Green Office - shaping sustainability together

Welcome to the Green Office website!

The Green Office is the office for sustainability at the University of Erfurt and the first point of contact for all sustainability-related topics.

In the Green Office, students, staff and lecturers work together to make the university more sustainable - in everyday life, in teaching and in administration.

What does the Green Office do?

  • Supports sustainability projects & communicates them within the university and externally
  • Coordinates public relations work on climate protection & resource conservation at the University of Erfurt
  • Strengthens sustainable teaching & research
  • Links ideas and stakeholders

Get involved:

If you have ideas, suggestions or requests for a project, please contact us.

 

 

In which areas does the Green Office work?

  • Campus & buildings (operations)
  • Studies & teaching (Education for Sustainable Development - ESD)
  • Research
  • Administration & university structure (governance)
  • Cooperation between the University of Erfurt and external stakeholders (transfer)

We are guided by the UN Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs).

News on sustainability

Just how sustainable is the University of Erfurt, really? A small (non-representative) survey carried out by the Green Office showed that many students at the university consider it to be rather unsustainable. Reason enough to take a closer look...

Under the theme “From Knowledge to Action: Developing Core Competencies in Sustainable Development”, the 7th World Symposium on Sustainable Development at Universities (WSSD-U-2026) took place in Innsbruck from 3 to 4 September 2026. With adjunct…

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