Green Fifteen

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

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.

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. 

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. 

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

In this podcast episode we hear from Hannah George, an organiser of Glasgow Goes Green Festival, and Isobel Thomas-Horton, a member of World + 3 Journal, on creative approaches to the climate crisis. If you’re listening before the end of February 2022, check out all of the events GUEST are running as part of Glasgow Goes Green on our Facebook page.

CW: contains discussion of depression and anxiety In this episode of Green Fifteen, GUEST’s student engagement promoter Hannah discusses eco-anxiety with four people who are working at the intersection between the climate crisis and our mental health; Caroline from The Climate Psychology Alliance (https://www.climatepsychologyalliance.org/) Monique from Elephant in the Room (https://www.qmunion.org.uk/elephant) Cheryl from the University of Glasgow (https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/ges/staff/cherylmcgeachan/) Marla from the Resilience Project (https://www.theresilienceproject.org.uk/)

CW: contains discussion of depression and anxiety In this episode of Green Fifteen, GUEST’s student engagement promoter Hannah discusses eco-anxiety with four people who are working at the intersection between the climate crisis and our mental health; Caroline from The Climate Psychology Alliance (https://www.climatepsychologyalliance.org/) Monique from Elephant in the Room (https://www.qmunion.org.uk/elephant) Cheryl from the University of Glasgow (https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/ges/staff/cherylmcgeachan/) Marla from the Resilience Project (https://www.theresilienceproject.org.uk/)

Our Transport Promoter Natasha and Social Media Promoter Fan talk in this podcast about sustainable ways to travel home over the winter holidays. We cover the advantages of slow travel, the different modes of transport that exist, and some of our personal experiences with slow travel. For more tips and information, have a look at greentraveller.co.uk!

In this episode hear GUEST's Thalia chat to everyone hanging around the COP26 Youth Hub in their first few days of opening! Listen to find out why having a youth hub is so important, the events we're most excited for, and how you can get involved!

In this episode hear GUEST coordinators Meli, Molly, and Thalia talk about what COP26 is, their hopes and fears for COP26, GUEST’s COP26 projects, and hear an excerpt from Graeme Eddolls from the COP26 Coalition on what the Coalition are all about. What is COP26 and why does it matter from The Guardian newspaper. Get Ready Glasgow - information about how to prepare for COP26. Homestay networks:  COP26 Coalition Student Homestay Network

In this episode of Green Fifteen we hear from some of the students trying to make environmental change on campus. To get involved:  Contact the SRC's Environmental Officer at environmental-officer@src.gla.ac.uk Extinction Rebellion Glasgow University GU Green New Deal  GU Arms Divestment Coalition   If you have any questions about this episode of the podcast feel free to contact Thalia.Groucott@Glasgow.ac.uk

Welcome to our new podcast: Green Fifteen! In this episode the three new Glasgow Environmental Sustainability Team Coordinators talk about how to live sustainably as a student in Glasgow. Here are some useful links based on what we mentioned during the episode: Brilliant Bartering Glasgow Contact GUEST’s Biodiversity Promoter Marie: Marie.Vendrome@Glasgow.ac.uk Centre for Sustainable Solutions Newsletter: https://lists.cent.gla.ac.uk/sympa/info/rsio-sustain Young Friends of the Earth Scotland

In conversation with Dr. Deirdre Shaw, Professor of Marketing and Consumer Research at the Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow about the scope of ethics in modern consumption. We discuss the responsibility of consumers, and how they can use their choices to "vote" for better, the different ways we can put pressure on corporations to change their harmful practices and the subject of much of Dr. Shaw's research - a Clueless-style, clothing sustainability app that allows us to see our wardrobes in a new light! 

In this episode of the GUEST Podcast, Thalia chats to Abi Mordin and Katrina Faccenda about The Right to Food Bill. Enshrining the Right to Food in the Scottish Parliament offers an opportunity to reframe the way we think about food and our food systems - listen to find out what changes it could make and what still needs to be done, as well as what we can do to support the bill. If you'd like to email your representatives in Scottish Parliament, find out who they are at https://beta.parliament.scot/msps/current-and-previous-msps. [the views stated in this podcast are of those speaking and do not reflect their wider organizations] If it's before May 15th 2021 and you would like to complete a response to the Glasgow Student Food Survey, find it here: https://glasgow.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/glasgow-student-food-survey

With December just around the corner, we hear from some members of GUEST from years gone by as they chat with Katrina from the Shrub Co-op in Edinburgh on what the co-op get up to and how we can all be celebrating Christmas a bit more sustainably, from wrapping presents to tofurkey feasts.  You can find out more about the Shrub Co-op at shrubcoop.org

This week we are chatting to clubs and societies from #TeamUofG who are taking part in the GUSA x SRC Sustainability Challenge and finding out what they are doing to make their society more sustainable!  We are joined this week by our GUEST Coordinator Blair, the SRC Environmental Officer Alvaro, Surf Club Vice President Hepzi and Muay Thai Captain Isla. Hepzi and Isla tell us what changes they're making to win points and help the planet, and Alvaro fills us in on the big prizes that are up for grabs! You can check out the Challenge and find out how to get involved at www.facebook.com/gusaxsrcsustainability 

In this episode, the GUEST team is answering the Glasgow City Council consultation on transport, which will shape transport planning in Glasgow for the next 10 years. The consultation is running until the 30th of October and we would encourage you to fill it in (along with us if you want to) and have your say!  Note that this episode includes mentions of sexual assault. Here are some useful links relating to the episode: glasgow.gov.uk/connectingcommunities https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=50264&p=0 https://www.getglasgowmoving.org/campaign/glasgowcc/

Welcome to #TeamUofG from GUEST! We are the Glasgow University Environmental Sustainability Team and we are a group of students who work for the University of Glasgow to promote sustainability on campus. In this episode, our coordinators for 2020-21 - Lauren, Blair and Dounia - are chatting about what GUEST got up to last year, plans for the year ahead and how you can get involved!