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Student leadership insustainabilityMaastricht University Green Office
Maiko Schaffrath | Student [email protected]
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Outline
1. Introducing Green Office
2. Projects
3. Outlook
4. Strengths and Limitations
5. Questions
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1.Introducing Green Office
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What is the Green Office?
Student-run university department
Initiates & coordinates sustainabilityprojects
Empowers students & staff
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From student initiative to department
Started as a student initiative in Spring 2010
Officially part of UM since Sept 2010
Nine students & environmental advisor &
many student volunteers
Mission: Coordinate & initiate sustainabilityprojects
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Before establishing Green Office
Sustainability
was notsustainable
STUDENTS
Obstacles of entry toadvance change
towards sustainabledevelopment
MANAGEMENT/STAFF
Struggle to create a dynamic sustainabilityprocess
(lack of money, knowledge, people and structure to
coordinate efforts across department boundaries)
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Characteristics of the Green Office
9 student employees
20- 25 volunteersEnvironmental Advisor
135.000 BudgetHigh profile supervisoryboard providing advice &
support
MANDATE:
Manage UMsSustainability portfolio
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Involving the Community
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Before - AfterBefore After
Students not involved in thechange process
Students responsible for thechange process
No coherent sustainabilitycoordination across departments
Green Office responsible formanaging the sustainabilityportfolio
Lack of money High output with comparablysmall budget
Lack of collaboration Green Office as facilitator ofcross-department collaboration
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Our portfolios
Making Maastricht Universitysustainable
EDUCATION
AdvanceEducation forSustainable
Development
RESEARCH
PromoteResearch onSustainable
Development
OPERATIONS
Decreaseecological,
economic, andsocial footprint
COMMUNITY
Empowerstudents & staff
ORGANIZATIONAdministration | Strategy | Public Relations
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Andr PostemaVice President
Maastricht UniversityJacqueline Cramer
Former DutchMinister of theEnvironment
Harm HospersDean FHS & University
College Maastricht
Edward de VriesFormer Mill Directorat Sappi Limburg
Michiel RitzenResearcher at Ribuilt
and advisor ofHogeschool Zuyd
Jos KleinjansProfessor of
Environmental HealthScience at UM
Annemarie van ZeijlSustainability
Researcher at ICIS
SupervisoryBoard
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2. Projects
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Sustainability Goals until
Involvement of more than 200
students in the drafting process
Adopted by management as official
university policy
Sustainabiltiy Vision 2030
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Setting long-term sustainability goals
Streamlining the universitys
sustainability efforts
Aligning universitys efforts with
ambitions of the City of Maastricht
Sustainabiltiy Vision 2030
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Involvement of more than 200
students in the drafting process
Adopted by management as official
university policy
Sustainabiltiy Vision 2030
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Our goalMaastricht University will be asustainable university by 2030-Sustainability Vision 2030-
Education & Research
Operations
Community & Culture
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How can we reach this target?
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by tackling the challenges withreal projects.
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Example:
Energy use of university computers
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How much energy do UMscomputers use within ayear?
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Before
Energy use: 1.240.000,00 kwH
~350 Dutch households 3500 kwH
374.323,44 kg of CO2 / 300 flights
Energy costs: 185.900,00 Source: Green Office / http://www.carbonneutralcalculator.com
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Computer Usage
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What we did...
Business Case on Green ICT
PC-Powermanagement on allUniversity Computers
Work on the issue on national level
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Result
1 239 481,60
897 722,97
0,00
200 000,00
400 000,00
600 000,00
800 000,00
1 000 000,00
1 200 000,00
1 400 000,00
before PCPM after PCPM
TOTAL energy consumption (kWh), per year(projections)
- 28%
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a few more examples
Green Office Sustainability Journal
Student-run course: Green Academy
Careers in Sustainability Day
Green Energy Transition Project (GET)
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3. Outlook
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Outlook: 2013
Creating a Sustainability Hub
Facilitating student/staff projects
Provide space and resources
Increasing impact
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Outlook: 2013
PhD position on institutional change
How can HEI manage the transition tosustainability in the best way?
Comparative study between Green Officeand selected Best practices
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Outlook: 2013
Large scale interdisciplinaryresearch project
Facilitating Research cooperation acrossfaculty boundaries
Establishing innovative sustainabilityresearch at Maastricht University
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3. Strengths and Limitations ofGreen Office
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Strengths and limitations
- High output with
comparably small budget- Drives the change process
- Coordinates & consolidatesvarious disparate effortsthroughout UM
- Participatory governance
model creates dynamicprocess and legitimacy forinstitutional change
- Provides informal learningopportunities for students
- Students engaged for
only one or two years- Students need to gainknowledge & experience
- Limited budget &decision making power
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Awards
SustainabulMost transparent and sustainable
university of the Netherlands
ISCN Student Leadership Award
Excellence in Student projects
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Thank you for your attention!
More insight: RootAbility Workshop
Today, 12.30 14.00, Finlandia room
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4. Questions
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Questions
Maiko Schaffrathmaiko.schaffrath@maastrichtuniversity.nlwww.greenofficemaastricht.nl
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