The University of Hohenheim is striving toward a sustainable and resilient future Sustainability and sustainable development have always been of great importance to Hohenheim. As a central contact and coordination point, the Green Office networks sustainability activities and helps to establish a culture of sustainability.
...the Bachelor’s degree program Sustainability & Change isn’t the only degree program that deals specifically with sustainability issues?
Field of action Studying and Teaching
...the University of Hohenheim has been using only green electricity since 2012?
Field of action Campus & Infrastructure
...we carried out a comprehensive greenhouse gas balance in 2023 which provides us with an overview of our emissions and enables us to drive forward CO2 savings in a targeted manner?
Originally an idea that emerged from the student body, the University President's Office decided to set up the Green Office as a contact and coordination point for sustainability at the beginning of 2024. The Green Office bundles university-wide sustainability activities, makes them visible, and networks stakeholders to create further synergies. It also raises awareness of the topic through various event formats and communicates to the university community and beyond. Together with the Vice President for Digital Transformation and Sustainability, whose position was created in spring 2024, it initiated and supports the university's sustainability strategy process. To this end, the Green Office established a Green Board and five Green Teams.
The Green Board as a strategic unit Members of the university management, professors, students, and employees from all areas of the university are involved in the cross-status Green Board. The fixed positions of the five Green Team spokespersons and the head of the Green Office ensure networking from the Board to the Green Teams and also between the Green Teams. At its first meeting in November 2024, the Green Board decided to develop Hohenheim's sustainability strategy in a participatory process.
The Green Teams as operational units The Green Teams, which are open to all interested parties, met for the first time in fall 2024 and structured and prioritized sustainability ideas that had previously been developed across the university at various events (Green Office kick-off, digital ideas platform, open day, etc.). Based on these ideas and objectives, an initial list of measures was drawn up, which was submitted to the Green Board and incorporated into the sustainability strategy. The Green Teams are currently actively working on putting these sustainable ideas into practice.
Would you like to play an active role in shaping the sustainable development of the university? Do you likewise have great ideas on how we can make the university even more sustainable? Do you want to exchange ideas with like-minded people and put these ideas into practice? Then take a look at one of the Green Teams!
“Studying & Teaching” Green Team
Our mission: Enabling education for sustainable innovations
Team meetings WS 24/25: 10 Dec 2 p.m. 27 Jan 1:30 p.m. 20 Mar 1 p.m.
Team meetings SuSe 25: 8 May 1 p.m. 12 Jun 1 p.m. 31 Jul 1 p.m.
“Campus & Infrastructure” Green Team
Our mission: Driving forward climate neutrality on campus
Team meetings WS 24/25: 4 Dec 9:30 a.m. 21 Jan 9 a.m. 17 Mar 10 a.m.
Team meetings SuSe 25: 5 May 10 a.m. 23 Jun 10 a.m. 28 Jul 10 a.m.
“Research & Innovation” Green Team
Our mission: Promoting sustainable research
Team meetings WS 24/25: 4 Dec 2 p.m. 19 Feb 2 p.m. 24 Mar 10 a.m.
Team meetings SuSe 25: 12 May 10 a.m. 30 Jun 10 a.m. 4 Aug 10 a.m.
Team meetings WS 24/25: 24 Oct 12 noon 14 Jan 12 noon 11 Mar 9 a.m.
Team meetings SuSe 25: 15 Apr 9 a.m. 27 May 9 a.m. 8 Jul 9 a.m.
"Culture & Transfer" Green Team
Our mission: Establishing a culture of sustainability
Team meetings WS 24/25: 5 Nov 2 p.m. 17 Feb 11 a.m.
Team meetings SuSe 25: 31 Mar 11 a.m. 19 May 11 a.m. 7 Jul 11 a.m.
We warmly invite all Hohenheim members to take part! The more diverse our Green Teams are, the better, because sustainability is a truly intradisciplinary issue that we can only tackle together.
Please contact us for registration and further information.
