Go Green Universities Action Guide
- Step 1 - Meet, discuss and plan
- Step 2 - How green is your uni?
- Step 3 - Launching the campaign
- Step 4 - Keeping the pressure on
- How your University might respond
- Case study - Nottingham's Campaign
- Sample Campaign Timeline
- How to get your campaign noticed
- Sample letter to the VC
- Ask Robbie: Go Green advice page
Week 1
Step 1: Meet, discuss and plan
Step 2: Find out how green your university is
Week 2
Group meeting
- Report back on the findings of the research on how green the university is
- Draft the letter to the Vice Chancellor/Principal/Director
- Decide if there are other people, e.g. the Students’ Union President and academic staff, you are going to approach to sign the letter
- Start to plan your public campaign launch and Go Green Week
Week 3
Step 3: Launch the campaign
3A. Send the report with your letter to your University decision makers
3B. Launch the campaign publicly
- Run campaign stalls to get loads of students to sign the petition and wear the ribbons
- Use the ideas on ‘How to get your campaign noticed’ to make your campaign stand out!
- Invite the student paper to take a photo and write a report on the campaign launch
Weeks 4 & 5
The student paper is printed, using green coloured ink, with the campaign on the front page!
- Run more stalls to get more people to sign the petition and wear the ribbon
- Send a batch of Leaf petitions to the Vice Chancellor/Principal/Director
- Work with Student Union to plan Go Green Week, invite speakers, stallholders etc
Week 6
Step 4: Let the University know what you think of their response
- Discuss and decide how you are going to respond to the university’s reply
- Send a copy of the letter to P&P
- Set up a meeting with your VC to discuss the uni’s response.
- Follow up your meeting by sending the VC minutes - make sure you include anything he/she has agreed to in your meeting
- Follow-up planning for Go Green Week, prepare banners, publicity posters etc
Week 7
Continue to pile on the pressure, perhaps with a Go Green Week - see ‘How to get your campaign noticed’ for more ideas