{"id":905,"date":"2013-02-19T14:59:34","date_gmt":"2013-02-19T14:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/greengreenwich\/?p=905"},"modified":"2026-07-21T17:59:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T16:59:35","slug":"health-and-social-care-sustainability-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/greengreenwich\/2013\/02\/19\/health-and-social-care-sustainability-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Health and Social Care Sustainability Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday the 30th January the sustainability team joined forces with the School of Health and Social Care<\/a> for a community building and sustainability awareness event.<\/p>\n

All new arrivals of the 2012\/2013 academic year were invited to an afternoon of activities centred around meeting others from across the School’s different disciplines and finding out why the University is first in the People and Planet Green League.<\/p>\n

Veronica Habgood, Director of Learning and Quality at the School of Health and Social Care, describes the background\u00a0of the\u00a0event.<\/p>\n

“The aim of the New Arrivals Event was to develop a sense of community, enabling students to meet informally with staff and to mix with students other than those on their programme.\u00a0 \u2018Sustainability\u2019 was chosen as a theme as it is something that is relevant to all students and staff.\u00a0 An appreciation of the importance of behaving sustainably is an aspect of the Greenwich Graduate Attributes project, and, as a school, we find this aspect more challenging to meet within our programmes due to the need to ensure that we are also meeting the demands of professional, statutory and regulatory bodies.\u00a0 Through this event, we hoped to raise the awareness of students (and staff).\u201d<\/p>\n

Students (and staff!) were challenged to complete 3 activities throughout the afternoon. The first was an icebreaker that asked each group to share three positive aspects of their first term at Greenwich. A few common themes emerged with the most popular answers being: The support and guidance they received from friendly University staff and students; the experience of being on placement and learning new skills in the working environment; and meeting other students and making friends.<\/p>\n

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Enjoying the sustainability day in the compost!<\/p><\/div>\n

The second activity was to complete a sustainability activity sheet which took students on a sustainability trail around the campus taking in some of the projects and features of the Avery Hill campus such as the Brompton bike dock <\/a>and the community garden. The activities and questions tested their knowledge of many sustainability themes and prompted them to research current University targets such our carbon reduction commitment<\/a>. The activity sheets along with answers can be found at http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/abd7n9a<\/a> which takes you to a Prezi presentation.<\/p>\n

The third task was a photo competition. Each student group was asked to take a picture that they thought summed up sustainability at the university. These pictures went on display in Mary Seacole from the 11th<\/sup> Feb as part of Green Week and a winner was chosen by the sustainability team.<\/p>\n

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The winning photograph taken by Sarah Marling, Sairish Rashid, Rianne Williams, Violet Withanage, Shelly Law, Emer O'Hagan, Phoebe Ohwodo and Oluwatoyin Obigbesan of the School of Health and Social Care.<\/p><\/div>\n

Staff and students commented after the event that they had enjoyed the experience and perhaps more importantly had learnt something about sustainability, from how much money the University spends on its electricity and gas bills to bringing in your own mug gets you 10p off tea and coffee at The Dome!<\/p>\n

The sustainability team actively engages with staff through its champion network and the Green Impact project and is working hard to engage with as many students as possible.\u00a0Over the course of the afternoon the team was able to talk with over 200 students about why sustainability is important to the University and how it will be important in their future careers.<\/p>\n

The content of the afternoon\u2019s activities were tailored to suit the department\u2019s needs featuring questions and information on the NHS\u2019s Sustainable Development Unit (SDU). Many of the School\u2019s students will go on to work with the NHS so it was a good opportunity to show that sustainability features heavily in many of the UK\u2019s large institutions which may be a part of their future careers.<\/p>\n

The NHS SDU\u2019s aim is to \u201chelp the NHS fulfil its potential as a leading sustainable and low carbon healthcare service.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Sustainable Development Unit provides expert advice and support to the NHS to help it become a more sustainable organisation environmentally, financially and socially.\u00a0 At an environmental level this includes addressing particular issues such as energy, travel, waste, procurement, water, infrastructure adaptation and buildings. Considering sustainability more broadly expands our work into the wider long term needs of the health service including adaptation of health service delivery, health promotion, tackling the wider determinants of health, corporate social responsibility and developing new sustainable models of care. We look to provide practical help to NHS colleagues in meeting carbon reduction targets and also engaging with individuals and organisations to change attitudes and behaviours to embrace a more sustainable lifestyle.\u201d<\/p>\n

To find out more about the NHS SDU please visit their website at http:\/\/www.sdu.nhs.uk\/<\/a>.\u00a0The Sustainable Development Unit is\u00a0running a consultation and engagement programme\u00a0open to the public to produce a new Sustainable Development Strategy for the Health, Public health and Social Care System to 2020.\u00a0\u00a0The consultation closes at 5.00pm on\u00a031 May 2013 and you can find out more and have your say here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you would like more information about how the Sustainability Team can work with your department in delivering engagement activities please contact Emily Mason at e.mason@gre.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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