Sustainability
Climate-friendly nutrition campaign days - Winter Edition
16 - 17 January 2024
Eating a healthy and sustainable diet not only means making your diet as balanced and varied as possible, but also paying attention to regionality, seasonality and a plant-based diet.
It is not always easy to integrate all of this into everyday university life and it is sometimes difficult to combine balance and sustainability in one's diet, especially during the cold season. For this reason, Health Management, University Sports Service Bielefeld and the Sustainability Office at Bielefeld University have organised joint action days in cooperation with the Studierendenwerk [Association for Student Affairs] to provide students and staff with information about a balanced and sustainable diet and to motivate them to get involved with exciting lectures, activities in the university canteen and workshops.
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- Workshop "Completely happy!"
Catch-up dates: Restlos glücklich: Practices to minimise food waste
Bielefeld University This workshop focuses on raising awareness of food waste and offering practical solutions for everyday life. Participants will gain insights into the causes of food waste and learn techniques to extend the shelf life of food. Through interactive activities and discussions, sustainable strategies for reducing food waste will be demonstrated.
Monday, 29.01.2024, 16:15 - 17:45 in X-E1-107
or
Tuesday, 30.01.2024, 16:15 - 17:45 in X-E1-107
Note: Please only register for one of the dates.
As the number of places is limited, please register by e-mail to nachhaltigkeitsbuero@uni-bielefeld.de. You will then receive a confirmation of registration.
- Lecture "Climate-friendly nutrition"
Lecture by Prof Dr Melanie Speck (Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences)
Manfred Pollert Tuesday, 16 January 2024
1 - 3 p.m. (c.t.) in X-E1-201
What constitutes a sustainable diet and what changes are catering, especially in university canteens, facing? Should we really only eat cabbage in winter or would it be better to increase the overall plant-based content of our meals?
Prof Dr Melanie Speck, Professor of Socioeconomics in Households and Businesses at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences and an expert on the scientific advisory board of the new Citizens' Council "Nutrition in Transition - Between Private Matters and Public Responsibilities", linked nutritional science with the topic of sustainability in her lecture.
Among other things, the lecture raised the question of what role a plant-based diet plays in the ecological footprint of a healthy meal and why regionality and seasonality alone do not help. Prof Dr Melanie Speck also gave an insight into the Planetary Health Diet and the Nutritional Footprint, a tool for assessing the health and environmental impact of nutrition. For the sustainability assessment of specific dishes, she presented the NAHGAST calculator, which uses a complex database to calculate how compatible certain dishes are for the environment and health.
- Mensaführung / Klimagesunde Aktionstheke
Canteen tour
Bielefeld University Wednesday, 17 January 2024
9:30 - 11 a.m. in the university canteen X
Meeting point is at the entrance of building X.
As the number of places is limited, please register by e-mail to nachhaltigkeitsbuero@uni-bielefeld.de. You will then receive a confirmation of registration.
Climate-friendly food at the campaign counter
The Studierendenwerk [Association for Student Affairs] kitchen team offered a climate-healthy menu at the promotion counter in university canteen X. The focus was on regionality and seasonality. In addition to the nutritional information, on this day you could also find the origin of the products used and the respectiveCO2 footprint.
- Nutritional counselling, stroke risk testing & exercise
Nutritional advice, stroke risk test, exercise & quizzes
Bielefeld University Tuesday, 16 January 2024
and
Wednesday, 17.01.2024
10 am - 3 pm each day
University hall in the UHG in front of the Westend
The Sustainability Office, Health Management / Campus in Balance and University Sports Service Bielefeld had information stands with exciting hands-on activities on the topic of climate-friendly nutrition.
A nutritionist (ecotrophologist) from the AOK health insurance company was on hand to answer your individual questions about your eating style and a healthy and balanced diet.
Interested parties were also able to have their individual stroke risk tested by the AOK (including measurement of blood lipids).
