My Manifesto

If I am elected as Vice president of Welfare and community the environmental sustainability of the university will be at the heart of all my policies - because, quite simply, a prosperous, thriving future will be green - or not at all.

Economic prosperity depends on the natural world.

It is the ultimate source of everything we make and use - from food and materials, to the air we breathe. Even the digital economy depends on rare earth metals and huge amounts of energy. The natural world is used by all courses whether that be a business student gathering data on where to best sell a product or a forensics student using the topography of the land. We rely on delicate ecological systems to sustain life on earth - from bees pollinating our crops to trees absorbing carbon dioxide. Building a successful campus economy is not at odds with protecting our environment: it is in fact impossible without it. At this moment in time, we are destroying the foundations of our economy faster than they can be regenerated: we are eroding the ground we’re standing on.

Dorset has a unique and beautiful natural environment – from the magical New Forest to the Jurassic Coast to the majestic peaks of the Lake District.

As Vice president of Welfare and community I would like to change our appreciation of our natural world by working with the national trust and other governing body’s to organize trips to these sites to better understand the world we live in and how we impact it through our actions.