Green Impact Students' Unions Resource Bank

Below, you will find a selection of resources and templates that will help your Students’ Union or Students’ Association complete the GISU toolkit and take leadership on sustainability. Please email gisu@sos-uk.org if you have any successes or great initiatives you’d be happy to share, or request for other resources.

General Support and Guidance for GISU

Guidelines and Templates

Case Study template 2024-25 – word document download (OC003)
Sustainability in job descriptions (2024-25)
Including sustainability when inducting new starters (2024-25)
Sustainable Events Checklist (2024-25)
Biodiversity Audit template (2024-25)
Lighting Audit template (2024-25)
Student Reps (Course/Department Reps) Training Guidance (2024-25)
Course Reps training presentation (2024-25)

Case Studies

Bucks SU: ‘Bucks New Usage’ – Collection and reuse scheme, 2019-20
Sustainable fashion at The SU at UWE, 2022-23

Webinars

Upcoming 2024-25 live webinars are listed here for registration
Education for Sustainable Development: Education as a force for good (2023-24)
Decolonise! Demilitarise! Democratise! Decarbonise! (2023-24)
Sustainable procurement at students’ unions (2022-23)
Fossil Free Careers (People & Planet, 2022-23)
Decolonising for Change and Climate Justice (2022-23)
Playlist of webinars on energy efficiency in the private rented sector (2021-23)
Carbon Targets (2020-21)
Student-led growing projects (2020-21)
Hedgehog Friendly Campus (2020)
Course Reps, Sustainability, Decolonisation and Curriculum Change (2020)
Decolonising the University (SOS-UK, NUS and People & Planet, 2020)
Declaring a Climate Emergency (SOS-UK and NUS, 2020)

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