Passfield Green Night was established on Saturday 14 March 2015 thanks to the hard work of Ana Feu Basilio (Sustainability Champion), Selin Esen and Darren Hilliard (Hall Committee members), Sophie Barbier (Green Impact Leader) and Richard Perkins (Warden).  Between them they developed a series of events designed to increase understanding of and engagement with various Green initiatives.

The first part of the evening involved a vegetarian wrap dinner. All residents were invited to a free dinner of DIY vegetarian wraps, with lots of ingredients.  Approximately 40 students attended this – a fantastic turn out.   A few students noted that they were positively surprised by the vegetarian meal…

Vegetarian food isn’t so bad!

Most of those present then took part in an environment-themed pub quiz in the common room (there were 5 teams of 5/6 students, and several spectators). The enthusiasm was great!  Students were challenged with questions about climate change, sea levels, global warming, consumption of electricity/water, etc. and there was great competition and surprise at the answers.  Richard Perkins generously provided 5 x £10 Amazon vouchers for the winning team, as well as the funds for the ingredients for the wraps.

After the quiz there was an informal “open mic” night around a guitar.   Energy independent entertainment at its finest!

Several students came to say how much they’d appreciated the evening and its purpose, and everyone involved in the planning was really happy with the impact!