanding event and apply online to become a volunteer champion. Formore information check out the official IPC website.

MENTALHEALTHDAY19THFEBRUARY

Mark this date! As part of Mental Health Week several

departments are hosting a number of events with the aim

of promoting good mental health amongst the student and

staff population. For more details contactRachel Edwards.

o further enhance

taff, student andnstitutional

ellbeing the SHE/

ustainability team

now drafting a

Wellbeing Action

lan for Swansea

niversity.

The new Cycle to Work Scheme is hereBoost your wellbeing and cycle to work. Just get a bike, save taxes and feel goodthrough thecyclesolutions salary sacrifice scheme for bikes. Sign up until March 14thand take advantage of a host of benefits now offered to staff.

Over 6,000 bikes in

stock and ready for next

day delivery.

Clear, low-cost

arrangements for

the end of the

salary sacrifice,rental period.

Save either 38% or 47%

against the equivalent

purchase price of bicycles

& cycling equipment.

Chose from the UKs largest

range of bicycle brands

(over 140 available).

Expert staff on-call from

8am to 8pm weekdays

and 9am to 1pm onSaturdays to provide

advice and support on

bikes available and the

scheme generally.

All bikes assembled

to exceed Britishand European

standards by Cytech

qualified technicians.

Free Ridemapper iphone and

android app allows employees to

track their rides with details of

the health, wellbeing and

environmental benefits of cycling.

At the end of January tenamazing students conducteda waste infrastructure survey of the

university for the Sustainability team as

part of the Universitys Employability

Week. The students did a great job andwowed the team with their motivation

and insights! Following this successful

week, we will train another host of 30

students to become energy auditors

and perform energy audits of Green Impact teams on 19th February.If

you are part of a Green Impact team you can request an energy audit

by contacting Ambreen Jahangir!

ACTIONONTHEGROUNDAs of February Swansea Universityis boasting 29 active Greenmpact teams, which is the highest

umber of teams in Wales! New teams

ave sprung up especially in the School of

ngineering and Medicinewell doneuys! We are also proud to welcome the

Grounds team to our growing Green

mpact community. Additionally, some

eams are boosting their competitive

dvantage by recruiting energetic Green Impact Project Assistants

o their teams. Good idea with crunch time coming up and

ompetition heating up!

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Coming Up!

irtrade display table with awareness video & leaflets

(The Venue)

FAIRTRAIDEINFULTONHOUSE

THROUGHOUTTHEFORTNIGHT

airtrade fruit given free with every salad purchased

(The Venue)

Black Gold Screening - This is an investigative

documentary in to the global coffee trade

(Monday to FridayFusion Caf)

Fairtrade Wine raffle &

Its all about BANANAs.

Check out the events

schedule and come along for

an exciting two weeks of

Fairtrade Bonanza!

Fairtrade Coffee tastingto take place

in selected vending areas hosted byCaterings vending partners Autobar.

Library Vending Area, 2nd Floor, Library

10.00am to 10.30am

1st Floor Vending Area, Glyndwr

Building

10.45am to 11.15am

MONDAY& TUESDAY-

24TH& 25THFEBRUARY

WEDNESDAY-5THMARCH

BEATTHEBANANA

Come to a banana fun run

around the Nature Trail at 1pm in

front of FultonHouse. Runners

must be healthy, wear yellow

clothing & hold a Fairtrade

Banana! To register in advance

clickhere.

TUESDAY-4THMARCH

Eros Coffee Tasting with

the Barista Bikeat Blas

Dont miss out on the events put on by the Swansea Fairtrade Forum.

MARCH2014SUSTAINABILITYMONTH

1st Week of MarchClimate Week

19th MarchEarth Hour

21st MarchBlackout Event

Coming Up!

Go Green Week14th-22nd FebruaryOn Thursday, 20th February theustainability team will run a pilot

Blackout of Haldane Building as partf Go Green Week. Together withtudents from People & Planet, The

Pagan Society and the Conservationociety the team will switch off allnnecessarily left on appliances.

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