{"id":1245,"date":"2014-03-27T13:55:29","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T13:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/greengreenwich\/?p=1245"},"modified":"2026-07-21T18:07:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T17:07:19","slug":"hello-from-esin-damery-events-and-campaigns-green-ambassador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/greengreenwich\/2014\/03\/27\/hello-from-esin-damery-events-and-campaigns-green-ambassador\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello from Esin D'Amery! Events and Campaigns Green Ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Esin\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Hello, I\u2019m Esin D\u2019Amery. I am a First year Politics and International Relations Student at The University of Greenwich. 20 by age, but many will agree when I say 40 in attitude. Currently I live in the beautiful town of Greenwich, an area I feel extremely excited about due to the beauty and buzz you get when walking around. I come from London and Hertfordshire originally, but my family currently reside by the seaside in Norfolk.<\/p>\n

I first encountered the Sustainability Hub via our current Vice President Campaigns and Representation Sabbatical Officer Kyle Marchalleck. Kyle approached and explained about a new opportunity to combine my interest in sustainability and to get more involved with The Students’ Union.\u00a0 Admittedly I was a tad weary about getting involved with something which is seen to be a brushed under the carpet idea.\u00a0 However, after attending one of The Sustainability Hub\u2019s Forums, I met the team and saw how enthusiastic they were. They explained the Hub in a way I found completely intriguing.\u00a0 I quickly applied and got through to the interview. After passing the interview I was offered the job and here I am!<\/p>\n

My first opportunity to get hands on came in the shape of the Fairtrade Fortnight and the chance to host a Cooperative Fairtrade Wine and Cheese night. The Cooperative offer many opportunities to work in conjunction with Universities, schools and businesses to share their knowledge and contacts in order to hold events with a great message. The Sustainability Hub applied to hold the event along with many other institutions, and we were successful in our application \u2013 we felt it would be a great opportunity to celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight in this manner which we know to be successful. We hope attendees were able to see why it is important to take Fairtrade into consideration with daily life. It is a sad fact that our lack of knowledge and understanding of such controversial and important social issues, cause such drastic drawbacks for the producers we depend on for our daily products. I hoped that by having an actual Fairtrade Producer present for the event, we are able to give attendees a rare face to face opportunity to see the drastic positive change Fairtrade makes to people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n

I worked with the Co-operative to organise the event – it took around 5 weeks to organise it fully. Being a student, I worked around my timetable comfortably and devoted enough time to organise the event without forgetting about my actual degree. The event itself ran perfectly! My amazing team were there helping me out as much as possible and it was fantastic to have them by my side. The Cooperative attended, and along with Daniela Cedron, the Fairtrade wine producer from Argentina. During the event, every last drop of wine was consumed, and every bit of cheese was demolished. All attendees were pleased and I was extremely happy to see such a fantastic turnout! It was great to see something you had initially thought about, actually happen\u2026and successfully! It gave me a great sense of pride in my team and my ability to do my job well!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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