The Architecture and Cities Climate Action Taskforce (ArCCAT) was formed in May 2021. It comprises staff and students from the School of Architecture + Cities, the Westminster Business School and members of the University Estates team committed to meeting climate, biodiversity and planetary
system challenges. Over the next three years it aims to:
- develop short, medium and long term strategies for the school to address the climate crisis
- build collaborative relations between staff and students to collectively develop a more climate, biodiverse and planetary conscious curriculum
- establish links between disciplines in the school around climate change
- raise levels of climate change literacy in the school
- promote climate conscious practice
ArCCAT comprises four working groups – Strategic Planning, Curriculum Change, Climate Conscious Practice and Events, Campaigns and Communications and works collaboratively with student societies – Westminster Environment Society, Westminster Architecture Society and WestCAN.
In the autumn semester of 2021 ArCCAT activities and events will include:
- A student competition for the design of an ArCCAT logo (see below)
- Climate Action Week (25-29 October), part of a month-long series of special events on sustainability across the university to coincide with the start of COP 26 in Glasgow
- The launch of a Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Dispose Campaign in partnership with the Fabrication Lab and the Marylebone Estates Team
- An exhibition on the Learning Platform as part of Climate Action Week
- A student competition for the design of a material reuse station for the studios
To join ArCCAT contact Lindsay Bremner at L.Bremner@westminster.ac.uk , or through Westminster Environment Society, Westminster Architecture Society or WestCAN.
