Green Week 2023
Green Week ran from Monday, 30th January to Friday, 3rd February 2023. A joint event between UHI and HISA, the focus for the week was around Green Health and Sustainable Living, intersecting between the environmental and cost-of-living challenges that we face and the connection with our health and wellbeing.
Green Week provides an opportunity for us all to reflect on the way we live and to think about the steps we can take to live more sustainably, helping both the planet and our pockets.
A wide-range of events and activities took place across UHI campuses and online throughout the week. Take a look at our Green Week Wrap Up video and view some of the resources and outputs from the week via the links below.
Operation Wallacea Virtual Talk
Operation Wallacea Virtual Talk
Operation Wallacea delivered a virtual talk for those interested in gaining real life experience in wildlife conservation. The talk highlighted the range of work and projects that Operation Wallacea are involved in and how students could potentially get involved in their expeditions, internationally and within the UK.
Find out more about Operation Wallacea's Expeditions and view a recording of the talk.
Blog Posts
Blog Posts
- Green Week: Connecting with Nature - a blog post by Sandra Macrae, MA Health and Wellbeing student.
- Why to go local, unprocessed and organic! - a blog post by Nadja Korner, a year 2 BSc Integrative Healthcare student at UHI Moray.
- Cassandra's Message! A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Climate Change - an article by Mari Todd, Lecturer in Psychology at UHI Inverness.
Project Work
Project Work
Students from the Community Link programme at UHI Inverness undertook a project as part of their art and design unit to create posters to promote Green Week. Students responded to the theme of biodiversity, and spent time in the wellbeing garden doing sketches of wildlife. They created a collaborative lino print poster along with individual posters where they each chose a green goal.
Students from the Skillsbuilder 3 class at UHI Inverness undertook a project investigating the birds found on campus, learning more about them and creating presentations and posters to showcase what they discovered. They also made some snacks of fruit and seeds for the birds to enjoy too.