Environment Committee
The aims and objectives of the Environment Department include:
(a) to oversee the activities of UMSU in relation to the environment, including campaigning on environmental issues and assessing UMSU compliance with environmental standards;
(b) to develop, promote and implement policy on environment-related issues;
(c) to make recommendations to Students’ Council, MU Student Union Ltd and the University on environmental practice;
(d) to collect, collate, publish and disseminate information relating to environmental issues;
(e) to raise awareness and discussion of environmental issues;
(f) to liaise with relevant University bodies, environment organisations and Student groups on environmental issues; and
(g) to campaign for the protection of non-human animal habitats, in particular the habitats of endangered species.
(h) to educate Students and run campaigns aimed at preventing cruelty to, and exploitation of animals, and improving the welfare of non-human animals; and
(i) to campaign to and liaise with the University on issues relating to the harmful use of animals in education and research where live non-human animals are used, or where an animal was killed prior to the class for the purposes of a class.
Current Membership
The Environment Committee consists of the Environment Officers as non-voting members and 7 voting members. The current members and the tickets they were elected on (if any) are:
Environment Officers
Elizabeth Nicholson & Kate Denver-Stevenson (Activate)
Voting Members
Lachlan Blain (More!)
Madeleine Sarich-Prince (Stand Up!)
Michael Manoussakis (More!)
Lucy Turton (Stand Up!)
Lara Wiesel (Activate)
Aoife Nicklason (Activate)
Ari Sikavitsas (Stand Up!)
Minutes
2017 Minutes
- Meeting 1 – 12/12/2016 Unconfirmed
Agenda 1(17)
Minutes 1(17) - Meeting 2 – 13/02/2017
Agenda 2(17)
2016 Minutes
- Meeting 1(16), 14.12.15
- Meeting 2(16), 11.1.16
- Meeting 3(16), 1.2.16
- Meeting 4(16), 29.2.16
- Meeting 5(16), 18.4.16
- Meeting 6(16), 9.5.16
- Meeting 7(16), 31.5.16
- Meeting 8(16), 20.9.16
- Meeting 9(16), 21.10.16
- Meeting 10(16), 17.11.16
2015 Minutes
- Environment Committee Meeting 1, 19.02.15 Confirmed Minutes
- Environment Committee Meeting 2, 18.03.15 Confirmed Minutes
- Environment Committee Meeting 3, 31.03.15 Confirmed Minutes
- Environment Committee Meeting 4, 21.04.15 Confirmed Minutes
- Environment Committee Meeting 5, 12.05.15 Confirmed Minutes
- Environment Committee Meeting 6, 09.06.15 Confirmed Minutes
- Environment Committee Meeting 7, 30.07.15 Confirmed Minutes
- Environment Committee Meeting 8, 20.08.15 Confirmed Minutes
- Environment Committee Meeting 9, 20.08.15 Confirmed Minutes
- Environment Committee Meeting 10, 23.10.15 Unconfirmed Minutes
- Environment Committee Meeting 11, 23.10.15 Unconfirmed Minutes
2014 Minutes
Meeting 1 – 17th March 2014
Environment Committee 17.03.2014 Minutes
2013 Minutes
Coming!
2012 Minutes
- Meeting 1 20th March
- Meeting 2 24th April
- Meeting 3 9th May
- Meeting 4 2nd August
- Meeting 5 16th August
- Meeting 6 12th September
- Meeting 7 25th October
2011 Minutes
- Enviro Com M1 Minutes Conf 10-02-11
- Enviro Com M2 Minutes Conf 21-03-11
- Enviro Com M3 Minutes Conf 04-04-11
- Enviro Com M4 Minutes Conf 31-05-11
2010 Minutes
- Environment M1 10.03.10
- Environment M2 17.03.10
- Environment M3 14.04.10
- Environment M4 28.04.10
- Environment M5 12.05.10
- Environment M6 19.05.10
- Environment M7 26.05.10
