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The Green Gown Awards UK & Ireland Awards Ceremony will take place at Glasgow Science Centre on Tuesday 26 November 2019.
We are excited to hold the Awards Ceremony in Scotland, in particular in Glasgow, which has committed to being the first UK net-zero city in alignment with Scotland’s 2045 target.
Glasgow Science Centre, 50 Pacific Quay, Glasgow G51 1EA
Website: https://www.glasgowsciencecentre.org/
Timings:
1800 - Drink's reception/exhibition
1845 - Guests seated - live presentations/voting
1945 - Awards Dinner (sponsored by Multiplex), Awards Ceremony followed by dancing and cash bar
0030 - Last orders / carriages at 0100
We are holding the EAUC's Scotland Conference on the same day (26 November). Make the most of your visit to Glasgow and book on for a whole or a half day. (More info below.)
Dress code the event is suggested as black tie/evening dress, however we are not strict on the dress code and welcome any attire you feel comfortable in. We welcome regional dress such as kilts. We also encourage attendees to be inventive with their choice of attire and recommend re-using such as through charity shops, friends or family or making your own out of re-usable materials.
We are delighted that Elizabeth Passey will be co-hosting the Awards Ceremony along with Iain Patton.
Elizabeth is Convener (Chairman) of the University of Glasgow, a Member of the Board of the National Lottery Community Fund, Chairman of the Rural Payments Agency, a Non-Executive Director of VPC Specialty Lending Investments PLC, and trustee of The Black Mountains College Project. She is a Board Member of the Wye and Usk Foundation. She is also a Senior Adviser to J Stern & Company Private Bank.
Elizabeth is an ambassador for The 30% Club and Co-Chair of The 30% Club Higher Education Initiative.
She is a past Managing Director of Morgan Stanley, past Chairman of the Board of Morgan Stanley International Foundation and a past Managing Director of Investec Asset Management.
Elizabeth is a Freeman of the Goldsmiths' Company. She graduated with a First Class Honours degree from The University of Glasgow, and in 2015 she was named one of The 100 Women to Watch in Cranfield Business School’s Female FTSE Board Report.
Commended by his Headmaster for being able to spell the word 'environment', it seemed Iain's destiny at an early age that he would develop a passion for sustainability. This destiny was later fulfilled when Iain moved from Ireland to England to became the first dedicated Environmental Officer in a UK college. Iain soon became the EAUC trailblazer leading the writing and realisation of a business plan for the newly formed charity. As the organisation grew and gained momentum, Iain became the EAUC's first Chief Executive and is the face of the EAUC. Today he is leading it through a significant new strategic vision and rebrand to reposition sustainability for university and college leaders as ‘just good business’, the ‘new norm’ in how we all will work in the future.
After a period working with an agricultural community development in Kenya, a love of Africa is in Iain's blood. With his family he runs a small sheep farm in the Teme Valley and supports a community food storage and enterprise scheme in eastern Uganda.
BY TRAIN
As a sustainability event, we encourage all guests to travel where possible by public transport or car share. The closest railway station is the Exhibition Centre train station which is located on the Argyle Line with regular services running from Glasgow Central and Partick Stations. There is a covered walkway from the station to SECC, from where you walk past the Crowne Plaza Hotel and over the river to Glasgow Science Centre (5-10 mins).
BY BUS
Stagecoach X19 (Govan Road / Pacific Quay)
First Bus No 90 (Paisley Road West)
McGill's Bus 23 and 26 (Pacific Drive)
BY SUBWAY
The nearest station is Cessnock. Exit the station and turn left, then turn right onto Brand Street and then left onto Lorne Street. Turn left onto Pacific Drive and the entrance to Glasgow Science Centre is at the roundabout. (20-25 mins.)
BY CAR
Car sharing details can be found at www.eauccarshare.org.uk.
Parking at Glasgow Science Centre costs £3 a day for GSC visitors. A limited number of disabled parking spaces are available in our car park. Parking for Blue Badge holders is free of charge. When you arrive at the main ticket desk, please present your parking ticket and our operator will be happy to discount your parking.
Further information about parking can be found here.
Glasgow Science Centre is one of Scotland's must-see visitor attractions - presenting concepts of science and technology in unique and inspiring ways. The venue enthuses people of all ages to explore and understand the world around them, to discover and enjoy science and understand its relevance to their own lives.
With over 300 interactive exhibits it is the perfect venue to add a little fun to dinners, drinks receptions, conference, teambuilding and product launches. On floor 1 there is the Question of Perception exhibits. Explore a world where nothing is quite as it seems. Intriguing illusions and strange experiences will delight and tease young and old alike. There are visual illusions, physical challenges and mind-bending puzzles to engage your brain. Every exhibit will make you rethink how you experience the world.
Floor 2 is Powering the Future. Energy underpins our modern lives but there are difficult choices to be made about how we will supply and use energy in the future. Is our energy affordable, secure and environmentally sustainable? Together these issues form an ‘energy trilemma’, a seemingly impossible triangle where tackling one issue may affect the other two. As you journey through this exhibition, you can explore the energy options – from how we can produce electricity and fuels to how we can be smarter with our use of energy. Keep in mind the three issues of the energy trilemma while you compare the options and make choices. What would you do?
BodyWorks is the 'hands-on' exhibition located on floor 3. Take a new look at the science behind health and well-being – you’ll never look at your body in quite the same way or become the star subject of your own experiment – measure your physical and physiological characteristics, compare them with other people and save them to your own personal passport.
Glasgow Science Centre commits to achieving continuous environmental improvement, seek to operate in a manner based on best environmental practice and will, through time, seek to influence the development of accepted environmental best practice towards achieving the goal of sustainable development. Glasgow Science Centre is committed to integrating high standards of environmental responsibility into all of its operations and minimise the environmental impact of its own activities and demonstrate its commitment to sustainable development.
Steve Owens, Glasgow Science Centre’s On Tour manager, says: “Glasgow Science Centre’s Powering the Future programme aims to inspire and challenge people, young and old across Scotland, engaging them with the critical role that energy plays in all our lives. From schools to conferences, festivals to community groups, Powering the Future’s professional science communicators will make sure that the science underpinning Scotland’s energy debate is clear and accessible to people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities”.
"We at Glasgow Science Centre are absolutely delighted to host The Green Gown Awards in November 2019. We think this event is a perfect fit for our venue."
We will be working closely with our local partners, Glasgow University and South Lanarkshire College, to showcase the very best of Glasgow.
The Green Gown Awards black-tie ceremony brings together the leaders, drivers and thinkers of sustainability initiatives within the tertiary education sector. Show your support for and get inspiration from the finalists by being a part of the most prestigious recognition of best practice within the education sector.
Enjoy the evening with your peers and fellow finalists and be present when all the winners and highly commended entries are announced. It could be you and your chance to shine!
EAUC Scotland Conference 2019: The Elephants in the Room - 26 November
Everyone is welcome to join the EAUC-Scotland Conference at The Lighthouse in central Glasgow in the afternoon before the Green Gown Awards ceremony to discuss some of the elephants in the room when it comes to embedding sustainability in universities and colleges. With sessions planned including setting meaningful carbon reduction targets, addressing academic travel, getting a handle on procurement emissions, making plastic-free pledges, carbon offsetting and supporting those with climate anxiety, the Conference will be tackling some of the thorniest issues facing our sector. The afternoon session will run from 1.15-4.45pm, with afternoon-only delegates welcome to join for lunch anytime from 12.15.
Add the ‘Scotland Conference 2019 – Elephants in the Room afternoon’ package when booking your Green Gown Award place to join the afternoon EAUC-Scotland Conference session.
The morning EAUC-Scotland Conference session will consider the purpose of universities and colleges during a climate emergency and in the pursuit of a more sustainable world, and consider some of the key activities you can do internally to map and engage with others about how your institution is doing so far and where you need to go next. For more information about the morning or afternoon Conference sessions, or to book to attend for the full day, please visit www.eauc.org.uk/scotland_conference_2019.
The venue has provided a list of possible hotel options here. We have not vetted any of these and therefore unable to vouch for them. We suggest that as well as contacting the hotels directly to enquire about availability and rates, that you use various online search portals to find the best deals. Since Glasgow is a popular destination, we encourage you to book a hotel as soon as possible.
For more ideas on activities in Glasgow and offers on local attractions, please see delegate offers from Glasgow Convention Bureau here.
We have been working closely with our local partners, the venue,and the Soil Association to deliver an event in line with the EAUC’s Sustainability Policy.
We encourage delegates to take public transport to/from the venue wherever possible and will do taxi sharing from the venue back to local hotels. If delegates must travel by car we recommend to use the EAUC Car Share scheme. Details can be found at www.eauccarshare.org.uk.
We only print the Finalists’ Brochure with Guest Directory and menu – with recognised environmentally-friendly printing techniques and 100% recycled paper. All other elements are communicated electronically.
We are working with our suppliers to re-use and recycle materials where possible and working with the venue to use local suppliers.
Below are a few of this year's sustainable initiatives / working with our Award Ceremony partners and local suppliers:
AWARDS DINNEROur Awards Dinner vegan menu has been awarded the prestigious “Gold” Food for Life Served Here. This includes: - 75% organic spend on ingredients Working with our partners – the Soil Association and the Glasgow Science Centre - we are proud to announce that we have been awarded the prestigious “Gold” Food for Life Served Here for guaranteeing a menu that includes fresh, local, seasonal produce from the UK and incorporating an impressive 75% of total spend being used on organic ingredients. In addition, the venue is excited to be working with social enterprise company Locavore to supply all our organic vegetables for the menu. Locavore uses self-grown produce from its 4 Scottish farms, on this occasion 67.5% of produce comes from Chapel down farm in North Berwick, a mere 72 miles from your table! The menu contains 67.5% organic vegetables, with a total of 67% of spend made on raw produce from Scotland and the UK. Other elements include all catering being served using non-disposable crockery and cutlery and bottles of sweet Glasgow tap water freely available on the tables and at the bar. The welcome prosecco come from an organic supplier in Italy, tailored nicely together with our vegan wines. We wish to thank all involved in the Awards Ceremony evening, in particular George Ramage, Head Chef and his Kitchen Brigade, the F+B Managers Richy Kenny and Angela Haldane and their front of house team. Special thanks to Victoria McPhee, Senior Events Coordinator for the organisation with all logistics in the run up to the event as well as Craig Rooney, AV/ICT Manager for staging and lighting. |
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WELCOME PIPER - REBECCA TIERNEYPiping has always been in my family throughout the generations and I started learning at six years old. I am a professional graded solo piper and have previously played for Grade 1 Scottish Power Pipe Band and North Lanarkshire Schools Pipe Band. I thoroughly enjoy teaching my own pupils and assisting their development with solo and band competitions. I hold a MA (Hons) Primary Education attained from the University of Glasgow. Furthermore, I am a director for the British Show Pony Society (BSPS) and Scottish Welsh Pony & Cob Association (SWPCA). If you are interested in learning the bagpipes, please get in contact with your local pipe band. Nothing quite beats playing on the boards throughout the year in the hail, rain or sunshine! |
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THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW CHAPEL CHOIR www.chapelchoir.orgThe Chapel Choir provides music for services and events in the chapel and elsewhere, as well as giving concerts and recitals throughout the academic year, such as the weekly "Choral Contemplations" series in the first and second terms. It also records and tours nationally and internationally, has recorded several CDs, and is available for weddings and memorial services. There are thirty-two regular members (a mixture of volunteers, paid choral exhibitioners and professional lay clerks) plus around ten associate singers who join us for concerts and some other events. The choir is directed by Katy Lavinia Cooper (Director of Chapel Music). |
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EVENING ENTERTAINMENT - SCOTIA CEILIDH BAND www.scotiaceilidh.comWith their unique take on the traditional ceilidh, Scotia provide a spectacular night of first class entertainment. Led by BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year finalist, Grant McFarlane, Scotia showcases an exceptional level of musicianship whose roots lie in traditional Scottish music. Since 2002, the band have performed at thousands of events across the UK and internationally. They deliver the best ceilidh experience through fantastic music and easy-to-learn dances, no matter what level of experience you may have. |
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YOUR PHOTOGRAPHERS FOR THE NIGHT - South Lanarkshire College StudentsPhotography has been delivered within the Creative Industries at South Lanarkshire College for 5 years with the recent introduction of the HND in Photography. Students can now study at NC, HNC and HND levels before progressing to a Degree programme. Having the opportunity to work at industry events supports the development of the future talent in this very competitive industry. Working with industry specialists and at high profile events increases the confidence and expertise of each student and provides a platform for them to showcase their ability, whilst preparing them to be work ready. The co-ordination of such events requires students to be able to analyse the requirements of a professional brief, prepare and plan the shoot and being involved in professional dialogue with the organiser and guests. Being aware of our carbon footprint to secure the future, is embedded in the ethos of South Lanarkshire College and within the Photography course, particularly in the creation of digital images, the use of recycled paper and utilising environmentally friendly prints when undertaking units. The Photography students shooting at this event are: Shaun Gaw, Kimberley Dougans-Haining, Yvonne McGowan, Lachlan McKechnie and Donald Oswald, accompanied by their lecturer, Colin McAlpine. |
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TABLE DECORATIONS - RE-USE AND RECYCLECreated by Catherine Purcell, Curriculum Manager for Hospitality and Lecturer Jane Boyd with the HND Hospitality students at South Lanarkshire College (SLC); the vases are created from old plastic bottles which otherwise would have gone to landfill; painted with environmentally friendly paint - sourced by SLC painting and decorating department; the LED lights inside the vases are being loaned from the Faculty and will be re-used after the event, in the Training Restaurant to decorate the tables, trees and foliage at the restaurant; the tartan material has been used by the College at various Scottish themed events and will be used again at a later date. The vases are filled with seasonal Scottish Sea Holly and greenery, grown locally. |
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SUSTAINABLE MAKE UPThe Make-up Artistry department at South Lanarkshire College (SLC) is 10 years old. The range of courses offered provide progression pathways designed to enable students to develop a broad range of skills and essential knowledge for two distinct career options: Fashion Make-up; for those wishing to work within fashion and editorial make up and Theatrical Make- up; for those wishing to work within television, film and theatre. Sustainability is an integral part of the course content. Understanding the environmental and social impact of products is key. Topics covered include deforestation and fair trade. Students also investigate the environmental ethos and impact of companies, as well as looking at those companies who elaborate on their sustainability credentials; referred to in the industry as “Greenscape”. Finally, work experience is a mandatory training requirement which helps prepare students with the necessary skills for employment. SLC students have been given the opportunity to add to this vital experience by providing make overs and styling services to presenters and guest speakers at the award ceremony. |
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