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Achievements

They produced a first report, Footprints and Handprints, outlining their initial activities and starting the discussion around what a Transition University actually is. It has a good introduction to the opportunities and considerations embedded in a Transition University.

They also ran a series of projects such as Student Switch Off, Carbon Conversations, Big Green Makeover, FOOD, and Fair Travel, you can find out more about these projects here.

History

Started in 2009 as an initiative from staff and students connected to the student People and Planet society. Early projects included getting the university to formally sign up to externally defined climate commitments and host visits to local food projects. The initiative wound down in 2011 after funding for the initiative’s staff ended. Instead, it became the Department for Social Responsibility and Sustainability within the university, which continues to work on campus sustainability today.

Here is an article in The Transition Companion (2011) about the initiative.

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