Live Smart
We want to help you live in smarter ways that have a positive impact on your wellbeing, save you money, improve your local community, and benefit the wider planet.
We want to help you live in smarter ways that have a positive impact on your wellbeing, save you money, improve your local community, and benefit the wider planet.
18 September 2021
Welcome (back) to UoG where we care about you, and about the planet. I’m Will, 3rd year Geography student and Live Smart Co-ordinator and I’m here with all the student hacks to help you live a little smarter….
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18 September 2021
Over the summer, we have been working hard to bring you a new garden and growing space! Located at the bottom of Park Campus behind Broadlands lodge, you can expect to find raised beds with fresh veg and we’re…
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8 July 2021
The way we talk about the environment has a direct impact on how we approach the climate crisis – Ecolinguistics can shed light on the issues as well as the solutions! Maddie Mancey, a PhD Ecology and Linguistics…
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23 June 2021
How and why to write to your MP… Are you frustrated with the pace of change on issues you care about most? Be it food poverty, inequality, climate injustice, or poor cycle infrastructure (something I feel strongly about!) let…
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23 June 2021
Alluring runway shows, shiny magazines and stylish clothes are all things we generally associate with the word ‘fashion’. But despite its glamorous connotations, the fashion industry is one of the most damaging in the world. Being our planet’s…
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17 June 2021
The film industry is a place where hours of work and large sums of money get put into a finished product that provides audiences with, on average, around two hours of entertainment. On the surface, it might not…
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13 May 2021
For many years schools and universities in the UK have taught curriculums with a bias towards white, western knowledge frameworks with their legacy in empire, power, and hierarchy. It is everywhere and some people will not even notice….
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13 May 2021
For many years schools and universities in the UK have taught curriculums with a bias towards white, western knowledge frameworks with their legacy in empire, power, and hierarchy. It is everywhere and some people will not even notice….
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9 May 2021
This blog compliments the final Glos Goes Green challenges set by our amazing Ethical and Environmental Experience Officer, Grace! So, what challenges are there this month and why are they important? Novice Action- Reuse your empty jars and…
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14 April 2021
Most of you know that I focus on telling important conservation and environmental stories through my social media platforms. It is what I love doing most and it is what gets me out of bed in the morning…
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