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Doughnut Economics Drop in Monday 13 Nov – 10:30 – 14:30 *New Location*  St Marks, The LINK UP (Address: The Link Up, St Marks Square, Lincoln, LN5 7EX)

Learn about Doughnut Economics, presented in collaboration by Climate Hope and Local Motion Lincoln.

“The Doughnut offers a vision of what it means for humanity to thrive in the 21st century – and Doughnut Economics explores the mindset and ways of thinking needed to get us there.” The Doughnut Economics Lab

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Carbon Literacy Training Monday 13 Nov 14:00 – 15:30 LMS0011 (Lincoln Medical School)

Ever wondered about how to actually figure out your carbon footprint? What your impact is and how you can take positive climate action? This training is for you. This is a taster session (not accredited).

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Swap Shop with Pride Society Monday 13 Nov 12:00 – 15:00 Minerva Atrium

Students can pre-donate clothes to the SU reception where they can receive up to 5 vouchers to redeem on the day of the swap. Real time swaps can happen in the Minerva Building as well. A Organised by Lincoln SU: Open to all students, just turn up!

A Greener Future – Product Design Monday 13 Nov 13:00 – 16:00 NDH2018 (Nicola de la Haye Building)

Product Design students will be pitching their ideas for a Greener Future on Monday 13 in the Digital Crit Room on the Brayford Campus. We’re inviting you to join to hear what ideas are in the mix!

Brief: This project requires you to imagine a future, sustainable Lincoln. Your design will form part of that future city (on or off campus) and will enable positive human urban activity in a considered and environmentally sensitive way.

Open to all staff and students, just turn up!

Education for Sustainability Workshop Tuesday 14 Nov 12:00 – 14:00 MB1001 (Minerva Building)

Students and staff please come along to discuss education for sustainability together. Are we doing enough or even too much in your course? Share examples of great sustainability teaching or let us know where the gaps are. Come for all or part of the workshop and bring your lunch. A brilliant opportunity for students to feed back to the university about what you want to learn!

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Plant-based food handout Tuesday 14 Nov 11:00 – 14:00 Outside the Swan

Tuesdays at the Swan is our new Chooseday which is a plant based day of food. There will be a pop up outside so we can advertise the day as well as getting student feedback on some potential products.

Organised by Lincoln SU: Open to all students, just turn up!

Craft Swap with Pride & ECO Society Tuesday 14 Nov 16:00 – 18:00 INB Atrium (Isaac Newton Building)

Let’s upcycle! Students can bring any old clothes that are no longer wearable, materials anything that they desire to bring to be used on Thursdays craft social to make something new out of something old.

Organised by Lincoln SU: Open to all students, just turn up!

Chaplaincy Liquorice Park Walk Tuesday 14 Nov 12:00 – 15:00 – starting at Witham House

As part of the Lincoln Climate Action Festival week, there will be a guided walk to Liquorice Park on Tuesday 14^th November. The walk will be led by Helen Townsend, the University’s Catholic chaplain, and will leave Witham House at 12 noon, The walk will go to and around Liquorice Park and return via Whittons Park and the West Common, time permitting.

To reserve your place, please complete the booking form.

Nature Positive & Transition Exhibition Opening Evening Tuesday 14 Nov 17:00 – 19:00 – Project Space + (Peter de Wint)

Join us for a special evening view of our exhibitions in the Project Space + and Nicola de la Haye Atrium. View nature positive art by staff, students, alumni and members of the public as well as exploring the “Transition” fashion exhibition by CoASSH students.

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Be a Ranger for the Day Wednesday 15 Nov 09:30 – 15:00 Wilder Doddington at Doddington Hall

Back again for its second year, this event is not to be missed! Hands-on experience of what it’s like to be a Ranger at Wilder Doddington.

During your day as a Wilder Ranger, you will meet the Wilder Doddington team and learn about how we are bringing more nature back to the Doddington Estate.

You will learn about ecological surveying, what we do and why we do it, have a tour of some of our wilding land, and help with a range of our tasks. Depending on the weather and the priorities on the day, these tasks could be anything from setting footprint traps and tree planting, to earthworm or harvest mouse surveying.

This is suitable for adults only and must be at least 18 years old to attend. The day will include walking over uneven and muddy ground up to 4km.

Places are limited and registration is essential. Please register using the button below and we will be in touch to confirm your place and provide joining instructions. Closing date: 9am, Monday 13 November 2023. Book now

Sustainability Café & Craft – Wednesday 15 Nov  13:00 – 15:00 (Drop In) University Library Freezone

Join the sustainability team for our cosy craft café at the University Library Freezone, bring a clean cardboard milk/juice carton and learn how to upcycle it! Free tea, coffee and cake, but please BYOM (Bring your own Mug)

Litter Pick with the Litter Picking Society Wednesday 15 Nov 13:00 – 14:30 Brayford – Meeting outside Lincoln SU

A litter pick will take place along the brayford organised by the litter picking society in collaboration with VPCE.

Organised by Lincoln SU: Open to all students, just turn up!

Net Zero Network: Climate Action Festival Special 13:00 – 16:00 LMS0005

An interactive afternoon exploring the University’s research activity in Net Zero, and how you can get involved.

13:00 – Welcome

13:15 – 13:30 – Libby John (Dean of Sustainability) – What does net-zero mean to you? An interactive session gathering perspectives on net-zero and what we can all do to reduce our own and others’ greenhouse gas emissions.

13:30 – 13:45 – Amir Badiee (School of Engineering) – Reverse Coal project case study

13:45 – 14:30 – Amanda Goss and Alessia Vacca (College of Arts, Social Science and Humanities) – RECYCLE – REUSE– REPLACE = REDUCE – What do we do with all our pre-loved garments when we become tired of them? To lower the fashion industry’s carbon footprint, we need to seek out solutions to make the future sustainable, to reach Net Zero.

FASHION SECRETS – The difficulties in moving towards sustainability in the Fashion Industry. How can sustainable fashion be legislated?

CLOSWAP – Valued but no longer used clothing – swap for clothing you will use. Bring along a Preloved item to swap in our CLOSWAP.

14:30 – 15:00 – Coffee and cake

15:00 – 15:30 – David May (Lincoln Institute for Agri-food Technology) – How do we move towards net zero food production?

15:30 – 16:00 – Effie Warwick-John (Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership) – How the Greater Lincolnshire agri-food sector is helping to tackle climate change, and how you can get involved

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Nature Pigment Workshops – DROP INS – Project Space + (Peter de Wint)

Learn about how you can make art out of nature based pigments, from plants, fungi and more. Polly Lancaster will be running the following free workshops on:

10:00 – 12:00 Wednesday 15 NOV

14:00 – 16:00 Wednesday 15 NOV

14:00 – 16:00 Thursday 16 NOV

How to be Sustainable at University Workshop Thursday 16 Nov 14:00 – 16:00 (Drop In) ATB3129 (Alfred Tennyson Building)

Led by the Sustainability team and our VPCE, we invite you to join us in updating our How to be Sustainable at University guidance for current and future students!

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Riseholme Biodiversity Walk Thursday 16 Nov 12:00 – 13:00 starting from Lawress Hall reception

Join us in a guided walk around the Riseholme Park grounds and learn about wildlife on the estate, and how you can help us record what you see! Phone and camera photography encouraged.

No need to book.

ECO Society Craft Social Thursday 16 Nov 16:00 – 18:00 INB (Isaac Newton Building)

In collaboration with the Pride society, join us for a craft swap! Crafts from craft swap and old clothes/anything people want to bring, please bring it to the craft social.

Organised by Lincoln SU: Open to all students, just turn up!

Nature Pigment Workshops – DROP INS –

Project Space + (Peter de Wint)

Learn about how you can make art out of nature based pigments, from plants, fungi and more. Polly Lancaster will be running the following free workshops on:

10:00 – 12:00 Wednesday 15 NOV

14:00 – 16:00 Wednesday 15 NOV

14:00 – 16:00 Thursday 16 NOV

Wildlife Surveying Workshop – Friday 17 Nov 08:15 – 10:00 Riseholme Park – Starting at Lawress Hall

Ever wanted to learn about how to look for wildlife? What the best tips and tricks are? Join the Sustainability team for an early morning wildlife wander at Riseholme Park, where you’ll head into the woodland and surround fields and see what tracks and signs you can find. You’ll also have the opportunity to test our new iBiodiversity app – made by students at the University of Lincoln!

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Place-based climate action and climate commissions: an open discussion – Friday 17 Nov 10:00 – 13:00 INB1103 (Isaac Newton Building)

Climate emergency declarations have refocused UK policy attention towards environment and sustainability place-shaping agendas. Consequentially, climate commissions have arisen across the UK to support such agendas. UK government climate mitigation and adaptation policy attention will coalesce around the Net Zero Strategy, the recent Net Zero review, the National Adaptation Programme and the Third Climate Change Risk Assessment. But with Rishi Sunak’s Conservative government recently doing a U-turn on net zero policies, what role does place-based climate action have in the policy and governance landscape? Do climate commissions now have a more enhanced role in facilitating greater place-based climate action? This Climate Action Festival session brings together local stakeholders for themed talks on the role of different stakeholders in place-based climate action, followed by a public Q&A discussion with the audience on the role that climate commissions can play in facilitating place-based action in Lincoln. This session will cover questions, including:

· What roles do climate commissions have in the wider international and national climate policy landscape?

· What are UK climate commissions doing to address local climate change through the lens of ‘place-shaping’?

· What types of approaches and innovations are commissions taking, or need to take, when engaging the public through place-based climate action?

· Do climate commissions carry significant influence in shaping local climate policy and governance?

These themed talks will then be followed by a panel discussion and Q&A where the panellists and the audience can explore key questions around how best a climate commission can serve the residents of Lincoln.

Full programme.

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Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust Nature Drop in – Friday 17 Nov 09:00 – 16:00 NDH Atrium (Nicola de la Haye Building)

Meet our local Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust Conservation Officer and learn all about the Trust, as well as getting involved in craft activities and having the opportunity to dissect real owl pellets!

Open to all: just turn up!

ECO Aware Pop Up Friday 17 Nov Outside Lincoln SU

This Eco Aware workshop is designed to bring to light things that students can do to be more sustainable. Vote on future sustainable activities that you’d like to see the SU organise. There will be free giveaway of old logo SU reusable cups – just because it isn’t on brand any more it is still fine to use and no reason to waste it!

Organised by Lincoln SU: Open to all students, just turn up!

Performance: A Letter to the Future by Ollie Daniels

14:00 (20 minutes) Friday 17 Nov Outside LAC

Synopsis: This is a performance art piece focusing on the lives affected by the climate crisis.

Climate Café Saturday 18 Nov – from 14:00 at Mint Lane Café – Lincoln City Centre

Climate on your mind? If you’re worried about Climate Change, this friendly, respectful, confidential and non-judgemental discussion is the place for you to be. Set in one of our most sustainable community cafes in Lincoln at Mint Lane, this is an opportunity to air your concerns about the climate, remember, we’re all in this together.

Open to all – just turn up!