Maastricht University Green Office:

Student-driven change at Maastricht University

Student Action for Sustainability Conference

Staff Students

Commitment

Quality

Integration

Time

People

Knowledge

Access

Continuity

Resources

Common answers

Coordination

• Sustainability committee

• Environmental coordinator

• Sustainability academics

No dynamic

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• Sustainability • committee

• Environmental coordinator

• Sustainability academics

Sustainability was not sustainable

No dynamic

Maastricht University in 2010

Process

Winter Spring Summer

PlanFormation Lobbying Approval

2010

Mandate to manage

sustainability

€ 135.000 Supervisory board

Maastricht University

GreenOffice

Environmental coordinator

Facility ServicesrootAbility

9 student employees30 student volunteersPhD

Governance

Education

Community Operations

ResearchEducation for Sustainable

Development

Research for Sustainable Development

Empowerment & Participation

Improved environmental & social footprint

GovernanceClimate Action Report

Vision 2030Roadmap

Policy 2012-14

Education

Community Operations

Research• Green Office

Academy• Curriculum

inventory

• Living Lab Programme

• Phd• Journal

• Conferences• Sustainability hub• Networking events

• GET• Green IT

Business Case• Transportation

Policy

Student research projects

?Change agents

!Curriculum

PresentationsReports

ConferencesStudent Journal

Green Office AcademyDatabase

Sustainability projects and

policies

Organizational learning

Individual & team learning

Living Lab Programme

Initiation Research Implementation

Problem

Green Office

Estates

Project Definition Business Case

Communicate

Implement

Operations Team

Staff Students

Commitment

Knowledge

Integration

Time

People

Knowledge

Access

Continuity

Resources

Addressing the challenges

Coordination

rootAbility: Creating a movement for student driven sustainability units

Recognition: 2012

Sustainabul Award

Student Leadership Award

Course work

Engagement innovation

Students’ Union

Society

Internships

Volunteer-ing

Student group

Student-driven

sustainability unit

Projects

External consultants

Sustainability committee

Sustainability office

One-off

Systematic

Student-driven sustainability unit

Governance innovation

Sustainability manager

Energy & ideas

Student participation

Peer-to-peer outreach

Education for Sustainable DevelopmentLobby & workforce

Benefits

Have an impact

Employability skills & experience

Creative playground

Compensation & training

For the institutionFor the students

Opportunity

Green Office alumni

Sept. 2012

The 1st year

Design, lobbying & construction

Support Workshops, seminars & talks

Making sustainability sustainable

SocialBusiness

Sustain-ability in HE

Europe

Green Office Principles

Students

Mandate

Ressources

Integration

Cooperation

Coaching & Support

Struct

ure

s Green Office Green Team

Projects & programmes

Principles

Projects

Student Assistant

Sustainability Report

Year 2 Year 3 Year 4

Living Lab

Community

Education & Research

InternalOrganisation

Build-up

Green IT Business Case

Living Lab

Green AcademyGreen Team

Operations

Green Office

Green Team

Sustainability Report

Year 1

Student Assistant

Exeter Students’ Green Unit

Employ-ability Community Research Education Operations

Sustainability Advisory Group

Project Review Board

Sustainability Delivery Team

Manager

felix.spira@rootAbility.com

rootAbility.com

Sustainability4U

Challenges

Adaptation

Integration

Lobbying

Process

Idea Design Lobby-ing

Establish-ment

Run-ning

Consulting

Feasibility Study

Construction support

Coaching, workshops, seminars, summer schools,

conferences

Talks, calls, presentations,

workshops, articles

Students

Faculty Staff Management

What are common challenges of sustainability student engagement that you face as students and staff?

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