Hopefully you have all had a wonderful Welcome Week and are now quickly recovering from your Fresher’s flu!
For all of you living in King’s halls of residence, you must have heard it is Sustainability Week this week. Across all King’s residences, there will be a number of events you can get involved with, such as tie-dyeing your old clothes and giant sustainability themed Jenga. Each residence has a personalised programme of events, including movie-screenings of The 11th Hour and Wall-E on Tuesday and Sunday respectively. Contact your halls resident assistant (RA) for further information.
This is also the week during which the Student SwitchOff competition is launched! Students at each residence are encouraged to get creative with their energy savings. The King’s Student SwitchOff Facebook page has lots of tips on how to save energy and gives away £25 worth of Ben & Jerry’s vouchers monthly. At the end of the year, if your residence saves the most energy and has been the best at recycling all year round then your entire halls of residence will receive an incredible amount of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream as a thank you for helping King’s College save energy and money! Next year, when you aren’t living in halls anymore and you are paying for your own electricity and gas, you will be grateful for the tips and practice you had this year.
Last but definitely not least, NUS are also looking for Student SwitchOff Ambassadors! Being an ambassador for the campaign does not only look great on your CV but if you are successful at completing your objectives, NUS will provide a reference for you! Register for the training session being held on Wednesday the 5th of October, 2016 between 14:00 and 14:50.
For more information on what’s happening during Sustainability Week, check out the ResiLife blog!
Wendela Schim van der Loeff, Sustainability Projects Assistant
