The sustainability team is an open group with the aim of planning and implementing sustainability more efficiently as a cross-cutting issue across organizational interfaces and between research, teaching and administration. Participation and communication play an important role in implementing measures and promoting their acceptance.
We meet about 4 times a year to discuss various sustainability issues at our university. We also use Viva Engage (a Microsoft tool that works in a similar way to Facebook) for ongoing communication with us and, above all, with each other.
The Green Buddies are part of the sustainability team and are responsible for special tasks in their own area.
Green Buddies
Tasks
- Collecting ideas and suggestions on the topic of sustainability, which are further processed in the Environmental Management Department of the University of Graz
- Promoting all environmentally relevant topics (energy, waste, procurement, resources, mobility) and contact person in own area
- Raising awareness of environmental issues in one's own area
Goodies
- One joint training course per year, such as a course in the botanical garden or in the hands-on laboratory
- Free participation in the annual Green Buddy Event where experts give talks on a current sustainability topic
- Fixed place at the annual bike check at the University of Graz
Do you want to become a Green Buddy? This is what you should bring along!
- Commitment and the will to make your own working environment environmentally friendly
- Interest in sustainable topics, especially topics related to environmental sustainability
- Further training recommendation (not a MUST): Internal further training for sustainability (offered every semester)