Environmental sustainability this April

<div class&equals;"fr-view"><div id&equals;"zfWrap">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"zf-story&lowbar;item">&NewLine; <h2 class&equals;"zf&lowbar;title">Earth Day <&sol;h2>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"zf&lowbar;description">&NewLine; <p>To celebrate Earth Day this year on Monday 22 April we are launching a poster competition to promote alternatives to plastic&semi; the focus of this year’s Earth Day&period; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><p>There are four £50 <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;ethicalsuperstore&period;com&sol;" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Ethical Superstore<&sol;a> vouchers available for the winners of the competition&excl;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><p>For more information and how to enter read our article&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;thehootstudents&period;com&sol;earth-day-poster-competition-alternatives-to-plastic&sol;">Earth Day poster competition&colon; alternatives to plastic<&sol;a><&sol;p> <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"zf-story&lowbar;item">&NewLine; <h2 class&equals;"zf&lowbar;title">How Bad Are Bananas&quest; <&sol;h2>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"zf&lowbar;description">&NewLine; <p>&OpenCurlyQuote;How Bad Are Bananas&quest;’ is a fun&comma; interactive game of carbon footprint comparisons&period;<&sol;p><p>You will be put in a team with other OU students and you will work together to try to correctly rate a range of everyday actions and products based on their carbon dioxide equivalent rating&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><p>This is a fun way to learn about the impact of our every day actions to try to make us think about simple swaps we can make&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><p>You will also get the chance to meet other students who are passionate about sustainability&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;oustudents&period;com&sol;ents&sol;event&sol;1061&sol;">Join the event<&sol;a><&sol;p> <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div><h3 class&equals;"zfTitle"><&sol;h3>&NewLine; <figure class&equals;"zfMedia zfimage">&NewLine; 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https&colon;&sol;&sol;i0&period;wp&period;com&sol;thehootstudents&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;04&sol;Bananas-session-April-24&period;png&quest;w&equals;1392&amp&semi;ssl&equals;1 1392w" sizes&equals;"&lpar;max-width&colon; 696px&rpar; 100vw&comma; 696px" &sol;> <&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Over the top of bunches of bananas the text reads How Bad Are Bananas&quest; Tuesday 23 April 7pm-8pm alongside a picture of one of our student leaders delivering the game in person&rsqb;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"zf-story&lowbar;item">&NewLine; <h2 class&equals;"zf&lowbar;title">Earth Day Panel Discussion&colon; Planet vs&period; Plastics <&sol;h2>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"zf&lowbar;description">&NewLine; <p>Join Student Leaders and OU experts for a fascinating panel discussion on plastics&period; The event is taking place on Earth Day &lpar;22 April&rpar;&comma; and this year the theme is Planet vs&period; Plastics&period;<&sol;p><p>This is an amazing opportunity to listen to the incredible work being done by academics in this field and ask any questions about their research&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><p>Read more about the event and who the panellists are on our <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;oustudents&period;com&sol;ents&sol;event&sol;1070&sol;" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Events page<&sol;a>&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p> <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"zf-story&lowbar;item">&NewLine; <h2 class&equals;"zf&lowbar;title">Responsible Futures student focus group <&sol;h2>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"zf&lowbar;description">&NewLine; <p><strong>This opportunity is now closed&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;p><p>We are looking for students to join an online sustainability focus group on Wednesday 24 April 11&colon;00-11&colon;45&period;<br><br>Any student is welcome&comma; this focus group is specifically for students who are not currently involved in any sustainability groups at the OU&period;<br><br>At the focus group&comma; we would like to hear about your understanding of sustainability in a broad sense and within the context of the OU&comma; and about your own learning around sustainability&period; This will help us understand the impact of the work we have been doing behind the scenes&excl;<br><br>The focus group will be run by Responsible Futures and you can read about them more on their <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;sos-uk&period;org&sol;project&sol;responsible-futures">website<&sol;a>&period;<br><br>Please email <strong>oustudents-insights&commat;open&period;ac&period;uk<&sol;strong> to express your interest&period;<&sol;p> <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine; 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Ciara Linehan
Ciara is a member of the Students Association staff team.