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: