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Politics debate special
Cllr David Blackburn talks to LS
Leeds Student's Charles Cooper talks to Green party Cllr David Blackburn
While the student vote is obviously important for you in this constituency, how will you represent students, who make up over 25% of your electorate, if and when you sit in the House of Commons?
Firstly, 25% of my electorate are not students. In Leeds West where I am standing there is a fairly significant student population in Kirkstall, but considerably less in Armley, Bramley & Stanningley and Farnley & Wortley. I think in a Leeds West context its how will I represent those people who are in full time education and how will I represent the 20-year old on the Bawn Estate in Farnley who can't find a job because their qualifications are negligible. It is I believe about trying to make sure everyone fulfils their full potential in life, whether you are 20-years old or 80-years old, whether you are a University student or a young unemployed person.
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No more bottles sitting on the wall
All bottled water has been banned from LUU shops
All bottled still water has now been removed and banned from Leeds University Union (LUU) shops.
A small crowd gathered on Monday lunchtime to watch as the last remaining bottles of water were jubilantly pulled off the shelves of Essentials. LUU is the first university in Britain to implement a ban of bottled still water in their shops.
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No green incentive in Uni printing policy
Criticism for Universtiy overcharging on printing
The University of Leeds has been criticised for overcharging for double-sided printing, forcing students to look elsewhere to print work.
Currently one side of A4 paper costs four credits, while a double-sided costs eight credits. Some students believe this is unfair as they are paying twice the price to only get half as much again.
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Recycling: Far from a waste of time
Recycling has become a huge issue politically, ethically and environmentally. Lorna Gledhill asks whether it is worth all the hassle
Modern life functions on a very careful balance of production and consumption. As a society, we happily take up the role of the gluttonous consumer who insatiably eats their way through the products of the earth. We gorge ourselves on mountains of food, clothes and other stuff, but we’re getting a little chubby around the edges. In fact, we’re heading towards morbid obesity.
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Pace-setters pile more pressure on the Met
Men's Basketball: Leeds 1sts 65 - 52 Sunderland 1sts
Leeds University Men’s Basketball 1sts showed why they are top of the league and unbeaten this season with a convincing victory over a lacklustre Sunderland side.
Read morePosted in Sport » Sport News » Pace-setters pile more pressure on the Met
Council cuts pledge
Leeds City Council promises to cut co2 emissions
Leeds City Council’s (LCC) has promised to cut CO2 emissions by 40 per cent by 2020, pleasing environmental and local groups in the city.
Locals have shown a strong commitment to campaigning against climate change and their latest six-month campaign for a 40 per cent cut in city carbon by 2020 has produced a positive result.
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Green kick in the Halls
Calls for more to be done by green halls representatives
Green representatives for student halls say more needs to be done to encourage residents to recycle more waste.
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Your money or your planet
Can a green agenda and economic growth ever go hand in hand? Failure at Copenhagen, and our own lifestlyles, suggest not
What is more important, money, or the future of our planet? Apparently we can’t have both. According to a recent report from the New Economics Foundation think tank, if we continue to strive for economic growth, then the prospects for future and sustained ecological survival are bleak; instead of celebrating our current, admittedly modest, economic recovery, we should in fact be lamenting the environmental impact of our culture of greed.
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Your money or your planet
Can a green agenda and economic growth ever go hand in hand? Failure at Copenhagen, and our own lifestlyles, suggest not
What is more important, money, or the future of our planet? Apparently we can’t have both. According to a recent report from the New Economics Foundation think tank, if we continue to strive for economic growth, then the prospects for future and sustained ecological survival are bleak; instead of celebrating our current, admittedly modest, economic recovery, we should in fact be lamenting the environmental impact of our culture of greed.
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Kicking the bottle
LUU
This week, we sold our last ever bottles of water in our shops at LUU. This step to remove one of our previously highest selling products is surely a massive testament to the social consciousness of our students, and to our democratic values. When students from People and Planet society put this motion to referendum in November 2008 we were doubtful that the idea would be popular enough to pass but we needn’t have worried. It passed with a massive 2701 ‘yes’ votes. It seems that students had the same realisation as us, that water should be free.
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COP15 failure: 82 months left to avert disaster
Copenhagen summit special
It was the biggest climate summit since Kyoto. The world held its breath as world leaders came together and thousands of protesters descended on the Danish capital in what was hoped to be as defining a moment for mass protest as Seattle in 1999. In reality, it all went wrong. There was no binding deal at the conference and the mass social movement some had hoped for never materialised. Leeds Student was there as the time to save our planet slipped through the fingers of the world’s politicians, and as helpless protesters could only choke back the tear gas.
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Skipping past the waste
From vegetarianism to veganism, more and more people are making dietary choices to help reduce their impact on the environment. Leeds Student investigates freeganism, a lifestyle based around a diet of salvaged food.
Freegan.org.uk defines a freegan as “someone who tries to live simply, reducing their consumption and the pressure they place on the environment.”
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Another Green World
Is the building work outside the union really making us greener?
“For being green there is great hope” suggests old Will Shakespeare in Henry VI (Act III, Scene I). We can safely assume that the messenger is describing naivety amongst the English soldiers after a rebel uprising, and not that the bard is reminding us to separate our glass from our cardboard.
The current building work going on outside our Union made me wonder if we are being similarly green in our attempts to be ‘green’. The project of redeveloping the (puzzlingly named) University Square (the only squares I’ve ever spotted from the union steps are those with whom I socialise) has recently begun to gain momentum. On their morning walk, students are now confronted with the rather daunting prospect of a huge crater where once there was a road, and have to fight for their personal space on the tiny pathway that has been spared (for the time being).
Read morePosted in LS2 » Observations » Another Green World
Saints humbled
Netball: Leeds Gryphons 2nds 56-22 York St. John 1sts
Leeds Gryphons 2nds Netball team stormed to a comprehensive victory over York St. John at the Gryphon Centre on Wednesday. Dominant throughout, the hosts’ sharp passing and deadly finishing were too much for the visitors, for whom the final score line could have been much worse.
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Uni secure landmark Championship
The Leeds Gryphons became the University
“We’ve been a team for two years now, and we’ve come a long way since our first training session.” Pensive words from a club captain who has seen his Leeds side progress from a group of first year individuals to a solid team, masters of the BUCS championship. For Seb Coady, the recent success of the Gryphons was not something that was easily procured.
Read morePosted in Sport » Sport News » Uni secure landmark Championship
We're doomed
LS Sport Big Debate
Despite the success of football’s ‘Kick it out’ camapign against racism, sport has often been accused of shirking away from its wider social responsibilities. LS Sport asks: Does sport have a responsibility to become more environmentally friendly?
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Leeds Darts team checkout early
Men
After a 9-6 friendly win over Liverpool John Moores earlier in the week, the Leeds University darts team travelled to the chilly surroundings of the Derwent Bar at York University, for their first ever foray into the UK University Darts Cup. Joining them and the hosts were Newcastle and Durham.
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Late substitution
Leeds Student Sport
As February gave the ground staff of Weetwood playing fields a decidedly frosty reception this Wednesday, the University’s sports men and women – as well as its reporters - were left searching for alternative ways to spend their afternoon.
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