Refreshed reuse drive for University of Salford saves over £30k in less than a year

Do you work on sustainability issues in your organisation or you know somebody that does?

If the answer is yes, get ready to help make a change!

As part of my usual daily call routine I have been speaking to sustainability managers coming back to work after the Easter break. 

Many of them are saying that the David Attenborough, Extinction Rebellion, Climate Emergency declarations are helping them push their sustainability objectives. 

Staff are more engaged, Senior staff are more informed. 

2/3rds of Britons agree the planet is in a climate emergency.

Greta Thunberg, the Climate Emergency Movement , David Attenborough, plastics and Extinction Rebellion are the single biggest conduit of opportunity of the last 30 years for getting sustainability changes, policies, and plans, introduced into your organisations and embedded into culture deeply.

It is time to review and reinvigorate your Green Champion Network. 

It is time to ride this wave of interest and use it to make lasting sustainable change.

But how? We are going to tell you how to harness and take action!

Being a Sustainability Manager is more than just a job, it’s a lifestyle and a mentality.

Sometimes it doesn't even feel like work because you are so absorbed in this mission.

Those who are most successful in this position are the people who understand that delivering sustainability is a part of their character and not just a means of getting paid.

The most successful also understand they cannot do it alone, that sustainability is achieved via collaboration.  Which subsequently means collaborative skills are top of the list. 

In the past being successful has also been about the long game and waiting for the planets to align...but this has to change.

We have been absolutely stunned, amazed, and inspired by the Schools 4 Climate Action movement that has been started by young environmental activist Greta Thunberg. As we share her strong values, we are deeply affected by the movement and wish to offer our support and encouragement to students who wish to participate.

A workshop is one of the most fun, intriguing, ambitious, and useful ideas for getting your main stakeholders to buy into your new idea, proposal, or project.

The only difference is, the solution is not yours, it belongs to everybody.

Welcome back! In part four of this series looking at organisation and city level sharing of surplus assets, we are focusing on the University of London.

In part three of this series covering organisation and city wide sharing of surplus assets, we go now to the University of Glasgow. If you missed the earlier instalments, please read part one and part two.

Please watch the video below.

I make mistakes every single day.

Sometimes I make the same mistake again and again, even on the same day, which is annoying. But, I seem to be adept at reviewing my behaviour and my actions and finding a way to correct course.

Save time, get our templates!

This page links to all of the templates that you will need to publicise and embed your furniture and equipment reuse program in a smooth and efficient way.

The purpose of each template is to save you time. We created templates that we think will fit  specific scenarios - you just need to drop in your own details and customisations. 

If you feel your furniture reuse system is not embedded well into your organisational culture, you really need to be communicating to your members as often as you think is relevant via, as many channels as you can.

We recommend when you are launching that you should communicate at least once every 3 months.

Time, time, time...

When managing a large building clearance, it can often be resource intensive to catalogue exact details and upload a picture of every single asset.