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I found this information from a series of tweets by Jason Hickel :

Big news from Goldsmiths today. After months of organizing by students and staff, the university has agreed to *all* of the demands in our Green New Deal proposal:

-ending the sale of beef on campus (by Sept), making Goldsmiths the first beef-free campus in the UK

(cont.)
— Jason Hickel (@jasonhickel) August 12, 2019

-divesting from fossil fuels (by Dec)
-phasing out single-use plastics
-switching to a renewable energy provider
-ending chemical use in gardening
-rewilding unused land
-mandatory first-year modules on climate and ecology

-…and going carbon neutral by 2025@peopleandplanet
— Jason Hickel (@jasonhickel) August 12, 2019

There's no reason you can't win similar changes at your own institution – be it a university, school, hospital, church, company, or whatever. People are ready to mobilize around rapid change. Now is the time.
— Jason Hickel (@jasonhickel) August 12, 2019

Part of the information made it to the online issue of the Guardian:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/12/goldsmiths-bans-beef-from-university-cafes-to-tackle-climate-crisis?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard

This shows how significant changes always come as a result of a strong mobilisation.

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Mass movement of students and staff makes UK University go green