Green Office

The Sustainability Office at the UCB!

With the aim of increasing the sustainability factor in higher education institutions, the Green Office acts as a network for students, teachers, employees and external stakeholders. Implementation takes place through bundled knowledge management. The Green Office is an initiator of actions that are organized in the sense of sustainability. This is achieved by anchoring in the university and motivated and committed contributors.

Since its foundation in the winter semester 2017/18, various projects have been implemented:

The vegan breakfast
Foodsharing
Clothing swap party
Dirt-away-day

We are a small and young team of students and employees. We are always open to creative, dedicated people who want to help us realize our vision! During the lecture period, there are regular meetings with the structure group, the project givers and all those interested. Up-to-date information and dates will be published promptly on the environmental bulletin board between lecture rooms ZN003 and ZN005.

We would also like to inform you about the car sharing offer, which will start in the winter semester 2021. EMOS offers you the possibility to borrow electric vehicles between 9:00-18:00 directly here at the Umwelt-Campus Birkenfeld. More information at: Willkommen bei EMOS - EMOS GbR - E-Mobility Sharing (emos-birkenfeld.de)

The Green Office is the young office for sustainable projects and networking at the Umwelt Campus Birkenfeld. We address different target groups. In sustainability issues we see ourselves as an interface of different institutions, the students and the employees. We want to convey a holistic awareness of sustainability in order to participate in the transformation to a just and responsible society.

Once a month, there is a big meeting with the structure group, the project committees and a public invitation for all interested parties. Among other things, existing and future projects are discussed there.

You want to discuss and work on sustainability topics as part of a team?

We offer volunteer positions in a project group of your choice.

You have your own sustainable project idea and would like to present it?

Here you will find open ears. Often we can establish a network for scientific work between students and professors.

All employees and students from both departments can participate.

Write us an email, visit us without obligation at one of our meetings or during our opening hours.

Long-term projects:

Come along and try out the possibilities of a more sustainable food culture.

Stomach full and the fridge too?
Cooked too much and it still feels like it will last until Christmas?
Now is the time to act!

Boycott fast fashion!
We offer you an alternative.

Social or financial disadvantages due to menstruation?
This does not have to be! We are working on solutions.

We are a Fairtrade University.
Help us to integrate fair trade more strongly on campus!

Look forward to an exciting programme during Sustainability Week at universities in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland.

More information about other projects such as our Viva con Agua donation bin, NABU collection box for old appliances, block binding made of paper printed on one side, Dirt Away Day and the Bread Spread Circle can be found here.

Do you also have an idea on how we can make the campus even more sustainable?

We'll be happy to help you implement your project, contact the right people and find motivated supporters. Simply present your project at the meeting or contact us.