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Welcome to our<br />
Sustainable Living Guide!<br />
The UWE student-led Sustainability<br />
Committee decided to put together this<br />
guide for students, covering various<br />
aspects of university life: sharing our own<br />
experiences and top tips. We hope this<br />
guide helps you explore how you can live<br />
more consciously and sustainably in your<br />
new community.<br />
thestudentsunion.co.uk/sustainability<br />
What is Sustainability?<br />
Climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing this generation.<br />
The United Nations has set out 17 Sustainable Development Goals<br />
(SDGs) to be achieved by 2030, they are a roadmap to a more<br />
sustainable future, covering and aiming to:<br />
• Fight inequality<a title="Sustainable Living Guide 2021 page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/04a11a66?page=1"> </a>
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<a title="Sustainable Living Guide 2021 page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/04a11a66?page=3"> INTRO 4-5 6-9 10-11 12-13 14-15 16-17 18-19</a>
<a title="Sustainable Living Guide 2021 page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/04a11a66?page=4"> Welcome to our Sustainable Living Guide! </a>
<a title="Sustainable Living Guide 2021 page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/04a11a66?page=5"> What is Sustainability? Climate change is one of</a>
<a title="Sustainable Living Guide 2021 page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/04a11a66?page=6"> 1. Consume Consciously Do you ever find yourself</a>
<a title="Sustainable Living Guide 2021 page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/04a11a66?page=7"> 3. Repair what is damaged Are you quick to throw</a>
<a title="Sustainable Living Guide 2021 page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/04a11a66?page=8"> make delicious food on a budget. If you don’t fee</a>
<a title="Sustainable Living Guide 2021 page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/04a11a66?page=9"> engaging with debates and discussing sustainabili</a>
<a title="Sustainable Living Guide 2021 page 10" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/04a11a66?page=10"> Green energy comes from natural, renewable source</a>
<a title="Sustainable Living Guide 2021 page 11" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/04a11a66?page=11"> 3. Good Energy: 100% renewable electricity, mixed</a>
<a title="Sustainable Living Guide 2021 page 12" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/04a11a66?page=12"> Transportation is the largest source of air pollu</a>
<a title="Sustainable Living Guide 2021 page 13" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/04a11a66?page=13"> • Petrol cars release approximately 180g of CO2/k</a>
<a title="Sustainable Living Guide 2021 page 14" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/04a11a66?page=14"> Everyone contributes to the apparel industry beca</a>
<a title="Sustainable Living Guide 2021 page 15" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/04a11a66?page=15"> • Three out of five fast fashion items end up in </a>
<a title="Sustainable Living Guide 2021 page 16" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/04a11a66?page=16"> A great way to reduce individual plastic waste is</a>
<a title="Sustainable Living Guide 2021 page 17" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/04a11a66?page=17"> • Switching to shampoo and conditioner bars is a </a>
<a title="Sustainable Living Guide 2021 page 18" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/04a11a66?page=18"> The average menstruator in the UK uses 11,000 dis</a>
<a title="Sustainable Living Guide 2021 page 19" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/04a11a66?page=19"> Sustainable Options: 1. Organic pads and tampons</a>
<a title="Sustainable Living Guide 2021 page 20" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/04a11a66?page=20"> Agriculture (and particularly animal agriculture)</a>
<a title="Sustainable Living Guide 2021 page 21" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/04a11a66?page=21"> Top 8 Vegan/Veggie Eats in Bristol • Oowee Vegan</a>
<a title="Sustainable Living Guide 2021 page 22" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/04a11a66?page=22"> Food growing is a great way to have control over </a>
<a title="Sustainable Living Guide 2021 page 23" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/04a11a66?page=23"> 2. Community garden The Community Garden is loca</a>
<a title="Sustainable Living Guide 2021 page 24" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/04a11a66?page=24"> This shares ways in which we can reduce, reuse an</a>
<a title="Sustainable Living Guide 2021 page 25" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/04a11a66?page=25"> • Use bars of soap instead of liquid soap that </a>
<a title="Sustainable Living Guide 2021 page 26" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/04a11a66?page=26"> We live in a tech heavy world where consuming new</a>
<a title="Sustainable Living Guide 2021 page 27" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/04a11a66?page=27"> unhappy with your tech? Does it still work well? </a>
<a title="Sustainable Living Guide 2021 page 28" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/04a11a66?page=28"> Green Spaces 120 minutes a week in nature is lin</a>
<a title="Sustainable Living Guide 2021 page 29" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/04a11a66?page=29"> Ashton Court Estate & Deer Park This is close to</a>
<a title="Sustainable Living Guide 2021 page 30" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/04a11a66?page=30"> Watch our video that outlines our collective</a>
<a title="Sustainable Living Guide 2021 page 31" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/04a11a66?page=31"> Want to get involed? Email: greenteam@uwe.ac.uk I</a>
<a title="Sustainable Living Guide 2021 page 32" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/04a11a66?page=32"> Illustrations created by Karima Mannan, BA illust</a>