Eco Society

We here at Heriot Watt Eco Society, want to create a space to encourage sustainable living. We value transparency between student and our Uni! Keep up to date with our events here !

Jump Start

This society is part of the Jump Start Scheme.

Sometimes a society that has existed in previous years doesn't continue on into the new year for whatever reason, often because the people who run it graduate. This means that sometimes a society is ready to go, but missing a crucial part of what's needed to make it tick, that could be you! With our jump start a society programme, you can become a society leader and pick up where the society left off! If you're interested in adopting this society, please contact Christy for more information! Otherwise, if you'd be interested in joining the society, please sign up so we know which societies have the highest level of interest and where we can offer the most support!

Potential New Society Alert!

This is a brand new society - and we need members!.

This society is brand new, and in order to become an official society it needs a minimum of 10 members before it can start.

If you love the sound of this society and would absolutely join it if it was set up, then see the Join section below to show your interest!

Welcome to the Heriot Watt Eco Society!

Where anyone interested in sustainable and environmentally friendly living can meet and discuss ideas. Even if your not an expert you can just chill and enjoy our free weekly Eco cafes! We are a safe space designed to curate knowledge about sustainablity. 

We are the bridge between students and the university about sustainability so ask us literally anything. We will hunt down an answer! Transparency and Communication with the university is one of our core values! 

Our aims as a society are:

  • To encourage the university to improve their environmental policies and create more ambitious targets
  • To increase more opportunities on-campus to be sustainable 
  • To combat climate anxiety and create a friendly and inclusive community that supports each other
  • To highlight the insectionality of environmentalism
  • To raise awareness of environmental issues and empower students with knowledge
  • To push for climate action and pursue climate justice
  • To raise money for environmental causes

We host a wide-range of events such as litterpicks, eco talks from our very own lecturers, protest marches, eco shop crawls, film nights, tree planting, beach cleans and much more! We also work closely with our sustainability team at university!

To get involved sign up to our society on this page (it's free!), we also have an extra membership for £1 it's completely optional and goes towards snacks at our weekly events!

Follow on Instagram using the buttons at the top of the page. If you have any questions as well email us!

You can join our society Team via this link: Teams

For new updates and petitions, check our Linktree: Linktr.ee

You can also join our Whatsapp here: Whattsapp!

Resources 

Check out our quick handy Eco Guide to Edinburgh here 

Our bin map here 

Our handy recycling Poster here

Hub of sustainability resources at Heriot-watt here

 

Gardening

If you're interested in gardening, contact Robbie (R.L.Fraser@hw.ac.uk), the head of landscaping to request a plot.

The allotments on the Heriot-Watt campus are open to all students. Whether you're an expect gardener or completely new to it, anyone can go along and plant whatever they want and the end result is some delicious fruit and veg for your dinner. Who doesn't love to eat food with ZERO food miles!

Committee Members

President

Secretary

Social Media Manager

Treasurer

Vice President

 

News

Events

None

 

Join

Please log in to join this organisation.

This society is just setting up, and in order to do that we need a minimum number of initial members before we can start as a society.

If you're interested in being able to join this society, click to add the "Interested In" membership to your basket and complete the (free) checkout process to let us know.

If we get the required 10 members, we can start the society and you will become a full member!

We Need You!

This society doesn't have any leaders to run it for this year.

If you're interested in being part of the committee leading this society, then we'd love to hear from you and explain the process.

Just email Christy on C.O'Toole@hw.ac.uk and we'll be in touch!

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