Green Impact is the University's environmental accreditation scheme. It supports and encourages departments and colleges across the University in reducing their environmental impacts.
At Land Economy we have a clear Environment and Sustainability Policy and are keen participants in the annual Green Impact Challenge, in 2024 we have achieved an Excellence Award for improving staff engagement in Green Impact, having achieved the highest platinum award for sustainability from 2020 to 2022, and an Excellence Award for student engagement in sustainability in 2023 featured in the University’s Annual Environmental Sustainability Annual Report 2022-23
You can also see our Green Impact Coordinator’s presentation at the 2023 Sustainability Showcase and award ceremony on YouTube (start at 1hr 17mins)
See here for more about Green Impact for LE students
To find out more about our Excellence Projects please read our final reports.
The winners of our LE Spring Photography Competition 2024
We continue to encourage all our staff and students to get involved in sustainability and wellbeing both at the University, in our colleges and beyond. A weekly Green Impact/Wellbeing email highlights current sustainability and wellbeing news and initiatives, as well as offering gardening tips, competitions (seasonal photography – above, and an annual vegetable growing challenge – this year it’s cucumbers!), a sustainability-focussed What’s On in Cambridge Guide and even seasonal recipes.
Staff are also encouraged to support charity fund-raising events, and at the start of Michaelmas Term each year we host a Macmillan Coffee Morning, as well as holding regular drop-in coffee mornings throughout term as an opportunity for everyone to step away from their desk and catch-up with colleagues while enjoying homemade cakes, sausage rolls and other treats.
We have also collected and donated a box of supplies to the Cambridge City Food Bank as part of Meet Cambridge’s Meet Up & Make a Difference campaign
If you would like to find out more about Green Impact at Land Economy, please email our Sustainability Champion and Green Impact Coordinator, Lynda Haines ldh31@cam.ac.uk