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Why does the BGI exist?

Charlie Davey

Fourth year, Anthropology with Innovation

The Bristol Green Initiative (BGI) is a climate action opportunity presented to students and facilitated by experts. It takes place from the 23rd – 25th of February in the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CFIE), same oor as the Student Union (SU) in the Richmond Building.

Innovation and sustainability academics and professionals will guide students through sustainability briefs created by the Cabot

Humanity has adapted quickly enough before, but we need a larger scale of collaborative action than we’ve ever seen before to successfully navigate the climate crisis and it is entirely possible. COVID-19 demonstrated the ability for countries to collaborate on a global stage. Furthermore, the disaster relief response for the Turkey earthquakes evidenced this. Japan and other countries have sent their relief teams – as a token of human spirit and togetherness in tough times.

The BGI brings some of the world’s smartest students and academics at the University of Bristol together to work to solve global sustainability problems. Anyone su ering from climate anxiety or wanting to get involved in the sustainability space should see this as a great opportunity to learn, create connections with like-minded students, professionals and academics, whilst collaboratively producing work that directly aims to resolve global problems.

Excitingly, the next iteration of the BGI will be the GGI, a Global Green Initiative featuring a one-day climate action sprint with students from universities across the globe including the US, UK, Uganda and Botswana.

The BGI have created a threeday design sprint guided by innovation and sustainability academics and professionals.

On Thursday, students are introduced to innovation and value creation frameworks and meth- ods - learning that is applicable to many facets of their lives. Students will pick one of 5 briefs to work on.

1. Sourcing energy

2. Food waste

3. Community building, intergenerational and interethnic

4. Green cities/future cities

5. Using energy

On Friday, students are able to consult experts and academics. On Saturday, the student teams converge on their favourite ideas and go through a pitch workshop before pitching towards Runway for a space on their student start-up accelerator. Last term the rst edition of the BGI produced a team of students working to combat food waste and loneliness. Next time there will be a global design sprint between universities from across the world.

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