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The Green Office Model and Movement Leipzig, 08.06.2015 Georg Liebig

The Green Office Story 1 Green Office Model and Movement 2 Nachhaltigkeitsbüro HU Berlin 3

The Green Office Story

Sustainability was not sustainable

Student-led & staff-supported university department Budget & resources Student interns Student volunteers Staff member Supervisory board Mandate to manage sustainability Green Office

Education Empowerment & strategies & Assessment, Governance social footprint environmental & Improved Participation Development Community Sustainable Research for Development Sustainable Education for Research Operations monitoring

Student community Local community University Student sustainability projects Student-to- university advocacy Student-and-staff projects Student-driven community projects Student-to- student outreach projects

Green Office Recognition: 2012 Sustainabul Award Student Leadership Award

Sept. 2012

Expectation World Domination

Reality

Workshops & Training Presentations & Talks Green Office Model Social Business Europe Sustainability in HE Sustainability in HE

The Model & Movement

Whole-institution approach City-region & society Research Education Operations Community Governance

6 GREEN OFFICE PRINCIPLES STUDENTS MANDATE RESOURCES INTEGRATION COLLABORATION TRAINING

Maastricht 62 students & staff Kent Maastricht Wageningen Utrecht Exeter Greenwich Berlin Groningen Kent 830 000 € Amsterdam Green Office Movement Amsterdam Konstanz 75 000 € 8 students & staff 75 000 € 8 students & staff 110 000 € 13 students & staff 510 000 € 25 students & staff Groningen Expansion of the 2010 Greenwich 2011 2012 2013 2014 Maastricht Maastricht Wageningen Maastricht Wageningen Utrecht Exeter Maastricht Rotterdam Wageningen Utrecht Exeter Greenwich 2015 Berlin 635 000 € 40 students & staff UNESCO Ghent 2 nd GO Summit 1 st GO Summit

STUDENTS 50 000 - 75 000 Euro/year One workshop per semester with Green Office Alumni and outside the university Linking to existing stakeholders working on sustainability within supervisory board Part of general administration or linked to sustainability institute; office space, project expenditures, salaries sustainability strategy; two-three year project MANDATE Sustainability for the whole university or aspects of an existing volunteers; Minimum one staff as part of the team 5-8 student employees; 10-14hrs/week; 15-30 student TRAINING COLLABORATION INTEGRATION RESOURCES who are part of rootAbility

6 Green Office Principles Context of your university 1) 2) 3) How can we adapt the principles to our context? (What to include/exclude?) Your version of the Green Office Model 4) Lobbying

The next 10 years: A vision for the future

2. Whole-Institution Approaches a) Educational institutions and governments should provide the institutional support, resources and legitimacy for youth-led change processes towards sustainability. This requires a combination of bottom-up initiatives and top-down steering. Mechanisms should include dedicated funding, institutional integration, working space, mandates, recognition, and training for youth-led sustainability initiatives.

Engaging 10 000 students & staff in 100 Green Office by 2025 GOAL

Nachhaltigkeits- büro HU Berlin

Lehre Community Verwaltung Forschung Studium Oecologicum Ringvorlesung Projekttutorium Transparentes Institut Mensa ‒ Design Water Footprint EGOS Food Coop Filmabende Mülltrennung Doppelseitig Drucken Green Search Engine

Forming Academics mission 4. Sub- 3. Lobbying 2. Concept paper 1. Formation university proposal to Submitting an alliance for change Reaching out and building Staff the team ment Manage- Students concept paper Writing the Model the Green Office Understanding game the rules of the Understanding 5. Decision ?

Form the team Making Sustainable Development sustainable Work on projects Write a concept paper Lobbying process

Getting Recognition, reaching out, finding partners Mandate as official initiative Mandate as university department Project-based funding Full funding Commission Sustainable University Sustainability Coordinator Sustainability targets & road map ?

Nachhaltigkeitsbüro HU Berlin ‒ lessons learned Students-staff partnerships Whole-institution approach Adaptation of the Green Office Model Adaptation of lobbying process Perserverance

Questions and discussion