The Green & Blue Space is our Sustainability Hub and Green Office on campus, it includes projects such as our Fairshare circular economy programme, our Foodhive zero waste shop or our Community Garden & Orchard and it is lead by our students to deliver sustainability campaings and activities to achieve the change our campus and planet needs!
From zero waste products and sustainable lifestyle swaps to re-purposing and re-selling unwanted homeware, clothing and electronics, saving them from landfill.
Bring your own containers and come refill from our gravity dispensers. Grab some vegan pick n mix. Soon we'll be offering Vegbags, with seasonal locally grown produce for you to order and collect in-store.
We offer a range of plastic free lifestyle items including like soaps, shampoos, body washes, toothbrushes etc to help staff and students minimise their waste.
We take donations throughout the year and welcome any unwanted clothing, homewares, electronics and unopened food. Food items are donated to our Community Food Initiative and are not re-used in the space.
The Green & Blue Space is located just off the Atrium, on the way to the Students' Union and is open weekly to students, staff and the public.
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The Community Food Initiative (CFI) is a food sustainability project established by the 22/23 Union President & VP Communities and run by the Green & Blue Space. It aims to alleviate food poverty and financial stress, whilst encouraging food sustainability and reduction of waste. Volunteers regularly collect surplus food from local supermarkets in the evenings that would otherwise go to waste – and it’s all available to University of Stirling students and Staff for free.
Through our partnership with Ever Green Helping Hands, the CFI has collected upward of 14.8 tonnes of food since December 2024. This is equivalent to 35,000 meals (upwards of £105,000 worth of food). This represents carbon savings of 54.88 tCO2e according to 2024 UK Government GHG conversion factors.
If you need to stock up on food, head to next to the Green and Blue space, it’s open 24/7. Please only take what you need so as many people as possible can benefit.
You can also donate any kind of food that is in date and unopened!
Find our CFI here:
We recognise that many students are knowlegable in something of value that others can learn from. Whether that be practical skills such as clothes fixing or upcycling workshops to informative talks and teaching sessions, the Green & Blue Space has a dedicated project space in the hub which is used for workshops, environmentally focused Clubs & Socs activity and so much more.
There is no need for you to be an expert in whichever skills you want to share, as long as you are keen in sharing your knowledge, we can learn together from there. The Green & Blue Space is also happy to facilitate hot drinks and snacks for these sessions!
If you are keen in booking the Green & Blue project space to run your own sustainability related workshop or event, get in touch with our Sustainability Development Coordinator at gabi.brame@stir.ac.uk.
Past events that have been run in the project space include apple pressing workshops, beeswax cloth crafting, climate cafes and many more!
Our Green & Blue Space is so much more than just a shop, it's a hub for the just transition to a more sustainable future on our campus and beyond! And the best part? It is all run by you, the University of Stilring students.
Are you interested in contributing to create real, lasting and impactful change towards a more environementally friendly planet?
If so, consider joining our team. Whether you're interested in leading our community garden, creating compelling and informative messaging, or organising impactful events and campaigns,
click here to view our full array of volunteering for the Green & Blue Space!
Read our
Volunteer Handbook for more information!
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