Green Fortnight
Climate café
Drop in any time and find out more about our planet friendly campus swap shop, wild kitchen and more.
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Key Information:
- Date and time
- Mon 28 October 2024
17:00 - 18:00 - Location
- Purdown View, Frenchay Campus, Further info
- Contact
- Vicki Harris vicki.harris@uwe.ac.uk
- Cost
- Free
- Attendance
- Booking not required
Description
Marking the beginning of Green Fortnight, join us for an early evening climate café.
You can drop in at any time and find out more about our planet friendly campus at Purdown View, our low carbon impact building.
Other green spaces and events for you to explore:
- Swap shop for clothing, books and household things
- Outdoor work and social spaces
- Free gardening sessions
- Wild Kitchen with delicious plant based food
- Charity shop crawls and other events during Green Fortnight.
Also feel free to give us new ideas, feedback and ask questions. Take away two free tokens for our swap shop too!
Take a look at our film on planet friendly action at UWE Bristol.
This event is organised by Student Life team and UWE Bristol Sustainability team.
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