Green Action Week, which runs from 10-14 February, is a university-wide engagement campaign that aims to inspire positive environmental action. This year, there is a special emphasis on the ‘actions’ that can drive better practices and behaviour change to help lead tangible results.
The Green Impact Team at Lincoln is working hard on completing the toolkit this year for the submission date of the 22 May. In an effort to achieve a beyond Gold Award this year, the Team is hosting multiple events throughout the week for the University’s Green Action Week. Check out the Lincoln events below and the many taking place across the University.
Green Action Week Library Display
Throughout the week environmental related titles will be on display and available to borrow at Lincoln College library. Do keep an eye out for the non-fiction titles, The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable by Amitav Ghosh and Doughnut Economics by Kate Raworth and the fiction title, Parable of the Sower by Octavia E Butler.
Climate Micro Hackathon: Brainstorming solutions for the environment
Tuesday 11 February, 2:30-3:30pm, the Ashdown Room at Cohen Quad, Exeter College
Come along for a workshop to discuss climate problems and brainstorm creative solutions for environmental issues. Hosted by Sustainability Officers representing 13 colleges. so do bring any questions you may have about sustainability at Oxford colleges. Please email sustainability@lincoln.ox.ac.uk to book your place!
Six ways inequality holds back behaviour change for climate action
Wednesday 12 February 1:30-2:30pm, Lower Lecture Room, Lincoln College
In this talk with postdoc Emma Garnet, she asks: Are improvements to green technologies, like better batteries and more efficient solar panels, enough on their own to tackle climate change? Unfortunately not. Our behaviour and lifestyles must change too. Rolling out the solutions to climate change (electric vehicles, solar power, heat pumps) will require confronting the enormous gulf in wealth and resources separating the richest and poorest people – both within countries and between them. In this talk I'll make the case for why inequality remains one of the biggest barriers to the net zero transition.
Please email sustainability@lincoln.ox.ac.uk to book your place!
Package-free shopping workshop
Wednesday 12 February 5:00-5:45pm, meet at the Porters Lodge, Lincoln College
Come and learn about packaging waste, and some steps you can take to reduce your waste and get hands-on with shopping package free at Oxunboxed in the Covered Market. To register please fill out this form, Package-free shopping workshop @ OxUnboxed.
Seed sowing workshop with Priyanka and Mike
Thursday 13 February 11:00am-12:00pm, Grove Quad, Lincoln College
Come and join the gardening team in planting some herbs during Green Action Week! No need to sign-up just come along on the day.
Plant Swap
Thursday 13 February, afternoon in the MCR
Need a new plant to make your room feel homely or have more plants than you know what to do with! Come and take part in the plant swap, this event will be happening throughout the afternoon.
