The Green Office sees itself as an independent university initiative with the aim of anchoring sustainability in everyday university life. We initiate projects, campaigns and lectures on the topics of sustainability and the environment and introduce concrete proposals for change, such as the sustainability requirements catalog (linked), into the university context. We promote more sustainable awareness and want to create appropriate structures that enable more sustainable action at the university. To this end, we work closely with the university's sustainability officer Julia Schomburg.
Many university staff and students are already actively involved in environmental protection and sustainability. A Green Office serves as an innovative instrument that bundles this commitment on a voluntary basis with the involvement of all students and employees.
Would you like to get involved too? Write us an email or visit us at one of our meetings. We meet every Thursday from 4.30 to 5.30 p.m. at Gervinusstraße 15.
Everyone can get involved in the Green Office and independently implement their own ideas relating to sustainability and climate and environmental protection in the university environment. As a result, there are already various initiatives, such as the organization of Green Talks lectures, Earth Night concerts and clothes swap parties, writing articles for the FiT magazine and further involvement in university politics.
The varied tasks in the Green Office are divided into different areas of work:
Earth Night: Art and the climate crisis from an interdisciplinary perspective: the "Earth Night" concert series combines artistic contributions with critical impulses. Members of the university address climate change and its effects on the earth with music, dance, theater and exhibitions. The event is organized in a sustainable and resource-saving manner.
Green Talks: The "Green Talks" lecture series gives those interested in sustainability, nature and the environment the opportunity to gain an insight and overview of these major topics. Lectures have been held on topics such as "Sustainability in cultural institutions", "Climate catastrophe from an anti-racist perspective" and "Effects of climate change on health".
Clothes swap party: At the regular clothes swap parties at the university, you can swap second-hand clothes, shoes, accessories and bags to give your wardrobe a sustainable boost.
This includes exchanges on topics relevant to the university and its future, such as meetings with the New Building Commission and regular meetings with our Chancellor Kerstin Hort-Schelm, as well as the formulation* of our list of demands.
This working group is responsible for the promotion of events and the visibility of our work. In addition to our website, this includes membership of the editorial advisory board of the university magazine "Frankfurt in Takt" ("Green Thoughts") and public relations work via our Instagram profile.
The aim is to collaborate with other universities and initiatives. We are currently involved in the Öko-Landest-ASten conference (Hesse), the Green Offices Rhine-Main network and the CO2 project - climate-conscious canteen (nationwide).
The fundraising group organizes the financing of projects in the Green Office.
In order to make the university more sustainable, digital sustainability posters were created on topics such as "The Kitchen Guide" - cooking with seasonal and regional food and "Second-Hand - clothing stores in Frankfurt". We are also working on promoting more biodiversity in the university's inner courtyard.
We would like to encourage all university members to work together to shape sustainability at our university and welcome every contribution!
How to contact us? At any time at greenoffice@orga.hfmdk-frankfurt.de