Awareness Campaign May 18- June 6, Age of Stupid May 28th at Old Cinema at Regents...and much much more

Awareness Campaign May 18- June 6
Tomorrow's Leaders Project launched out first awareness campaign yesterday May 18- June 6. Over the next three weeks we are trying to create awareness on conserving energy, water and cutting down on paper consumption. All "proactive" efforts rather that "re-active", taking easy steps such as shutting down a computer when you walk away, turning off a tap when you brush your teeth, or thinking before you print...these things all make a difference.

You will notice there are "Go Green" wrist ties at the front desks of each building. Please take a FREE wrist tie and wear it for the next few weeks- to show your support for the cause, campaign, and acting as a reminder to be more conservative with your resources- more "green".

Age of Stupid
Tomorrow's Leaders is screening the film on climate change and the effects at the Old Cinema on the first floor at Regents on May 28th. This event is free, but space is limited so please email us at csr.westminster@gmail.com to reserve a space. There will be a brief introduction made by the campaign manager of the film as well as a panel discussion following. We hope to see you all there!!

For some basic information on the film, please click this link. http://www.ageofstupid.net/synopsis_0

Student Symposium
Are you interested in finding more about the implications of working while you study. What this means while you are in school, as well as what it means for your career post education? Join the student symposium on May 29th, please contact us at csr.westminster@gmail.com and we can forward your name to the right people to ensure you secure a spot at the workshop.

CSR

For some great information on CSR, what it means, how it can be implemented etc check out the link below:

http://www.hefce.ac.uk/lgm/build/event/show.asp?id=04

Comments, thoughts, ideas and suggestions are welcome as always!

AWARENESS

In May, the Tomorrow's Leaders Project is looking to start an awareness campaign targeting paper, lights, and perhaps water through the university and in our lives. The slide show below came through my email and got us to thinking how wasteful we all really are (and these figures are just from the US).

http://docs.google.com/gview?a=v&attid=0.1&thid=120b4b3a21008584&mt=application%2Fvnd.ms-powerpoint&pli=1

Here is a sample of whats in the link above...AMAZING stuff!!








Check it out and let me know if you have any ideas or would like to help with the campaign!!

G20, Earth Hour, and Other Great Events!

It has been a busy week or two. I know many of you have been finishing final projects and looking forward to the approaching holiday, but we appreciate everyone who has found time to attend the events as of late.

G20
As you know, the G20 is going on this week and many people are taking to the streets to march for their concerns of the current global environment. The G-20 now has a crucial role in driving forward work between advanced and emerging economies to tackle the international financial and economic crisis, restore worldwide financial stability, lead the international economic recovery and secure a sustainable future for all countries.

Below are some photos from Saturdays march at Picadilly Circus. If anyone has experiences or photos from any peaceful G20 protests, please feel free to tell us about your experience and share the photos.




Earth Hour 2009
For those of you who participated, we are greatful!! The University of Westminster had great success in turning off all of the lights at all four sites of the campus, great thanks to all involved!!

Earth Hour 2009 was a great success, here is what the World Wild Life Fund posted on their site "WWF’s Earth Hour 2009 was a massive global phenomenon. Our thanks to the millions of people around the world who switched off their lights for one hour on Saturday 28 March – you sent a dramatic visual signal to world leaders that they must take urgent action on climate change. This awe-inspiring event kickstarted our efforts to secure a strong ‘global deal’ at the Copenhagen UN climate summit in December."

Below are some photos of Parliment before and after:




There was some concern voiced that an hour is not enough, I agree, it is not, but it is a start. Below is an article talking about how it is improtance of raising the issue, not always the actual grandure of the act. As WWF States, it is a great inspiration to the world leaders to know people are watching and it is time to make some real decisions on global efforts to climate change.

http://www.stevelawson.net/wordpress/2009/03/earthhour-inspiration-collective-meaning-and-the-dangers-of-virtual-absolution/

JADE Conference and Business Combat Workshop
We had great success in educating students from our university and others on what CSR is and some initiatives they could take within their universities or in an SME.

If you have any comments, photos, or stories to add- please feel free to email us at csr.westminster@gmail.com, we would be happy to feature you in our blog!

Biggest Party on the Planet...What Are You Doing?

Join the party!

Earth Hour is this Saturday 28 March from 8:30-9:30 and well over 1 Billion people are said to be participating, don't be left out!!

There are lots of fun things you and your friends and family could do to partake in this historic global movement!! You could have a candle light dinner made with fair-trade goods, play charades by candlelight, a good game of torch tag, or have a "lights out" party with green themed drinks, like an Eco-tini.

Whomever comes up with the most creative activity, please submit a photo and a brief description of what you did and we will feature you on our blog!!

The University will be participating and turning off lights between 8:30 and 9:30 pm, taking a step towards being a greener place. This is a university wide initiative, led by Estates & Facilities and Tomorrow's Leaders - a student-led project focusing on sustainability and responsibility.

Enjoy Earth Hour and we look forward to seeing what all of you get up to!!

For more information and plenty of fun ideas for how to spend the hour look at : http://earthhour.wwf.org.uk/

Thanks to everyone who came to Cavendish and Regent for the Green Revolution Meetings!

It was a fantastic hearing people's ideas and we are currently working on putting together a list of what was discussed. So check be sure your inboxes next week and send us your thoughts and perhaps what you would like to do.

The Green Revolution is coming to Harrow tomorrow. To get on board, simply come around to the bar at 5pm for a chat.

For all those at Marylebone, we shall be at Intermission at 5pm on Thursday.

Come one, come all, and lets go green!

Green Revolution!

Concerned about the environment?

Addicted to green?

Wondering about recycling?

Unsure of what to do with the stuff you don't need anymore?

Want to help make the university a more environmentally friendly and sustainable place?


Good news: the Tomorrow's Leaders project is launching a Green Revolution. The idea is to get together all your ideas, creative or practical, and work on concrete ways in which we can make the place we study and work in a more sustainable and environmentally friendly one.

Interested? Thoughts? Ideas? Suggestions?

Come share them with us:

Monday 9th March @ Cavendish 5 pm
Wednesday 11th March @ Regent 5 pm
Thursday 12th March @ Marylebone 5 pm
Monday 17th March @ Harrow 5 pm

Stay tuned for more details!