SDG Teach In
The SDG Teach In has come to an end for this year and the University maintained its 2023 first place position in the number of students reached by a university. Overall we came fourth in students reached and sixth in the number of educators who pledged.
The Teach In is an annual campaign run by SOS (Students Organising for Sustainability) to put the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the heart of all stages of education, and across all disciplines. It calls upon educators to include the SDGs within their teaching, learning and assessment during the campaign, which this year runs from 1 - 31 March.
All those who took part in any form of teaching or training, were able to pledge to take part via the SDG Teach In Pledge Form. The SOS website included useful resources to help include sustainability teaching.
Find out more about the SDGs and Responsible Futures.
SDG events which took place in 2024 are listed below
Date: 1 March
Time: 10:30am-12:30pm
Online
Contact: Charity Wilson / Gemma York
Undergraduates and taught postgraduates
Event: Project Management Skill session
Project management is a key part of many a graduate role. Through this session, you will develop and deepen your knowledge of a project manager. By getting “hands on” experience in a practical collaborative project, you will understand the phases of project management and some of the key tools used to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget. https://exeter.joinhandshake.co.uk/edu/events/35930
Date: 3 March
Time: 11am-1pm
Venue: Ari’s Healthy Life, Sidwell Street
Student
Contact: Becky Rowe
Event: Be the Change Sustainable Sundays – Inspiring people in the climate movement. A coffee, chat and opportunity to learn about inspiring people in the climate movement. We will create a resource for our Instagram during the session to educate and raise awareness to more students. SDGs 13 and 4
Date: 11 March
Time: 1pm - 2pm
Venue: The Greenhouse, Devonshire House
Students
Contact: Emma de Saram, The Guild
The meeting will provide a brief introduction to the campaign Shell Out , discussion on the next steps, and notice of ways to get involved with the Guild and other climate action and sustainability initiatives. The campaign aims to advocate for a collaborative approach to how the university decides who to partner with, that takes into account moral and ethical issues. SDGs 12,13,16 and 17
https://fixr.co/event/what-the-shell-are-we-going-to-do-tickets-544446959/tickets
Date: 11 March
Time: 5pm - 6pm
Venue: Peter Lanyon Lecture Theatre 4
Students
Event: Mastering networking and Linked in.
Guidance session exploring networking skilling skills to promote s with some reference to utilsing network UN SDGs. 7,9.11 and 13
Date: 11 March
Time: 5.30pm -7.30pm
Venue: Forum Street
Contacts: Mel Nearchou/Anna Brooking
Students
Event: Careers in Sustainability
Careers in Sustainability and The Environment - Networking Event | Handshake (joinhandshake.co.uk) A careers fair for students to meet and network with employers in the sustainability sector.
Date: 17 March
Time: 11am -1pm
Venue: Ari’s Healthy Life, Sidwell Street
Contact: Becky Rowe
Students
Event: Be the Change Sustainable Sundays – Critically engaging with climate discourse.
An opportunity to engage students in the conversation about how to interpret, dissect and simplify climate discourse. We will explore what is a reliable resource and how to get the most out of research papers and articles. SDGs 4 and 13
Date: 14 March
Time: 2pm -3.30pm
Venue: Chaplaincy Room, Fox Building, Woodlane Campus
Contact: Jake Causley
Staff and Students
Event: Breathing space drop in- support for climate anxiety (open to Falmouth and Exeter students in Penryn).
Has the climate crisis got you feeling anxious? Our Breathing Space drop-ins are welcoming and inclusive spaces, led by trained eco-anxiety facilitators, aiming to bring people together who share a concern about the climate and ecological crises and hope for a better future for our planet. SDGs 3 and 13
https://fxplus.ac.uk/student-support/support-wellbeing/wellbeing-resources/
Date: 14 March
Time: 11am – 3pm
Venue: Forum
Contact: Vic Patch
Staff and students
Event: Mossy carpet workshop
Join Chloe Uden from the Art & Energy Collective, Beth Lewis, Sustainable Education Project Manager and Becky Rowe, President of Be The Change, for a drop in art and chat on University Mental Health Day. We will be helping Chloe work on her LONG carpet, while learning all about the incredible properties of sphagnum moss - there will be a microscope and moss samples to look at - and also have the chance to chat about the climate, eco-anxiety, or whatever you want to talk about. SDGs 3 and 15
Date: 16 March
Time: 11.30 - 1.30
Venue: Studio 74, Exeter Phoenix, Gandy St, Exeter, EX4 3LS
Contact: Lucia Gueroo
Everyone
Event: Documentary - Surviving ocular mutilation
'Reborn Eyes' tells the story of MOCAO the movement in resistance against ocular attacks (tear gas and rubber bullets) aimed at the eyes of protestors in Colombia in 2021 who were involved in an outpouring of rage against inequalities, ongoing violence environmental harm and a lock of social support amid COVID-19. https://www.exeter.ac.uk/events/details/index.php?event=13729 SDGs 1,3,10 and 16
Date: 19 March
Time: 11am - 3pm
Venue: The Forum
Contact: Clare Saunders
Staff/Students
Event: Slow Fashion Workshop
Worried about the ethical and environmental implications of fashion? In this workshop you will learn more about a slow-fashion alternative lifecycle for clothes.
Clare Saunders from the S4S Project will take you on a journey tracking garments, from fleece to fibre, from fibre to fabric, from fabric to clothes, from old clothes to stylistic mending.
You will have the opportunity to:
- hand-spin clothes, darn, share ideas for fixing outfits and reclaim wool from old broken jumpers
- interact with our bespoke exhibition that illustrates a slow clothes-making cycle.
- watch a video to learn about how people respond to such activities. SDGs 12 and13
Date: 20 March
Time: 2pm - 4pm
Venue: Newman Red, Peter Chalk Building
Contact: GSI
Students and Staff
Event: Community Assembly: If you were in charge of the University what would you do?
The goal of this first event is to introduce the concept of assemblies as it is open to all – students, a decision-making process itself, so we are keeping the question open and relevant to as many people as possible. We'll find out what really matters to our community and what they value. Registration here: https://bit.ly/3wYFCbL SDGs, 4,10,13,16 and 17
Date: 21 March
Time: All day
Venue: Social Street in The Exchange building Penryn, and alumni panel in PL Lecture 5
Contact: Jenny Clark
Students and Community Partners
Event: Careers in Social Justice and Humanitarianism
There is a guest lecture from Connected Development embedded within Sarah Bulmers module Humanitarian Intervention, a community and volunteering fair organised in conjunction with the Student Union and an alumni panel and networking event in the early evening.
Date: 22 March
Time: 12- 2pm
Venue: Streatham Court Lecture D (for Exeter) and Exchange Green lecture theatre (for Penryn)
Contact: Beth Lewis
Event: Supporting staff in teaching about sustainability workshops.
This workshop will offer practical advice and tools for bringing the Sustainable Development Goals and Education for Sustainable Development principles into staff teaching and practice; and an opportunity to reflect and share ideas with colleagues. https://www.exeter.ac.uk/staff/learning-and-development/courses/coursedetail/index.php?code=10876 SDGs 4,5,13,17
Date: 22 March
Time: 2pm - 4pm
Venue: DH1 Devonshire House
Students
Contact: Emma de Saram, The Guild
Event: Give It A Go Seed Planting!
Take a break in your day for a quick and easy activity! You'll get a pot, soil and a choice of different flower seeds to plant. You can then take these home, water them and watch your spring flowers grow! https://fixr.co/event/give-it-a-go-seed-planting-tickets-501537384
