Green Office
Together, we create the future - with your ideas and initiatives for sustainability. Come to the Green Office at the University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf.
Green Office by students for students in Weihenstephan & Triesdorf
Welcome to the Green Office, the sustainability office of the HSWT, which is open to students and staff at the Triesdorf and Weihenstephan campuses. It functions as a control centre for ideas or concerns about sustainability at the University of Applied Sciences. Do you have a suggestion on how the University of Applied Sciences can become a sustainable university? Then the Green Office is the right place to go. In addition, the various sustainability activities at the HSWT - in teaching, research, campus life and administration - are networked and supported here.
Enable barrier-free participation in sustainability
Sustainable development does not happen incidentally: that is why we have decided to create the structural framework for a core aspect of the self-image of our University of Applied Sciences. Students manage and operate the Green Office as a contact point for interested parties from the student body as well as the teaching staff and mid-level faculty. The aim is to create more capacity for sustainability projects and to strengthen joint exchange.
For this purpose, the Green Office bundles information on sustainable participation opportunities, working groups or campaigns in a database. As an interface to university management, the five responsible students ensure that your ideas are also heard - for a fruitful exchange and practical implementation.
What is the role of the Green Office at HSWT?
- Networking and support of existing sustainability activities
- Greater involvement of students in sustainability issues
- First point of contact for students and university staff
- Anchoring sustainability in teaching, research and the university community
- Increasing the visibility of sustainability efforts
The thematic impetus for the establishment of the Green Office came from the 'National Action Plan Education for Sustainable Development'. The HSWT is thus taking the first step envisaged by the UNESCO World Programme of Action 'Education for Sustainable Development' (ESD) to structurally anchor sustainability in the German educational landscape. The participation of students is an essential aspect of this.