At the AG’s second virtual meeting of the year, the members welcomed several new faces who listened with interest to the developments of the project groups.
After the establishment of the «Dachbegrünung Regio Basel» association, the group submitted an application to the Swisslos Fund as well as to the Christoph Merian Foundation in order to secure future green roofs in the Basel region. In the next few weeks, the group will finalize their picks of university roofs to green in the coming spring months.
The pilot project at the Faculty of Psychology, through which the search engine Ecosia is to be made the standard search engine for university computers, will be further developed following positive feedback from the data protection officer of the university.
With over 6500 clicks, the Sustainability Map has attained a reach than the group had originally aimed for and dreamed of. In the meantime, the people responsible for the project were contacted by Stapferhaus Lenzburg from the canton of Aargau, as they are interested in creating a sustainable city map as part of an exhibition at their museum.
In the meantime, the three temporary projects have also advanced positively. The “Info-Hub”-group presented their Instagram posts on six different topics, which are to be presented on the social media of the AG from March 1. The group is also in contact with some shops and restaurants to receive some vouchers from them as they are planning to do a lottery alongside their project. They have received positive feedback from all contacted stores. The financing of the vouchers will be discussed further in the next board meeting. The drawings and drafts for the Guide to Sustainable Studying, which the group briefly presented, promise an exciting and entertaining little booklet. For the design, the group will use the expertise of a design office and hopes to be able to finish their work in time for the Sustainability Week at the end of March. The sustainable recipe book has also progressed, as all recipes have translated into English and the group will start designing the final book through InDesign in early March.
Last but not least, we would like to draw your attention to the Sustainability Week, which we have mentioned quite a lot until now and which will take place from March 22 to 26 in Basel. Some projects will take place on-site with proper safety precautions. The program series will offer workshops and lectures from the areas of sustainable travel, cosmetics, food and social sustainability. If one of the projects appeals to you or you have your own ideas for improving one’s sustainability in everyday life and at the university, you can contact us using our contact form or simply drop by the next monthly meeting on March 25. So far, we plan to hold a brainstorming workshop through which we can hopefully collect lots of new ideas for sustainable projects!