Green Fifteen UofG GUEST
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GUEST - the Glasgow University Environmental Sustainability Team - are here to keep you up to date and in the know on everything sustainable at the University of Glasgow and beyond.
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Plant-Based Universities
Today we're talking to Emma Sancho, a 4th year psychology student who's involved in the Plant-Based Universities Campaign, which recently kicked off at Glasgow Uni.
Join us to learn more about the benefits of having a plant-based diet and to understand the motivations behind the campaign. If you'd like to get involved, you can visit their website here and follow them on Instagram at @plantbasedunis and @plantbasedunisglasgow for the Glasgow branch.
Here are some of the resources mentioned in this episode:
Earthling Ed - author of How to Argue With a Meat Eater & educator around veganism. Website: https://www.earthlinged.org/ .
Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret - documentary on the harmful impacts of factory farming. Available at https://www.netflix.com/title/80033772 .
Farvid, M. et. al. (2021). Consumption of red meat and processed meat and cancer incidence: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies. Eur J Epidemiol, 36(9): 937-951. Available at https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34455534/ .
The Guardian article summarizing Oxford study, available on this link .
Carbon Management Plan, University of Glasgow, available on this link .
If you want to get involved with GUEST, visit our website or Instagram page at @uofgguest, and if you have any questions don't hesitate to contact me at Julia.Martinez@glasgow.ac.uk.
Thank you for listening to this month's episode, and stay tuned for more! -
So you want to be a GUEST promoter?
Do you want to know more about what it's like to work for GUEST?
Join our sustainable food promoter Madeleine as she sits down with some of our GUEST promoters to chat about what they've been up to this year and what they've enjoyed most about working for GUEST.
Links that we discussed in the podcast:
Application for promoters - https://glasgow.targetconnect.net/leap/jobs.html?id=87449&service=Careers+Service
Application for bike mechanic - https://glasgow.targetconnect.net/leap/jobs.html?id=87513&service=Careers+Service
Recorded information session - https://youtu.be/Zv5xpYYsV6U -
Episode 12: Sustainable Careers
In this episode, the three GUEST coordinators talk about what makes a career sustainable and how to begin a sustainable career.
Some job sites discussed in the episode:
https://forpurposejobs.com/
https://80000hours.org/
Sustain job vacancy newsletters here:
https://www.sustain-eu.org/news/discover-latest-issue-sustain-newsletter/
If you’re a UofG student, you can apply for a job at GUEST here before the 18th May. -
Episode 11: Glasgow Student Housing Co-op
In this episode, community engagement promoter Rosanna facilitates a discussion with Glasgow Student Housing Co-op members to find out more about what the housing co-op is and how you can get involved.
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Episode 10: Petroculture
In this episode we're talking about petroculture - what is it and how do we get out of it? Thalia chats to GUEST's Izzy Thomas-Horton and former oil-industry professional Tony Makin.
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Episode 9: Why Food Banks Are Not The Sustainable Solution
Join our sustainable food promoter Madeleine as she chats to Thalia about food banks, the government's most recent consultation on ending the need for them, alternative solutions and why seeing food banks as a way to reduce food waste is so problematic.
Links mentioned in the podcast:
https://www.gov.scot/publications/ending-need-food-banks-consultation-draft-national-plan/
https://www.cwin.org.uk/services/garnethill-multicultural-food-hub/
http://www.edibleestates.co.uk/
You can contact Madeleine via email: Madeleine.Gomes@glasgow.ac.uk