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Wonkhe SUs · The 2026 webinar box set

Climate, sustainability and student power

What SUs can do when students are busy surviving.

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With SOS-UK, we look at the state of student climate action after the mass-mobilisation era, the time paradox of students who care but have no time, and how SUs can create the conditions for action rather than waiting for it. We cover what SUs can do across campus, curriculum and community, the levers and tactics that cost nothing, and what SOS-UK offers.

What we cover

  • What SOS-UK is – the educational charity repurposing education around the climate emergency, and its three greens.
  • The state of student climate action – from the 2018–19 high-water mark to a quieter, broader movement.
  • Not apathy – why students still care even as visible collective action has dropped.
  • The time paradox – students care most but have least time, and why the traditional society model reaches the 5%, not the 95%.
  • Getting others interested – starting with belonging, trusted messengers and low-commitment entry points.
  • What SUs can do on campus – Green Impact, auditing operations, and a costed net zero plan.
  • Curriculum and community – sustainability across all subjects, and the SU as a civic hub.
  • Levers and tactics – using democratic legitimacy, space and the APP hook without burning out activists.
  • Make the SU a model – practising what it preaches to strengthen the ask of the university.
  • What SOS-UK offers – Green Impact, Student Switch Off, Carbon Literacy and the support package.

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