
VOTE FOR MIA
VP Activities & Community
Hi, I’m Mia (She/They)!
I’m running for VP Activities and Community because I am:
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Dedicated to a proactive approach to change having collaborated with the Environmental Sustainability Team and having drafted Christ Church’s Environmental and Sustainability Plan.
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Excited to get cracking on biodiversity restoration and providing safe shared spaces for students and Oxford residents.
About me:
I’m a third-year geography student, passionate about environmental protection and restoration, with a soft spot for vegan chocolate. I’ve dabbled in student journalism as Managing Director of the Oxford Blue, joined Oxford Climate Justice Campaign on climate demonstrations as a climate activist, as well as having worked with Oxford Net Zero on sensitive intervention points for academic institutions.
Objectives:
Climate education...
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Provide an accessible climate change and biodiversity online course for all students.
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Collaborate with departments for accessible curriculum that addresses Oxford’s growing research on environmental issues.
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Work with Teach the Future, Conservation Optimism and Force of Nature to improve access to information on the climate emergency and ecological crisis and the online course.
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Expand the Sustainability Hub to include non-university environmental charity groups and ways to get involved.
Points on plants...
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Diversifying college green spaces using the Oxford Partnership for Operationalising the Conservation Hierarchy data summary on the University’s approach to biodiversity management.
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Work with college gardeners and staff to support Earthwatch Europe’s Tiny Forest project.
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Collaborate with the Nature Positive University Initiative to start a University and College wide nature positive journey, incorporating a biodiversity baseline, targets, actions and annual reporting.
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Support University’s path to biodiversity net gain as proposed by Bull et al. 20221.
Community action...
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Work with Town Council, local charities and the University to support existing and future community-led projects.
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Bring back the Oxford Climate Forum where both university and non-university affiliated groups can voice their opinions on current Oxford climate action and research.
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Create an accessible and friendly seminar series with leading academics across departments to share Oxford’s research outside of the University itself.
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Collaborate with MakeSpace Oxford to encourage accessible safe and creative spaces.
Campaigning...
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Work with student environmental societies to inform students the importance of institutional decarbonisation alongside individual behaviour changes. This would involve supporting the Decarbonise Oxford campaign and Oxford Climate Justice campaign.
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The Tale of Two cities': educate students on the inequality between the University and Town through (at least) one workshop per term led by pro-active individuals on how students can support action against deprivation, poverty, homelessness and other social crises.
Vote for Mia!
SU Election voting closes 09th February.
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