Hi! My name is Lois
and I am a second year student at Keele. I study Environmental Science with
Physical and Human Geography and I absolutely love my subjects. I am the communications
co-ordinator for the sustainable bungalow this year so you will probably be
hearing lots from me through tweets, on the Facebook page and of course this
blog.
I love going to the gym so you may see me around there on
campus. I am also an early bird (yes I’m one of those annoying people that gets
up at 5am) so if anyone likes morning library sessions (or EXTREME late night
ones) I might bump into you there too. I am very passionate about the environment
especially living sustainably in a way that is good for the environment and
good for our health as humans too!
I came to a few Veg Soc. Events at the bungalow last year
but I was always a bit nervous and intimidated about going inside. I want to be
a friendly face that you will recognise on campus and at Veg Soc. If you want
to come to a meeting but want to find out a bit more information about it first
just drop me a message on Facebook or email us as we are a group of really
lovely girls and we want you to come! Please bring either a £1 contribution for
the food or even better bring a dish to share! We love trying new recipes out and
if you like we could feature you and your dish on the blog, it also means you
get to eat for free!
So as mentioned in the previous post we are basing our project
this year on waste management and to begin with we are focusing on composting!
Anyone who has previously composted will know that you need a lot of waste in
order to get a good heap going so if anyone wouldn’t mind saving their compost
waste and bringing it to us that would be much appreciated! Here is a brief
list of compostable items (please no cooked food)
- · Fruit and Veg Scraps and Peelings
- · Natural Tea Bags (mainly clipper or pukka brands)
- · Egg shells and egg cartons (none plastic)
Just drop us a message when you can bring this kind of waste
round or even better we can come and collect it for you!
We also want people to come and help us actually work in the
garden so any keen gardeners out there please get in touch! When we moved in the
scale of our task finally became apparent, so we will accept all the help we
can get! To begin with we need people mainly weeding but we can offer you
gloves and cups of tea!
We are running a stand in welcome week on Sunday 23rd
September (I will most likely be dressed as a lightbulb or wind turbine) and our
stall will hopefully be outside Martins next to the SU. We will have a smoothie
bike as well as lots of information about upcoming events through-out the year.
Please freshers and returning students pop over and say hello to us.
So we will see you 1-4 at our stall on Sunday and then again
on Sunday at 18:45 by the forest of light for our first ever Veg Soc. meet!
-
Lois x
