At the fifth Monthly Meeting of the year – and already the last one during the lecture period of the spring semester – all project groups announced good news. Thus, we’re able to go confidently into the semester break and are hoping that all projects will be continued with the same vigor!
Next week, the green roof group will receive the final decision regarding its funding application from the Christoph Merian Foundation – the group views its chances as quite good thanks to great interest from the foundation, which naturally is cause of celebration for all of us. The group is planning to green the next roof in the Pezzalozzistrasse in the fall and, after founding their association, has opened their own bank account and established first contact with the Stadtgärtnerei, from which they might be able to receive materials such as hay and seeds in the future.
The head of the Ecosia project will now officially present the planned pilot project to the Faculty of Psychology in June after a long period of back and forth and re-assessing and re-evaluating little details. Since the management and the IT specialists are just as enthusiastic about the project as we are, the chances are high that trees can soon be planted at the Faculty of Psychology by searching on the university’s own computers!
The guide to sustainable study is currently in the hands of the graphic designer, who will do some final touch-ups on the booklet after input from the group. The group plans to promote the guide in the form of QR codes via the skuba goodie bags or at the info market. The social media awareness campaign, Info Hub, is also generating some reach. Over the semester break, the group is considering reducing the number of posts to take some of the pressure off the AG’s social media team, which has done a wonderful job so far.
The first event of the new event series at the end of May as well as the first edition of the discussion club unfortunately did not attract as many people as the project group had anticipated. In the future, they would like to advertise their project via the AG’s social media channels more thoroughly to get more people interested in their events after the exam phase.
The clothes swap group has decided to hold its event on a Sunday in September. A symbolic price will be charged for the clothes, the profits of which will subsequently go to a charity of the group’s choice. Which charity that should be and where the event should take place are questions the group will try to answer over the summer – we are already very curious!
The plan to start a repair café was well-received by all participants of the Monthly Meeting. The group has decided to work with Revendo and a bike store to offer repairs for cell phones and bikes – the exact funding for these activities will be discussed in more detail in the AG board later.
As you can see, everything has been running smoothly in the AG this semester as well. We hope that the semester break will not slow us down and are looking forward to news from all projects at the next Monthly Meeting. If you don’t want to miss out, or if you maybe have an idea of your own on how to make the university and students’ lives more sustainable, just drop us an email or mark your calendar for June 24 to present your project at the Monthly Meeting and find like-minded people to help you implement it.