ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
This is an innovative piece that addresses environmental sustainability in the U.K. The piece creates awareness of the environmental issues our country faces. It aims to educate students to be more environmentally sustainable, without reducing its capacity to allow students to live well, now and in the future.
How to be an environmentally friendly student without breaking the bank?
Learning to be more environmentally friendly is easier than you think. You don’t have to jump in by changing everything, start small to make the changes more sustainable and a part of your normal life.
- Be more aware of the resources you use. Pay attention to how you choose to heat, travel, use water and use products
- Practice conservation, this can be as simple as turning off the lights when you leave a room.
- Conserve water, this can be done by simply taking shorter showers or stop keeping the tap running whilst you brush.
- Certain grocery stores are more environmentally considerate than others. Do your grocery shopping at either ALDI or Waitrose.
- Bin your cigarettes. Cigarettes account for over 40% of street litter
The cigarette filters can take up to 12 years to degrade!
- Remember the 3 R’s - Reduce, Reuse, recycle
This is a unique piece which is an alternative method of producing awareness of environmental sustainable practice. The method of creating an art installation to create awareness could be deemed a more effective way of engaging students with environmental sustainable practice.