Green Workplaces Project, January 2010
Trade Unions and the Environment Course
The next course in the region takes place in Exeter in February – running on 3 Tuesdays from 16th February – places are now available.
Full list of regional 2010 dates for the TUC Education course for union members:
Exeter – 3 Tuesdays from 16th February
Poole – 3 Wednesdays from 14th April
Bristol – 3 Wednesdays from 21st April
Plymouth – 3 Mondays from 7th June
St Austell – 3 Mondays from 5th July
Swindon – 3 Wednesdays from 3rd November
Taunton – 3 Wednesdays from 10th November
For more details and an application form email Andy at amoss@tuc.org.uk
New leaflets
The South West TUC, in conjunction with Severn Wye Energy Trust, has produced a series of seven leaflets around home energy use, which union reps could use to:
Get work colleagues and union members talking about energy saving
Link resource saving at home and work
Promote union action on energy saving at work
Get members thinking about becoming an Environmental or Green Rep
For union and workplace events
To view, to download copies and for details of how to order hard copies please visit:
http://www.greenworkplacessouthwest.org.uk/?page_id=444
Turning the spotlight on venue energy saving!
Two free half-day events aimed at theatre & performance venue staff, casual, part-time or freelance technicians in the entertainment industry and mangers & directors of small venues and arts centres.
Exeter, 10.00 – 13.00, Thursday 11th February, Exeter Northcott
Bristol, 10.00 – 13.00, Wednesday 17th February, The Bristol Old Vic
For a registration form please call Andy on 0117 947 0521 or email at amoss@tuc.org.uk
Publications
Workforce Partnerships for Resource Efficiency (Envirowise)
A guide from Envirowise to help anyone in the workforce take simple, no-cost and low-cost measures at work to improve resource efficiency. The guide recognises the potential for trade union involvement and includes information on the benefits of resource efficiency, gaining support and overcoming barriers, building partnerships and taking step by step actions – as well as including links to many other useful Envirowise resources.
Registering for the Envirowise site to access this and other publications and resources is free.
Register and download from http://www.envirowise.gov.uk/LoginRequired.aspx?o=341334
Go Green at Work (TUC)
The TUC’s Environmental/Green Representative Handbook Go Green At Work is of course still available http://www.greenworkplacessouthwest.org.uk/?page_id=20 or request a hard copy from the South West TUC
Recent publicity
Green workplaces have featured in the latest editions of The Learning Rep (http://www.unionlearn.org.uk/about/regions_info_southwest.cfm) and Learning Works (http://www.unionlearn.org.uk/about/regions_info_southwest.cfm ) – Click on the cover images on the websites to view.
Other Regional Events
The following events are also taking place in the next few weeks.
All appear on the Envirowise website at: http://www.envirowise.gov.uk/england/Our-Services/Events-and-workshops.html
13/01/10 Green Marketing Event – Dorset
19/01/10 Keen to be Green: The Benefits of Becoming a More Sustainable Venue (Exeter)
21/01/10 Make Money Not Waste 2010 (Exeter)
05/02/10 Green Breakfast Club – Eco-design Dorset
Climate Solidarity Project
Climate Solidarity is a trade union project working for a fair and sustainable society and is offering trade union members free training on how to set up a Climate Solidarity Action Group.
These are for people who are interested in setting up a climate solidarity action group, to work with colleagues on cutting personal emissions, and then using that learning as a springboard to workplace actions.
More information at http://www.climatesolidarity.org.uk/
South West region dates:
Friday 5 March (1.00-5.00), Bristol. (Natural England offices, Government Buildings, Block 3, Burghill Road, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, BS10 6NJ).
Thursday 16th April Truro (venue to be confirmed)
More details, including contact details for booking, on the website.
Green ICT
Connecting Bristol is leading Bristol’s innovative work on Green ICT . With funding from the Carbon Trust, Connecting Bristol undertook an innovative study to calculate the carbon footprint of business use of ICT in the city and to develop a Green ICT solutions database.
This study is the first of its kind to provide a baseline for a city to measure progress in reducing ICT-related carbon emissions, and provides a template for other cities who wish to follow Bristol’s lead. Case studies, action planning, carbon calculators and more at http://www.greenaddict.eu/
Union Networking
All Reps can log on and use the UnionReps website http://www.unionreps.org.uk/login.cfm – with an Environment discussion area as well as other union news and updates.
Share your success
A key aim of the Green Workplaces Project is to share ideas and examples across the South West network. To tell us what’s happening in your workplace please get in touch. From saving resources to holding union events, from getting colleagues and members involved to bringing your employer on board please let us know so we can spread the word and the support.
Get in touch too to see what support the project team can offer you.
Contact Keith, Frances or Andy at southwest@tuc.org.uk or call 0117 947 0521
South West TUC Green Workplaces Project
South West TUC
Church House,Church Road
Bristol,BS34 7BD
E southwest@tuc.org.uk
T 0117 947 0521
Project Workers
Andy Moss amoss@tuc.org.uk
Keith Hatch khatch@tuc.org.uk
Frances Robertson frobertson@tuc.org.uk
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