Month: February 2015

A couple of years’ ago we held a sunflower growing competition at SITraN which was received with much enthusiasm amongst staff and students so this year we have decided to diversify a little and hold a tomato plant growing competition. We are going to provide competition entrants with a seeding plant which they will then Read More …

Fairtrade fortnight 2015 falls between 24th Feb-8th March with the focus this year on the core commodities of cocoa, sugar and tea. At SITraN we plan to do a ‘Fairtrade bake off’ on the Wednesday of the second week (4th March). We encourage staff to take the time to bake their ‘delectables’ using core Fairtrade Read More …

As part of this year’s Green Impact attempt at getting a Silver award in the grounds workbook we have had to complete a Biodiversity review of the grounds at SITraN. This review looks at all aspects of Biodiversity around the grounds and at first glance looked really daunting for us to complete and then take Read More …