Save Shared Planet Cafe

Must be the most positive asset on the campus for students and the environments wellbeing.

Don't Close this projects, they are the ones that give hope to a better world , for a better life,i never been their but i really believe in my friedns that put energy on that. let Shared planet be sharing with you also!

As university alumni and once-secretary of shared planet, I am disappointed to hear that the university wants to scrap such a successful scheme. The university needs to be clear on it's reasoning for this decision and engage shared planet members in discussion about these reasons before taking action.

Shared Planet Café was a great scheme. I find it so telling that the only not for profit café on campus is against uni policy. If the uni, ausa or some massive corporation isn't making money off us they aren't happy.

One of the best places to go in between the lectures for something cheap and quality to eat in a great surroundings.

The shared planet cafe has been, for me and many others, a core community within the university; a symbol of hope for a sustainable world. As someone who has both studied at, and been employed by the University of Aberdeen, I would be gravely disappointed in its leadership if this welcoming, friendly, student-driven space is forced to close, particularly if the reasons are to favour corporate profits over altruistic endeavor.

The cafe is such a great idea, and so lovely to see that you welcome everybody, also students from other universities eg. RGU. All the best that you can continue the cafe!

Trying to shut down such a great student organisation is shameful. Aberdeen university sinks lower every day, all in the name of profit...

Its best place to be in Aberdeen university where you can learn things to be more in harmony with people, enviorment , world. Which they dont teach in universities. We need shared planet cafes in all university around world.

You have your Starbucks. Now return the Shared Planet!

Another insane decision made by univeristy admin that students neither voted for nor agree with. Not quite as bad as getting rid of advisors, but not far off..

This is a disgrace. Enterprises like the Shared Planet Cafe should be supported, and encouraged, on a university campus. I wonder if the recent expansion of commercial premises on the campus to include a well-known chain of coffee cafes has been a factor in this reaction — and I stress reaction because so far I can see no evidence of any actual intellect in the decision, nevermind democracy or discussion.

Shared Planet Cafe was one of the best place in University of Aberdeen. It should not be replaced by commercial entities.

Save Shared Planet! THIS is the kind of thing students want. Not a new Starbucks, not a new student center, but something for students and by students.

Share Planet!

Please keep the cafe, it creates a community for students and anything locally sourced, the university should support!

I helped found the Shared Planet society and later the Fair Trade Cafe with a small group of student activists in 1999. From small beginnings in the Chaplaincy, the cafe has grown into something extraordinary - a real platform for change and student engagement. Any university should be proud to support this kind of initiative. The University of Aberdeen has "environment and food security" as one of the four "interdisciplinary themes" and the Shared Planet Cafe is a real-world example of a grassroots approach to this issue. University Management, check your own sustainability policy - "We are committed to the twin principles of sustainability and social responsibility as foundations for all our activities." University of Aberdeen, Strategic Plan 2011-2015. The Shared Planet Cafe, in its current incarnation (it existed before 1999 too), has delivered more sustainability outcomes than many a nicely worded policy and glossy brochure - just ask its many beneficiaries over the years. I am shocked that the management of a Fairtrade University (the website even mentions Shared Planet and the cafe!), that is also member of several sustainability networks, is even considering this move. I'm extremely disappointed in the management of my former university.

Shared Planet Cafe is a fantastic space that not only provides an incredible service by offering cheap, wholesome food, but also creates an activist base for students to organise in fighting for social and environmental justice. It is perhaps the most vibrant space on campus and to have it ripped away by the bureaucracy of university management as well as the AUSA sabbatical officers' and staffs' prioritisation of profit and commercial services over student-led initiatives is frankly disgusting.

Support co-operation and an alternative economy!

An absolute disgrace to try close this down. The ethos of this cafe is something that we need more of.