Meeting The Bungalow Crew: Lois

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 23^rd 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