CCCU Sustainability
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The Academy for Sustainable Futures at Canterbury Christ Church University
Transforming today for a tomorrow we can celebrate 🌈
Transforming today for a tomorrow we can celebrate 🌈
The Student Green Office is hiring for our 2025/26 team!
Are you a current or incoming student at CCCU? Are you interested in sustainability, the planet, or social justice? This could be the role for you!
Are you a current or incoming student at CCCU? Are you interested in sustainability, the planet, or social justice? This could be the role for you!
July 31, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The Student Green Office is hiring for our 2025/26 team!
Are you a current or incoming student at CCCU? Are you interested in sustainability, the planet, or social justice? This could be the role for you!
Are you a current or incoming student at CCCU? Are you interested in sustainability, the planet, or social justice? This could be the role for you!
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Our new #FlashFiction #competition has launched. We're asking for <500 words about moments of #epiphany where attitudes/behaviours change for the greener – see www.greenstories.org.uk/flash-fictio... £1000 ($1200) worth of prizes. #writerslife #WritingCommmunity
Flash Fiction Competition: Epiphanies! - Green Stories Project
Green Stories is running a flash fiction competition for stories under 500 words on the theme of ‘epiphanies’. Deadline 27th August 2025. The writing competition invites writers to submit a story abou...
greenstories.org.uk
June 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Our new #FlashFiction #competition has launched. We're asking for <500 words about moments of #epiphany where attitudes/behaviours change for the greener – see www.greenstories.org.uk/flash-fictio... £1000 ($1200) worth of prizes. #writerslife #WritingCommmunity
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And here’s a Brimstone I spotted nectaring on trailing rosemary in the gardens @cccusustainability.bsky.social back in March #Butterflies #Lepidoptera Gonepteryx rhamni
May 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
And here’s a Brimstone I spotted nectaring on trailing rosemary in the gardens @cccusustainability.bsky.social back in March #Butterflies #Lepidoptera Gonepteryx rhamni
NEW BLOG POST: As part of Wellness Project Inc, Flic is talking the merging of capitalism and philanthropy into Philanthrocapitalism.
Read it here: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
#capitalism #philanthropy #cccu
Read it here: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
#capitalism #philanthropy #cccu
May 22, 2025 at 11:03 AM
NEW BLOG POST: As part of Wellness Project Inc, Flic is talking the merging of capitalism and philanthropy into Philanthrocapitalism.
Read it here: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
#capitalism #philanthropy #cccu
Read it here: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
#capitalism #philanthropy #cccu
NEW BLOG POST: As part of Wellness Project Inc, Flic is providing a crash course through the Anthropocentrisim - the belief that human existence is the most important and central fact in the universe.
Read it here: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
#anthropocene #cccu
Read it here: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
#anthropocene #cccu
May 15, 2025 at 11:02 AM
NEW BLOG POST: As part of Wellness Project Inc, Flic is providing a crash course through the Anthropocentrisim - the belief that human existence is the most important and central fact in the universe.
Read it here: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
#anthropocene #cccu
Read it here: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
#anthropocene #cccu
NEW BLOG POST: For International Astronomy Day, Amitheesha is talking space junk! Did you know that there are millions of pieces of debris whizzing around our planet right now?
Learn more about space trash here: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
#InternationalAstronomyDay #spacejunk #space
Learn more about space trash here: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
#InternationalAstronomyDay #spacejunk #space
May 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
NEW BLOG POST: For International Astronomy Day, Amitheesha is talking space junk! Did you know that there are millions of pieces of debris whizzing around our planet right now?
Learn more about space trash here: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
#InternationalAstronomyDay #spacejunk #space
Learn more about space trash here: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
#InternationalAstronomyDay #spacejunk #space
ARE YOU FEELING WELL?
Welcome to the Wellness Inc. project, created by Flic of the SGO!
The campaign will be running through May, highlighting overconsumption in our society and its impact on the planet, and will culminate in a wellness event.
#cccu #wellness #selfcare #wellnessincproject
Welcome to the Wellness Inc. project, created by Flic of the SGO!
The campaign will be running through May, highlighting overconsumption in our society and its impact on the planet, and will culminate in a wellness event.
#cccu #wellness #selfcare #wellnessincproject
May 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
ARE YOU FEELING WELL?
Welcome to the Wellness Inc. project, created by Flic of the SGO!
The campaign will be running through May, highlighting overconsumption in our society and its impact on the planet, and will culminate in a wellness event.
#cccu #wellness #selfcare #wellnessincproject
Welcome to the Wellness Inc. project, created by Flic of the SGO!
The campaign will be running through May, highlighting overconsumption in our society and its impact on the planet, and will culminate in a wellness event.
#cccu #wellness #selfcare #wellnessincproject
NEW BLOG POST: for #WorldDNADay, Amitheesha is talking CRISPR and how gene editing food could contribute to a sustainable future
Read it here: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
#ShapingSustainableFutures #CCCU
Read it here: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
#ShapingSustainableFutures #CCCU
April 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
NEW BLOG POST: for #WorldDNADay, Amitheesha is talking CRISPR and how gene editing food could contribute to a sustainable future
Read it here: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
#ShapingSustainableFutures #CCCU
Read it here: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
#ShapingSustainableFutures #CCCU
For Allergy Awareness Week, the Student Green Office are providing a quick crash course through allergies and what you need to know about them - even if you dont have one yourself.
To get access to more resources, check out today's Allergy Awareness Week blog: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
To get access to more resources, check out today's Allergy Awareness Week blog: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
April 22, 2025 at 1:07 PM
For Allergy Awareness Week, the Student Green Office are providing a quick crash course through allergies and what you need to know about them - even if you dont have one yourself.
To get access to more resources, check out today's Allergy Awareness Week blog: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
To get access to more resources, check out today's Allergy Awareness Week blog: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
In the need for some #ecohope this morning? Simon Clark explains what we've actually done on a global scale for climate change so far, and just how much of a difference its made!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1jO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1jO...
How much progress have we made on climate change?
YouTube video by Simon Clark
www.youtube.com
April 14, 2025 at 10:27 AM
In the need for some #ecohope this morning? Simon Clark explains what we've actually done on a global scale for climate change so far, and just how much of a difference its made!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1jO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1jO...
NEW BLOG POST: Your immune system is pulling double shifts – time to give it a bonus! Amitheesha takes us through 6 science-based tips to give a boost to your immune system this World Health Day!
Read it here: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
#worldhealthday
Read it here: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
#worldhealthday
April 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
NEW BLOG POST: Your immune system is pulling double shifts – time to give it a bonus! Amitheesha takes us through 6 science-based tips to give a boost to your immune system this World Health Day!
Read it here: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
#worldhealthday
Read it here: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
#worldhealthday
Climate change isn’t just about melting ice caps—it’s about our health too.
Join us for THE HEAT IS ON: CAN OUR HEALTH KEEP UP?, April 2nd, 2:30 - 4:00 PM in NF09 Seminar Room for an insightful discussion on how climate change impacts human health and what we can do about it!
Join us for THE HEAT IS ON: CAN OUR HEALTH KEEP UP?, April 2nd, 2:30 - 4:00 PM in NF09 Seminar Room for an insightful discussion on how climate change impacts human health and what we can do about it!
March 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Climate change isn’t just about melting ice caps—it’s about our health too.
Join us for THE HEAT IS ON: CAN OUR HEALTH KEEP UP?, April 2nd, 2:30 - 4:00 PM in NF09 Seminar Room for an insightful discussion on how climate change impacts human health and what we can do about it!
Join us for THE HEAT IS ON: CAN OUR HEALTH KEEP UP?, April 2nd, 2:30 - 4:00 PM in NF09 Seminar Room for an insightful discussion on how climate change impacts human health and what we can do about it!
NEW BLOG POST: in which Maddie spent longer thinking about Crocs than you'll spend cumulatively on it your whole life.
Learn some things about Crocs and their sustainability here (spoilers: there's crude oil involved): blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
#cccu #crocs
Learn some things about Crocs and their sustainability here (spoilers: there's crude oil involved): blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
#cccu #crocs
March 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW BLOG POST: in which Maddie spent longer thinking about Crocs than you'll spend cumulatively on it your whole life.
Learn some things about Crocs and their sustainability here (spoilers: there's crude oil involved): blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
#cccu #crocs
Learn some things about Crocs and their sustainability here (spoilers: there's crude oil involved): blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
#cccu #crocs
NEW BLOG POST: for #WomensHistoryMonth Maddie talks about the Gender Pain Gap and the difference between how men and women's pain is understood and treated
Read it here: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
#genderpaingap #feminism
Read it here: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
#genderpaingap #feminism
blogs.canterbury.ac.uk
March 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW BLOG POST: for #WomensHistoryMonth Maddie talks about the Gender Pain Gap and the difference between how men and women's pain is understood and treated
Read it here: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
#genderpaingap #feminism
Read it here: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
#genderpaingap #feminism
NEW BLOG POST: for #InternationalDayofForests, Amitheesha talks the emotional benefits of forests and ways in which you can help look after these vital ecosystems
Read it here: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
#cccu
Read it here: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
#cccu
blogs.canterbury.ac.uk
March 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW BLOG POST: for #InternationalDayofForests, Amitheesha talks the emotional benefits of forests and ways in which you can help look after these vital ecosystems
Read it here: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
#cccu
Read it here: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
#cccu
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🌍 Happy #Equinox! On 20 March 2025 at 09:01 GMT/10:01 CET, just a few moments ago, the Sun appeared directly above Earth's equator - with our planet neither tilting towards nor away from the Sun!
(pic: @eumetsat.int, processed by ESA/S. Proud)
See flic.kr/p/2qT1ZUu
(pic: @eumetsat.int, processed by ESA/S. Proud)
See flic.kr/p/2qT1ZUu
March 20, 2025 at 9:29 AM
🌍 Happy #Equinox! On 20 March 2025 at 09:01 GMT/10:01 CET, just a few moments ago, the Sun appeared directly above Earth's equator - with our planet neither tilting towards nor away from the Sun!
(pic: @eumetsat.int, processed by ESA/S. Proud)
See flic.kr/p/2qT1ZUu
(pic: @eumetsat.int, processed by ESA/S. Proud)
See flic.kr/p/2qT1ZUu
Today is the Academy for Sustainable Future's 3 year anniversary! Swipe through to check out just some of our achievements from over our 3 years!
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#cccu #cccuproud
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#cccu #cccuproud
March 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Today is the Academy for Sustainable Future's 3 year anniversary! Swipe through to check out just some of our achievements from over our 3 years!
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#cccu #cccuproud
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#cccu #cccuproud
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Great news! A brown bear which underwent pioneering brain surgery in October has emerged from semi-hibernation “looking brilliant, happy and healthy” 🥰 Read more:
First brown bear to undergo brain surgery emerges from semi-hibernation
Keepers at Wildwood Trust in Kent say three-year-old Boki is looking ‘brilliant, happy and healthy’.
www.kentonline.co.uk
March 13, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Great news! A brown bear which underwent pioneering brain surgery in October has emerged from semi-hibernation “looking brilliant, happy and healthy” 🥰 Read more:
15 March marks the 3 year anniversary of the Academy for Sustainable Futures! Our new blog post covers a whole host of achievements from the last three years - check it out:
blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
#cccu #cccuproud
blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
#cccu #cccuproud
blogs.canterbury.ac.uk
March 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
15 March marks the 3 year anniversary of the Academy for Sustainable Futures! Our new blog post covers a whole host of achievements from the last three years - check it out:
blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
#cccu #cccuproud
blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
#cccu #cccuproud
Celebrate International Women’s Day at the Careers Hub in Augustine House!
Goodie bags will be available to the first ones arriving, so make sure you be there early – Friday March 7th 14:00 – 15:00, all students, staff and alumni welcome.
Together, let's #AccelerateAction for gender equality!
Goodie bags will be available to the first ones arriving, so make sure you be there early – Friday March 7th 14:00 – 15:00, all students, staff and alumni welcome.
Together, let's #AccelerateAction for gender equality!
March 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Celebrate International Women’s Day at the Careers Hub in Augustine House!
Goodie bags will be available to the first ones arriving, so make sure you be there early – Friday March 7th 14:00 – 15:00, all students, staff and alumni welcome.
Together, let's #AccelerateAction for gender equality!
Goodie bags will be available to the first ones arriving, so make sure you be there early – Friday March 7th 14:00 – 15:00, all students, staff and alumni welcome.
Together, let's #AccelerateAction for gender equality!
Did you catch this morning's #WorldWildlifeDay blog post?
Check it out now and learn about the threats facing our wildlife today: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
Check it out now and learn about the threats facing our wildlife today: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
March 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Did you catch this morning's #WorldWildlifeDay blog post?
Check it out now and learn about the threats facing our wildlife today: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
Check it out now and learn about the threats facing our wildlife today: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
To celebrate #WorldWildlifeDay, Amitheesha has a few ways you can help your local wildlife, while also providing a crash course through what's going on with our wildlife globally
Read it here: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
Read it here: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
March 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
To celebrate #WorldWildlifeDay, Amitheesha has a few ways you can help your local wildlife, while also providing a crash course through what's going on with our wildlife globally
Read it here: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
Read it here: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/sustainabili...
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Would you cut this? 🌿
A future alive with buzzing hedgerows, singing Skylarks, and rich, healthy soil or one of silent fields, struggling farms, and nature in freefall?
The UK Government has a choice.
Tell them - Nature can’t afford a pay cut: action.rspb.org.uk/page/156168/... 📢
A future alive with buzzing hedgerows, singing Skylarks, and rich, healthy soil or one of silent fields, struggling farms, and nature in freefall?
The UK Government has a choice.
Tell them - Nature can’t afford a pay cut: action.rspb.org.uk/page/156168/... 📢
February 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Would you cut this? 🌿
A future alive with buzzing hedgerows, singing Skylarks, and rich, healthy soil or one of silent fields, struggling farms, and nature in freefall?
The UK Government has a choice.
Tell them - Nature can’t afford a pay cut: action.rspb.org.uk/page/156168/... 📢
A future alive with buzzing hedgerows, singing Skylarks, and rich, healthy soil or one of silent fields, struggling farms, and nature in freefall?
The UK Government has a choice.
Tell them - Nature can’t afford a pay cut: action.rspb.org.uk/page/156168/... 📢
The Alumni Award nominations are open until Monday 3 March!
If you know a CCCU alumnus who is making a difference, inspiring change or positively making an impact, why not nominate them?
See the full details and criteria here: www.canterbury.ac.uk/alumni/alumn...
#cccu
If you know a CCCU alumnus who is making a difference, inspiring change or positively making an impact, why not nominate them?
See the full details and criteria here: www.canterbury.ac.uk/alumni/alumn...
#cccu
February 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The Alumni Award nominations are open until Monday 3 March!
If you know a CCCU alumnus who is making a difference, inspiring change or positively making an impact, why not nominate them?
See the full details and criteria here: www.canterbury.ac.uk/alumni/alumn...
#cccu
If you know a CCCU alumnus who is making a difference, inspiring change or positively making an impact, why not nominate them?
See the full details and criteria here: www.canterbury.ac.uk/alumni/alumn...
#cccu
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Looking forward to reading my poetry at the opening evening for ALL THAT COULD BE LOST - a community photography exhibition capturing the landscape and wildlife of Blean, Canterbury by www.savetheblean.org 🌱
Friday 7th February until Thursday 6th March
@ rockpaperscissors.co.uk
Friday 7th February until Thursday 6th March
@ rockpaperscissors.co.uk
February 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Looking forward to reading my poetry at the opening evening for ALL THAT COULD BE LOST - a community photography exhibition capturing the landscape and wildlife of Blean, Canterbury by www.savetheblean.org 🌱
Friday 7th February until Thursday 6th March
@ rockpaperscissors.co.uk
Friday 7th February until Thursday 6th March
@ rockpaperscissors.co.uk