Green Impact Universities Introductory Session 11 February 2011.

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Green Impact Universities Introductory Session 11 February 2011

Green Impact Achievements Nationally

What is going well?

What challenges have you faced?

What further resources do you need?

Your environmental impacts Surroundings in which an organisation operates Includes air, water, land, national resources, flora, fauna, humans and their interrelation Surroundings in this context extend from within an organisation to the global system

A significant environmental aspect is an environmental aspect which has or can have a significant environmental impact Environmental Aspect any element of an organisation’s activities, products or services, that can interact with the environment. Environmental impact any change to the environment, whether adverse or beneficial, wholly or partially resulting from an organisations activities, products or services

GENERAL CONSIDERATION Direct or indirect Real or perceived Occur under normal operating conditions Occur under abnormal operating conditions Due to accident Due to incident (eg vandalism) Due to past (or future) activities

Exercise: Identifying your environmental impacts

Exercise 1.Brain storm your activities 2.What environmental aspects are associated with these? 3.What are the environmental impacts of this? 4.Identify the significance of each impact: Intensity Likelihood

Help throughout the year James Dixon-Gough –Sustainable Development Officer – Charlotte Bonner – Green Impact Project Manager –