Leicester holds 12 Days of sustainability to promote change

Are you dreaming of a green Christmas? The University's Social Impact Team has collaborated with students to embark upon uniting festive cheer with global sustainability awareness.

Until 12 December, each day at 12pm the Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµâ€™s Social Impact Team will be posting a United Nations Sustainable Development goal .

Kicking off on 1 December, the team offered up a reminder focused around poverty and waste. The goal of general health and wellbeing was marked on 2 December with the annual ‘Santa Run’ around Victoria Park, and gender equality celebrated with a .

Student Tom Lawson said: “It’s great that students have taken the festivities of Christmas to heart and are using it to spread some good; it shows that both staff and students are fully supporting the University’s pledge to the UN SDGsâ€.