#SwitchUpYourLunch to make a difference in Oxfordshire
Green Templeton College is supporting the #SwitchUpYourLunch campaign on Monday 14 June as part of a pledge to improve Oxfordshire’s ecological footprint.
Our kitchen will be serving an exclusively vegan lunch menu on this day, and we’re encouraging all college members to #SwitchUpYourLunch and get involved.
Our #SwitchUpYourLunch menu
If you’re in college on Monday 14 June, enjoy a tasty vegan option from the click-and-collect lunch menu.
There are a range of delicious hot meals, salad bowls and baguettes available.
Hot meals
Option 1: Baked sweet potato with 5 bean chilli and kale
Option 2: Vegan mince bolognese with penne and green salad (soya, celery, sulphites, cereal)
Salad bowls
Option 1: Chargrilled vegetable pasta salad with vegan pesto (cereal, sulphites)
Option 2: Smoked tofu and quinoa salad (soya)
Baguettes
Option 1: Roast field mushroom with lettuce, tomato, Sriracha sauce and crispy onions (cereal, sesame, soya)
Option 2: Chickpea salad (cereal, mustard)
Bookings for this #SwitchUpYourLunch menu can be made via the Meals Booking platform as usual and close on Friday 11 June at midday.
If you’re working or studying remotely, there are a range of vegan and vegetarian lunch ideas on the Good Food Oxford website.
Don’t forget to share pics of your lunch with #SwitchUpYourLunch!
Enjoy!
About the campaign
Across Oxfordshire, food makes up 43% of our ecological footprint, which is more than transport or energy.
The #SwitchUpYourLunch campaign, organised by Oxfordshire Greentech and Good Food Oxford, wants to encourage everyone in Oxfordshire to make a positive difference to the environmental impact of our food, and improve our carbon footprint in this county.
This is the third year the campaign is running. In 2020, 38 organisations across Oxfordshire took part in the pledge and more than 50,000 people across Oxford were reached.
The organisers hope that by encouraging people to choose vegan or vegetarian for just one day, this can help slow climate change, conserve natural resources, and improve your health
Nina Osswald, co-ordinator at Good Food Oxford, said: ‘Our Oxfordshire wide network of sustainable food producers includes veg growers as well as farmers of sustainable, grass-fed meat and organic dairy. If we all commit to eating a lot more veg and choosing better quality meat and dairy, but less frequently, we can make a big difference to our overall impact on climate change. Furthermore, it tastes delicious, can be healthier and cost less.’
Our commitment to sustainability
Green Templeton is committed to working collectively for a sustainable future.
Our catering team already lead on sustainable initiatives including Meat-Free Mondays. As part of doing our bit to combat climate change, conserve resources and improve health, the kitchen have one plant-based day each week, which means a range of tasty vegetarian and vegan dishes to fuel you through the day!
The team also use local food suppliers, and choose Fairtrade sugar, bananas, tea, coffee, chocolate and biscuits for conferences and events. Excess food from the kitchen is delivered to local food banks across Oxford.
Find out more about Green Templeton’s sustainability efforts and achievements.
🌌 Last weekend, Green Templeton welcomed Nobel Prize-winning astronomer Professor Brian Schmidt for the latest event in our Astronomy for All series.
Professor Schmidt took a packed audience on a journey through more than 13 billion years of cosmic history, from the Big Bang to the distant future of the Universe. He explored what we know about the cosmos, how we know it and some of the biggest mysteries that remain.
The lecture was chaired by Governing Body Fellow Rob Fender, Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Oxford, and continued our celebration of Green Templeton’s connections with Oxford Astrophysics.
Our Oceania Alumni Group is on a roll after successful events in Sydney, Brisbane and last night in Perth.
We`re very thankful to the group`s committee for their energy, commitment and hard work in bringing the community together. It’s wonderful to see connections being strengthened, engagement growing, and the alumni community going from strength to strength.
Exciting times ahead!
If you would like to join a local alumni group, let us know!
Our EMBA and MBA alumni joined us on Friday for our last outdoor afternoon tea of the year.
Alumni from across the globe reunited with old friends, made new connections, and shared their career journeys since Oxford.
Our host, Vice Principal Professor Jonathan Reynolds, welcomed the group and shared the latest developments at Green Templeton College. Most importantly, he reminded them that here, they will always belong.
We can`t wait to welcome more of our community this week for Meeting Minds. We still have a few spaces for alumni wanting to join our college-based events (link in the comments).
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There’s lots happening behind the scenes as work continues on the Radcliffe Observatory.
Here is a peek behind the scenes at the progress so far…
A wonderful evening for the Green Templeton community in Sydney. It is always special to see alumni reconnecting and making new connections wherever they are in the world.
Thank you to Oceania Group and everyone who joined the group’s inaugural annual dinner.
The group’s next gathering takes place in Brisbane on Tuesday 8 September – another welcome opportunity for our alumni and friends in the region to connect.
A great start to what we hope will become a growing tradition for the college`s community across Oceania.
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