TITLE
Freshers Equinox Social - Climate Futures
WHEN
Sunday 22nd Sept 2024
TIME
11am-1pm
WHERE
Woodlands Community Garden, 91-101 West Princes Street, G4 9BY
Woodlands Community Meeting Room and Events Terrace, 66 Ashley Street, G3 6HW
Woodlands Millennium Park, 69 Ashley St, Glasgow G3 6HW
MORE INFO
This is a special Welcome Event for Freshers and students of the area to come together. All activities are FREE. This is a supportive informal atmosphere to meet the Woodlands Community Team and get involved in our Climate Futures Project, helping students (under 30s) to…
-Connect to Nature & Local Community
-Combat Climate Anxiety
-Volunteer with us
-Get involved with Woodlands Community’s Anti-Racist Library
-Gain Gardening & Biodiversity Knowledge & Skills
-Explore local Greenspaces via Wellbeing Walks & Led Cycle Rides
-Engage in Creative Sustainable Arts Practice
-Climate Focused Mentorship opportunities
-Digital detox
During this event we will have Gardening & Arts activities in our Community Garden. Alongside a House Plant Swap (bring cuttings, pots/containers.) And there will be a Clothes Swap on our Events Terrace (bring clean clothes to swap and any spare hangers you might have). Then our own Woodlands Community’s Anti-Racist Library in the Millennium Park.
-Vegan bakes
-Visit from GUEST (Glasgow University Environmental Sustainability Team) a team of highly motivated and professional students employed by the university to work on improving the environmental practice of the university. The team consists of 12 students working on a part-time basis. 3 of these 12 students are the GUEST coordinators, each overseeing different branches of GUEST. Within the University community, GUEST strives to encourage a shift in behaviour towards social and environmental wellbeing. We want to proactively enhance and facilitate the collaboration of staff, students and local community to promote sustainability.
www.woodlandscommunity.org.uk/antiracism
https://www.woodlandscommunity.org.uk/climate
https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/sustainability/guest/
QUESTIONS
Email eo@woodlandscommunity.org.uk
A logo of GUEST with a leaf in a circle