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Want to learn more about how your travel behaviour is affecting the planet and what you can do about it? 2050 Travel Week is a sustainability experiment that challenges you to try and live within the 2050 carbon budget for travel for one week. Get involved! Open to all #LEC2050Week

Want to learn more about how your travel behaviour is affecting the planet and what you can do about it?

2050 Travel Week is a sustainability experiment that challenges you to try and live in the 2050 carbon budget today.

Created by the Lancaster Environment Centre’s Sustainability Group, the week-long challenge will run from Monday 30th April until Sunday 6th May and everyone is invited to take part. By anonymously sharing your data and experiences, participants will help us understand our travel emissions as a University and community. As a thank you for taking part, you will be entered into a prize draw for a £50 Virgin Train voucher.

By the year 2050, we need to cut our carbon emissions by 80% if we are to limit the rise of global temperatures. The aim of the 2050 Travel Week challenge is to find ways of improving our overall sustainability.

How to take part

If you’re interested in taking part in the experiment, here’s what you need to do:

STEP 1 - Download our 2050 week calculator https://goo.gl/DYmjk2STEP 2 - Calculate your emissions using the calculator to work how much carbon you normally emit – this is your baseline. The calculator also shows you how this compares to the 2050 target.STEP 3 - Plan how you could cut your routine carbon emissions during 2050 week.STEP 4 - Act! During 2050 week, put your plans into action! Share your experiences with us and find out how others are doing using the #LEC2050Week on Facebook page or on Twitter.STEP 5 - Discover at the end of 2050 week how much carbon you cut using the downloadable calculator.STEP 6 - Share your results via the online survey link in the calculator to help us get an idea of typical carbon emissions on campus and to share your thoughts on 2050 week and ideas for how we can help Lancaster University support sustainability.