Keele Green Festival 2021 is exploring our Journey to Zero Carbon. This year's Green Festival will be an online celebration of sustainability, people leading in embedding sustainability across the university, and key projects that are reducing carbon emissions both on campus, and with impact locally and nationally. The programme will include online talks, social media takeovers with our student Sustainability Interns and Sustainability Bungalow Housemates, a Q&A with experts leading exciting projects that are driving action to tackle climate change, online watch parties with sustainability-themed documentaries, and a range of wellbeing activities to promote mental and physical health.

Since Keele's Climate Emergency declaration in 2019, work has been taking place to get the university to zero carbon by 2030, and we'll also be launching the first stage of our Climate Citizens' Assembly work. Every action we make, as individuals, teams within the university, and as an organisation, contribute to Keele's carbon footprint and impact on the world. We want to ensure your voices can be heard and can help drive our way forward to achieving carbon neutrality. We'll be circulating a survey that will run throughout the 2021 Green Festival, and invite students and staff across the university to contribute your input, expertise and views as we collectively work towards a zero carbon campus. 

Download Keele Green Festival Programme 2021

Week 1 | 8-14 March

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Climate Assembly Survey - contribute and shape our journey to net zero carbon
Try a vegetarian or vegan option from Chancellor's or the KPA and you could reduce your carbon footprint
Think:Green Litter picks - take a bag and gloves while on a walk around campus or your home
Springtime Strolling 9.30am-11.30am KPA/Chapters	"Education for Sustainability" Instagram takeover with Alana	Institute for Sustainable  Futures seminar "Soils and our Climate" Dr Helen Glanville 1pm Teams: Sustainability Community	Climate Emergency Live Q&A  12.45pm Keele University Facebook	Sustainability Bungalow & Polytunnel Tour Instagram Takeover
International  Women's Day  social media  celebration	What does Sustainability  mean to you? Social media campaign	Applied Maths seminar "Digital Technology: Environmental saint or sinner?" 2.30pm-3.30pm Teams: Applied Maths seminar team	Keele Folk & Acoustic Club Music Night 9pm KFAC Facebook Live	Sustainability Thinkathon Launch 11am Hack Keele & KBSC
Waterbear Watch Party 7pm-8pm Teams: Sustainability Community	Cook-along with VegSoc 5.30pm-6.30pm Teams: Sustainability Community	Games Night Carbon City Zero 6pm Teams: Sustainability Community		Craftivism Workshop Doodling for Climate 2pm-3pm Teams: Sustainability Community

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Saturday and Sunday

Sustainability Thinkathon Hosted by Hack Keele and KBSC

Week 2 | 15-21 March

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Climate Assembly Survey - contribute and shape our journey to net zero carbon
Try a vegetarian or vegan option from Chancellor's or the KPA and you could reduce your carbon footprint
Think:Green Litter picks - take a bag and gloves while on a walk around campus or your home
Springtime Strolling 9.30am-11.30am KPA/Chapters	Yoga with Deb 12.30pm Facebook live - GreenKeele	Hedgehog Friendly Campus Relaunch and ISF Seminar "The post release behaviour  of rehabilitated hedgehogs" Kate Davis 1pm Teams: Sustainability Community	"Sustainable Living"  Instagram takeover  with Ashleigh	Virtual Climate Strike Talk and Q&A "Tackling the Climate Crisis" Councillor Tony Pearce 4pm-5pm Zoom
Waste Savvy Staffs Talk Staffordshire County Council/Garden Organic 2pm-3pm Teams: Sustainability Community	CANCELLED Poetry for the Planet Workshop Mel Wardle and Gabriella Gay
ISF Seminar "EVs - the Future of  Transportation?" Dr Richard Waller 5pm-6pm Teams: Sustainability Community			ISF Talk and Q&A "Bedding into Bags:  an Upcycling Project" Prof Clare Holdsworth 2pm-3pm Teams: Sustainability Community	Games Night with Think:Green 7pm GoogleMeet
Waterbear Watch Party 7pm-8pm Teams: Sustainability Community	Green KPA Quiz 7.30pm Zoom	Mindfulness Workshop 7pm Book through the KPA		Virtual Film Screening "I am Greta" 8pm-9.45pm YouTube Watch Party (Sign up)

Saturday

Springtime Crafting: Nature Needlecrafting 8pm Book through the KPA

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