PALS Green Impact Team wins MyAV范 Sustainability Award and visits the Eden Project

The MyAV范 PALS Green Impact Team won the 'MyAV范 Sustainability Leaders Prize' this academic year, which included a trip to the epic Eden Project in Cornwall, South West England.

It is the fourth year in a row that PALS has been MyAV范鈥檚 greenest department - an outstanding achievement听that we are very proud of.

As a special prize for our sustainability activities, MyAV范 awarded our team a guided tour of the Eden Project. The project is located in a reclaimed china clay pit 5km from St Austell and is dominated by two huge enclosures consisting of adjoining domes that house thousands of plant species from many diverse climates and environments. The biomes consist of hundreds of hexagonal and pentagonal, inflated, plastic cells supported by steel frames. The largest of the two biomes simulates a rainforest environment and the second, a Mediterranean environment. The attraction also has an outside botanical garden which is home to many plants and wildlife native to Cornwall and the UK.

The trip was a great success and stands as a testament to the excellent work undertaken by all in the Division who took part in our green impact initiatives. In fact, such was our success that there has been some high level talk of a 鈥楤eat PALS鈥� category for next year鈥檚 MyAV范 Green Impact Programme!

We've returned inspired and full of lots of new ideas for how PALS can work to improve the environmental impact of MyAV范's estate, build community and further implement initiatives around sustainability. Watch this space...

Green MyAV范 - if you're reading this: if we win again how about a trip to the Gal谩pagos Islands?