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Environmental auditing opportunities

• Want to find out more about environmental issues at the university?
• Want to contribute to the environmental improvements being made?
• Want to gain the skills and knowledge associated with environmental auditing?
• Want to improve your CV? 

Green Impact

Green Impact is an environmental accreditation scheme with an awards element, designed to encourage, support and celebrate university departments in making environmental improvements. Interested staff volunteered to participate in the scheme and received a workbook outlining achievable environmental changes. All the criteria relate to practical actions, such as only using recycled copier paper, or putting awareness stickers next to light switches. 

Depending on the number of environmental actions departments carry out, they can achieve either: a working towards accreditation, Bronze, Silver or Gold. All departments participating in Green Impact will need an audit to verify their level of achievement…and this is where you come in. 

Auditing

We are looking for volunteer auditors to visit the departments and conduct audits. Each volunteer auditor will be fully trained on the criteria and what they need to audit through a half-day of training on …date... In pairs auditors will then complete one or more audit during April or May 2010. You will be able to choose the dates and number of audits you complete, although we do ask that all auditors commit to carrying out at least one audit. An audit should take between one and two hours to complete depending on the size of the department.

What skills do I need?

No technical knowledge is needed! Full training will be provided. All you need is an interest in environmental issues. 

To find out more, or to register your interest, please contact Jan Dyer j.dyer@worc.ac.uk