The Environmental Champions team will be out in force as Go Green Week launches on Monday 10th February. The team has organised activities including green workshops, a litter pick and a community walkabout for each day of the event across Cardiff University and Cardiff Metropolitan University sites as well as the Cathays area of the city.
Cabinet
member for Environment, Cllr Ashley Govier said, ‘The Environmental Champions
are a very committed team and it’s great to see them so fully involved in Go
Green Week. We have greatly increased
our work with the student community with a specialist team operating in
Cathays, Roath and Plasnewydd advising all residents on aspects of recycling
and food waste collection. We are also
backing our One Planet vision with action on encouraging our communities to act
in a more sustainable manner and these events only serve to bolster all the
good work going on throughout the year.’
Student
Liaison Officer, Emma Robson said, ‘Go Green Week is an excellent opportunity
for us to get out there and raise awareness of sustainability issues and it’s
great to see so many students volunteering and engaging with their local
community. The Environmental Champions are making invaluable improvements to
the local area and by encouraging their peers to live more sustainably; they
are setting a perfect example for the wider student population’.
The
Environmental Champions are supported by Cardiff Council, www.cardiffdigs.co.uk,
Student Volunteering Cardiff (SVC), and Keep Cardiff Tidy; this partnership
project has over 50 members drawn from the public, student community and public
bodies such as the police and Cardiff
Council.
For
more information and to see a full list of events, go to www.cardiffdigs.co.uk
