Sustainability Report 2023

The Ecology Department aims to raise students' awareness of climate protection and climate justice and to help make the university more sustainable. To achieve this, we organise various events or participate in university structures. For example, we took part in the participatory process to formulate a sustainability mission statement for the university or engaged in dialogue with the Sustainability Office or Studierendenwerk [Association for Student Affairs]. During our term of office, we also organised workshops on the post-growth economy, which dealt with our current economic system and its connection to planetary boundaries. We also organised a workshop on colonialism, which focused on the people most affected by the climate crisis. In addition to such projects with a social focus, we also support smaller events. For example, we organised bicycle workshops with Radtschlag as part of the Sustainable Semester. Of course, we also organised a clothes swap party and plant giveaways. At the beginning of the year, we also set up a Fairteiler at the university in cooperation with Foodsharing. This is a place where people can bring rescued food or take it from there free of charge. Our Fairteiler consists of a fridge and a shelf and is located in the gallery in the UHG. Feel free to drop by there! Overall, we are always open to new ideas and projects and try to represent student interests at Bielefeld University in the best possible way. So please write to us (oekologie@asta-bielefeld.de) if you have any concerns!