QUB GREENS RECYCLE IN AID OF CAROLINE LUCAS AND HER BID TO BECOME THE FIRST GREEN MP!

The QUB Greens! from left to right, Fionnuala, Lois, Mark, Bob and Adam with the Recycle4charity collection box! Photography by Shannen Nugent.

The QUB Greens have been collecting used print cartridges this term to be recycled in support of Caroline Lucas MEP and her campaign to become the first Green MP at Westminster.

We have collected 100 print cartridges and a number of mobile phones which will be sent to Recycle4charity!

http://www.recycle4charity.co.uk/

Over four million used cartridges are thrown away each year and end up in landfill sites!

Not only is this a huge waste of resources, but the empty inkjets are worth £1 to charities and not for profit organizations when recycled. We have also seen an increasing need for mobile phone recycling which is also another item worth £££'s!

By supporting the Recycle 4 Charity campaign we will be helping the environment whilst also donating the proceeds to Carolines campaign!

According to recent polls the Greens in Brighton & Hove are well in the lead with 35% of the constituency's voters followed by the Conservatives on 27%, Labour on 25% and LibDems on 11%!

 

Supporting Carolines campaign also shows the Greens in NI's East-West links as well as our North South links.

 

The QUB Greens hope with our small contribution we can play our part in making Green history in the UK.

FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT 2010! FAIRTRADE IS GREEN!

QUB Greens, from left to right, Bob, Ronan and Lois promoting Fairtrade in the QUB SU during Fairtrade Fortnight!

Fairtrade is about better prices, decent working conditions, local sustainability, and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers in the developing world. By requiring companies to pay sustainable prices (which must never fall lower than the market price), Fairtrade addresses the injustices of conventional trade, which traditionally discriminates against the poorest, weakest producers. It enables them to improve their position and have more control over their lives.

This year the QUB Greens decided to highlight the Green aspects of Fairtrade! Click on the image to see our poster explaining the green aspects of Fairtrade!

http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/ - for more information on the Fairtrade Vision!

UNCLE SAMMY SAYS GREENS ROCK!

The South Belfast Green Party are holding a fundraising gig and the QUB Greens will be there! The gig is at Aunties on Tuesday 23rd March and there are four bands playing! The entrance fee will be £5.

The bands are....

Comply or Die

If it’s pretty melodies and booty shaking grooves you’re after, Comply or Die are not the band for you. However, on those wretched days when you feel like smashing your head through a wall, they ably provide an ideal soundtrack to your impending unconsciousness.

www.myspace.com/diecomply

Numskull

Think Screeching Weasel meets Your Mum. Back after a mysterious hiatus which probably involved jail time, this is the latest incarnation of the sing-along pop punk idiots who, apparently, “still don’t give a ****”

www.myspace.com/numskullrocks

Snitch

Faster than a spooked whippet, louder than Nagasaki, more punk rock than even Chris de Burgh, Snitch will deliver a wall of ballsy, poppy punk rock so fantastic, you’ll literally dance ’til your legs come off!
www.myspace.com/snitchband

Dolbro Dan

Bluesy home-made folk of the highest order. “It’s old music … but it’s actually new music … sounding like old music – but I like it!” – Gerry Anderson, BBC Radio Ulster.

www.myspace.com/dolbrodan


So come along and bring your friends!

QUB GREENS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL SOCIEITIES ON CAMPUS?

In the newest addition of the Gown newpaper the QUB Greens were surprised, amused and secretly delighted to be portrayed as one of the most influential socieities on campus!

Our influence was compared to that of the long established Law, GAA and Christian Union socieites at QUB even though as a society we have only been actively campaigning for just over 2 years and founded only in 2007! We have worked hard and have had a very visable presence in the Students Union getting involved in many SU campaigns as well as starting our own.

We strive to be an active, diverse and vibrant society and in its own way we think the Gown have captured our efforts quite well in the recent illustration by Niall Mooney!

Make sure you grab a copy of the latest gown edition which can be easily found in the SU, Library or in many other places around campus! Also visit their website - http://www.thegown.org.uk/

ADAM MCGIBBON ELECTED AS VP WELFARE OF THE QUB STUDENTS UNION!

Our fellow QUB Green Adam McGibbon  has been elected as VP Welfare of the QUB Students Union with over 1700 votes!!

Adam was the founder of the QUB Greens at Queens and served as its Co-Chair for two years! Without Adam we wouldnt be the vibrant and active society that we are today!

Congratulations Adam!!!

With lots of Green Love!!!!  The QUB Greens!