Sustainability @VUB 2.0

http://www.vub.ac.be/over/duurzaamheid

lisa.wouters@vub.ac.be

Sustainability @VUB 1.0

Vision text and 23 strategic goals (2011)

The climate change battle continues!

Nature ConservationProf. Nico Koedam

EnergyProf. Francesco Contino

Industrial ProductionProf. Elvira Haezendonck

Food and AgricultureProf. Alexandre Thys

Households and Social CommitmentProf. Patrick Deboosere

Trade, Services and Urbanisation

Prof. Sebastian ObertürWater ManagementProf. Philippe Claeys

TransportationProf. Joeri Van Mierlo

Climate ChangeProf. Cathy Macharis

9 cities ...9 professors

About 68 studentsblog weareparis.be

• WE ARE PARIS WEEK 1

• Dag van de Wetenschap (science event)22/11 – 10:00 > 17:00 – Campus JetteHoe wetenschap ons dagelijks leven bepaalt

• WE ARE PARIS OPENING NIGHT (talkshow & stand-up comedy)23/11 – 19:00 > 22:30 – Aula Q – Campus Etterbeek (sustainable transport from Campus Jette by Vrij Onderzoek)met Otto-Jan Ham, Little Trouble Kids & 7 Promises by Davis Freeman & Jerry KillickWhy We Are Paris and Festive Opening

• Redelijk Eigenzinnig Klimaatdebat (debate)24/11 – 19:00 > 21:30 – La Tentation – Brusselmet Pamela Peeters, Cathy Macharis, Sabastian Oberthür, Pieter Boussemaere, Peter Tom JonesHet grote klimaatdebat

• We Are Paris Film & Music Night (film & concert)25/11 – 19:00 > 22:30 – Rits Café / Cinema Rits – BrusselBruxelles Sauvage / Brussels Wild with director Bernard Crutzen & prof. dr. Nico Koedam (film)North of the Sun (film)Leonore (concert), Biodiversity in the city, surfing the arctic and local band & beers

• #Trending (debat / rollenspel)by MixOmnia26/11 – 19:00 > 22:00 – D2.01 – Campus EtterbeekHet klimaatprobleem vanuit internationaal perspectief

• Duvel-TD (party)by WK & Biotecho26/11 – 22:00 > 05:00 – Tent – Campus EtterbeekSustainable party trading plastic for re-useable tritan

• Climate Express (mass demonstration)29/11 – ParisRaising our voice in Paris

• We Are Paris HotspotEvery day - 11:00 > 14:00 – Building D - Campus EtterbeekLatest updates, speakers’ corner, exposition & Marché Tropical

• We Are Paris QuizEvery Day - 11:30 > 14:00 – Student Restaurant – Campus Jette & EtterbeekSustainable lunch & quiz

• Repair Cafés near Campus Jette (repair café)22/11 - 14:00 > 16:00 - Le Rayon Vert Jette Jette29/11 - 14:00 > 17:00 - - GC Heembeek - MutsaardRepair your broken stuff at a cup of coffee

• WE ARE PARIS WEEK 2 & Beyond

• Meubels maken van palletten (workshop)30/11 & 2/12 – 16:00 > 20:00 – We Are Paris Atelier – gebouw S – Campus EtterbeekDo-it-yourself-even-more Ikea on campus

• Brussels Beer Tasting & We Are Paris TD (party)by GK30/11 – 19:00 > … - Tempus – Campus JetteTasting the better Brussels brew & party for the environment

• Br(ik Nachtwacht (biking tour)01/12 – 18:00 > 21:00 – Brussel – Campus EtterbeekFluorescent biking tour through Brussels in the Dark

• Crosstalks after Work (alumni event)02/12 – 19:00 > 21:30 – Campus EtterbeekVUB alumni making sustainable careers

• Studentikoze natuurwandeling (nature exploration)by AVSG & FK 02/12 – 19:00 > 22:00 – Campus Jette Nachtelijke ontdekkingstocht van het Laarbeekbos

• We Are Paris HotspotEvery day - 11:00 > 14:00 – Building D - Campus EtterbeekLatest updates, speakers’ corner, exposition & Marché Tropical

• We Are Paris QuizEvery Day - 11:30 > 14:00 – Student Restaurant – Campus Jette & EtterbeekSustainable lunch & quiz

***• Tweedehandsboekenverkoop

04/12 & 05/12 – Muntpunt – BrusselA second life for library books

• Repair Cafés near Campus Etterbeek (repair café)06/12 - 14:00 > 18:00 - GC Elzenhof07/12 - 18:00 > 21:00 - La Tricoterie Sint-GillisRepair your broken stuff at a cup of coffee

• WE ARE PARIS CLOSING NIGHT (debat / party)09/12 – 20:00 > 00:00 – Beursschouwburg – Brusselmet William Boeva, discobar Mensch, Erger je Niet en onze studentenVUB students making their statement to the establishment

• Science Bar: de klimaatconferentie (debat)16/12 – 19:00 > 21:30 – Rits Café – BrusselRound-up van de klimaatconferentie

Community

Students

AdministrationAcademic Staff

Questionnary students (n = 20)

A green student

Committed person

A social person

What kind of person are you?

Definitely!

Yes, but ...

Would you participate once again?

“The overall project. The many activities. Carte blanche. The professional support and

workshops.”

“I learned a lot about a topic I wasn't even aware of.”

“GREAT PROJECT, GREAT INITIATIVE”

Sustainable campus

Sustainable campus

Curriculum Research

OperationsOutreach

Sustainability forum 17/02/2016

University in transition

Future state

2030 ?

Energy

Curriculum Research

OperationsOutreach

• Sustainable energy• Measuring is knowing• Creating awareness

• Sticks & carrots for energy use• LCA approach

• Renew old building and heating systems• Avoid elevators (art in the stairways)• Avoid printing, green ICT• Smart lighting/heating• Heating system on bio mass

• Wind Mills and solar panels on campus

• Energy cooperative

Mobility

Curriculum Research

OperationsOutreach

• Sustainablemobility andlogistics

• Parking : only for free whencarsharing/carpooling

• Mobility budget• Stimulating use electric bikes

• Flights of researchers: CO2 compensation and advice on using HST

• Allow telework• Create teleconferencing possibilities

• Lobbying for great accesibility• Electric vehicles

• Students are ambassadors• E-learning• Bachelor course sustainability• Post graduate sustainability

• Meat as exception• Green campus

• Inspiring communication• Divestment

Calculation of footprints

Lifestyle

Curriculum Research

OperationsOutreach

We Are VUB

Participation & policy

• Active network university community

• Student Green Team

• Support from top level

• Campus Living Lab

• Incentives collaboration

• Strategic plan 2017

Ecological footprint

Divestment

Education & Research