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February 2014
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W
elcome to the third edition of
Swell, the Sustainability Teams
terml y newsl etter about
Sustainability and associated
wellbeing in the university! This edition features
updates of exciting new developments in the
Botanical Garden, opportunities to enhance your
wellbeing and news about upcoming Fairtrade
Fortnight and Sustainability Month 2014! Enjoy
your read and feel free to contact us at
sustainability@swansea.ac.uk or drop by our new
office at the ground floor of the Digital Technium
3 DAY DRY STONE WALLING
COURSES
COURSE DATES: 19
TH
-21
ST
I 26
TH
-28
TH
FEBRUARY
TIME: 9.30AM TO 3.00PM
LOCATION: ORACLE SITE BOTANICAL GARDENS
PLANTING SEASON IS
BACK ON!
If you have a lot in the
Polytunnel , its time to
start sowing some
seeds to grow your
own veggies and
herbs!.
ITS BUZZING Here comes a special piece of news for all bee
friends out there! Swansea University has become the host to two new
pilot beehives in the Botanical Garden. Throughout the UK bee
populatons have sufered drastc decline. In line with the Universitys
Biodiversity Acton Plan this project will hopefully contribute to the
conservaton of bees. We ask all visitors of the Botanical Garden to be
aware and respectul of the beehives. Unless threatened bees are
peaceful insects and wont bother you. They will be busy collectng nectar
and hopefully pollinate some of your Polytunnel lots!
www.swan.ac.uk/sustainability/

Strolling through the Botanical
Garden for lunch break some of you
may have notced the ORACLE
building project. This excitng project
was launched in December and is due
to be completed in June. The ORACLE
will be used to foster outdoor
engagement of staf and students.
You can even get involved in building
the unique structure by contactng
Nick Johnson and sign up to one of
the two three-day dry stone walling
courses with Down to Earth.

Oracle Launch VC Breaking Ground!
ACTION IN THE BOTANICAL GARDEN!
Well & Active
BECOME AN IPC
CHAMPION
Swansea, Wales will host the 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships,
drawing around 600 athletes from 40 countries. Championship organisers are
looking to recruit up to 1,000 volunteers from across Europe to help deliver
the event, which is the first of its kind to be held in the UK. Be part of this
outstanding event and apply online to become a volunteer champion. For
more information check out the official IPC website.
MENTAL HEALTH DAY
19
TH
FEBRUARY
Mark this date! As part of Mental Health Week several
departments are hosting a number of events with the aim
of promoting good mental health amongst the student and
staff population. For more details contact Rachel Edwards.
To further enhance
staff, student and
institutional
wellbeing the SHE/
Sustainability team
is now drafting a
Wellbeing Action
Plan for Swansea
University.
The new Cycle to Work Scheme is here!
Boost your wellbeing and cycle to work. Just get a bike, save taxes and feel good
through the cyclesolutions salary sacrifice scheme for bikes. Sign up until March 14th
and take advantage of a host of benefits now offered to staff.


Over 6,000 bikes in
stock and ready for next
day delivery.
Clear, low-cost
arrangements for
the end of the
salary sacrifice,
rental period.
Save either 38% or 47%
against the equivalent
purchase price of bicycles
& cycling equipment.
Chose from the UKs largest
range of bicycle brands
(over 140 available).
Expert staff on-call from
8am to 8pm weekdays
and 9am to 1pm on
Saturdays to provide
advice and support on
bikes available and the
scheme generally.
All bikes assembled
to exceed British
and European
standards by Cytech
qualified technicians.
Free Ridemapper iphone and
android app allows employees to
track their rides with details of
the health, wellbeing and
environmental benefits of cycling.
At
the end of January ten
amazing students conducted
a waste infrastructure survey of the
university for the Sustainability team as
part of the Universitys Employability
Week. The students did a great job and
wowed the team with their motivation
and insights! Following this successful
week, we will train another host of 30
students to become energy auditors
and perform energy audits of Green Impact teams on 19th February. If
you are part of a Green Impact team you can request an energy audit
by contacting Ambreen Jahangir!
ACTION ON THE GROUND
As
of February Swansea University
is boasting 29 active Green
Impact teams, which is the highest
number of teams in Wales! New teams
have sprung up especially in the School of
Engineering and Medicinewell done
guys! We are also proud to welcome the
Grounds team to our growing Green
Impact community. Additionally, some
teams are boosting their competitive
advantage by recruiting energetic Green Impact Project Assistants
to their teams. Good idea with crunch time coming up and
competition heating up!

Coming Up!
Fairtrade display table with awareness video & leaflets
(The Venue)
FAIRTRAIDE IN FULTON HOUSE
THROUGHOUT THE FORTNIGHT

Fairtrade fruit given free with every salad purchased
(The Venue)
Black Gold Screening - This is an investigative
documentary in to the global coffee trade
(Monday to FridayFusion Caf)
Fairtrade Wine raffle &
Its all about BANANAs.
Check out the events
schedule and come along for
an exciting two weeks of
Fairtrade Bonanza!

Fairtrade Coffee tasting to take place
in selected vending areas hosted by
Caterings vending partners Autobar.

Library Vending Area, 2nd Floor, Library
10.00am to 10.30am

1st Floor Vending Area, Glyndwr
Building
10.45am to 11.15am


MONDAY & TUESDAY-
24TH & 25TH FEBRUARY
WEDNESDAY-5TH MARCH
BEAT THE BANANA
Come to a banana fun run
around the Nature Trail at 1pm in
front of Fulton House. Runners
must be healthy, wear yellow
clothing & hold a Fairtrade
Banana! To register in advance
click here.
TUESDAY-4TH MARCH
Eros Coffee Tasting with
the Barista Bike at Blas
Dont miss out on the events put on by the Swansea Fairtrade Forum.
MARCH 2014
SUSTAINABILITY MONTH
1st Week of MarchClimate Week
19th MarchEarth Hour
21st MarchBlackout Event
Coming Up!
Go Green Week
14th-22nd February
On Thursday, 20th February the
sustainability team will run a pilot
Blackout of Haldane Building as part
of Go Green Week. Together with
students from People & Planet, The
Pagan Society and the Conservation
Society the team will switch off all
unnecessarily left on appliances.