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58Ethical AffairsThe CUSU Ethical Affairs Team seeks to monitor and improve theUniversity’s and students’ environmental impact and social sustainability.We aim to educate students and empower them to get involved andact on these issues, in order to make a positive difference both withinCambridge and beyond.The team is Co-Chaired by Harrison Bowers and Natasha Kudryashova, along with activeteams running campaigns focussing on the environment and climate change, ethicalinvestment, and fair trade and ethical purchasing. We have a number of exciting newinitiatives this year, including Green Impacts and Student Switch Off! To find out more abouthow to get involved in any of the campaigns below, or if you feel strongly about an issue thatisn’t being represented, please get in touch with us using ethical-chair@cusu.cam.ac.uk. Youcan also find the Ethical Affairs team at the CUSU Societies’ Fair on the 2nd-3rd October.Student Switch OffStudent Switch Off pits the Cambridge colleges against each other in a series of energy-savingthemed challenges. Colleges are ranked for each challenge and the college with the highestcumulative total by the end of Lent term will win the Student Switch off trophy and £250 fortheir summer garden party! There are loads of individual prizes available too including Ben &Jerry’s vouchers and formal hall tickets, not to mention free cinema tickets, andLush cosmetics!Green ImpactsThe University, Colleges and our Student Union have enrolled in the Green Impactaccreditation programme, which works within 46 Universities and Colleges across the UK,to engage staff and student teams in simple, tangible actions to green their institutions andcommunities. The annual programme reaches ever more people and makes more impactsevery year. Interested in improving your college’s recycling rate? Starting a garden for bees?Help give Cambridge a Gold-rated certification - get in touch!Go Greener!The Go Greener! campaign calls on the University ofCambridge to take a global leading role in promotingsustainability and tackling climate change.The campaign aims to make the University and Colleges models of low-carbon developmentand environmental responsibility, to enhance the University’s positive contribution tosustainability through teaching and research and the influence it can have on policy, and toraise awareness amongst the student body.