Sustainable Monday
Our Sustainable Monday campaign is back this February. We have lots of tips, treats and prizes to help you become more sustainable over the month.
Tag us on Instagram and Twitter with #SustainableMonday and your sustainable efforts to win SU Reusable Cups.
Every Meat Free Monday in February you can get our delicious vegan sausage rolls for just 75 cents with your SU card in Smokey’s Café and Sult while stocks last!
Events:
2pm Monday 21st of February SU Monthly Clean Up. Register HERE.
10am Monday 28th of February Vintage Pop Up Clothes Fair in the tent outside the Arts Millennium Building
Small changes can make a big difference
- Get a reusable water bottle
- Join the SU Monthly Clean Up
- Buy dried goods with a long shelf life in bulk to reduce plastic waste
- Stop using products containing microbeads
- Carry a reusable shopping bag
- Reuse empty jars by filling them with handy snacks like fruit, nut and seed mixes.
- Use Beeswax wraps to cover food items instead of cling film
- Get a reusable cup and use it when you are out
- Reduce your food waste. Make a shopping list and a meal plan for each week. Only buy what you need and will use. Check use by dates when shopping
- Switch your plastic toothbrush for a bamboo one.
- Try Meat Free Monday. By going veggie just one day a week you can reduce your food chain emissions. Get your 75cent Vegan Sausage Rolls in Smokey’s Café and Sult each Monday in February with your SU card.
- Do a 2 Minute Beach Clean
- Say no to plastic straws and cutlery. Get your own reusable ones.
- Ditch Fast Fashion and shop second hand instead. Come to our Vintage Clothes Pop Up on Monday 28th of February outside the Arts Millennium Building
- Use silicone baking sheets and muffin cases to avoid excess waste
- Switch off electrical appliances and lights completely when they are not needed
- Avoid plastic packaged goods where possible
- Shop local and seasonal to reduce the impact of the food you eat
- Shorten your shower by just one minute a day to save 2,500 litres of water per year
- Walk, cycle or use public transport where possible
Shop Local/Shop Seasonal: Beetroot, Broccoli (purple sprouting), Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Carrots, Cauliflower, Celeriac, Leeks, Lettuce (round), Kale, Mushrooms and Parsnips are all in season in February in Ireland
Charity Shops in Galway
- Age Action
- COPE Galway
- Enable Ireland
- Galway Simon Community
- Irish Cancer Society
- Madra
- Oxfam
- Vincents
Get Walking
Walking has been shown to:
- Keep you fit and healthy
- Boost creativity
- Improve sleep
- Reduce stress and anxiety
- Help the environment
- Look out for our Marchathon Walking Challenge coming up in March!
