Five simple sustainable actions you can take this month

Published: 10/03/2022

Interested in the Green Rewards programme?

Here are some examples of sustainable actions you can take to get started. Remember, logging these actions can gain you the chance to win a £20 voucher that can be spent at local businesses or as a charity donation!

1. Report your recycling

You may be missing out on points for things you already do! Each week Green Rewards will give you a prompt to log what materials you have recycled in the past 7 days. You can also get points for logging which appliances you have switched off during the week and the modes of public transport you have used.

2. Shop local

You can earn points from looking at the NTU Green Rewards map which highlights local business in and around Nottingham City Centre, including gift shops, food stores, and cafés. You can also gain points for pledging to ditch fast fashion, instead choosing charity shops and online second-hand traders, and reading up on sustainable development goal 12: sustainable consumption and production.

3. Take a break!

Sustainability includes your own wellbeing, which is why we think it’s important to reward you for looking after yourself. Green Rewards will reward you for taking a lunch break during working days, exploring your neighbourhood and showing us photos of walks, you can also tell us about the exercise you have partaken in during the week.

4. Consider your diet

You can earn points on green rewards for swapping to meat free meals, growing your own produce, choosing Fairtrade and ditching single use plastics. Find out more about how these actions will help reduce the overall carbon footprint of what you consume on NTU Green Rewards.

5. Calculate your carbon footprint

If you are unsure of where to start, why not use the link on NTU Green Rewards to calculate your current carbon footprint. This not only tells you the impact of your everyday behaviours but compares your carbon footprint to an average person nationally and globally. You can always come back to this after undertaking a NTU Green Rewards journey at the end of the term and see if this has reduced.

Sign up for Green Rewards online, or download the app in the Apple Store or Google Store, to start your sustainable journey today.