Student Switch Off is a not-for-profit international campaign encouraging student action on climate change. Delivered by the NUS, they run energy-saving and recycling competitions within halls of residence at Universities in the UK, Sweden, Cyprus, Greece, and Lithuania.

The Student Switch Off uses prize incentives such as Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, tickets to Students’ Union nights out and communal parties and focuses on peer-to-peer communication and creating a sense of competition to provide incentives that go beyond just being more ‘environmentally friendly’. In 2015/16 the Student Switch Off campaign achieved a 6.6% reduction in electricity usage on average across all the participating halls of residence – keeping over 1,800 tonnes of CO2 out of the atmosphere.

Further information available here: http://studentswitchoff.org/about/