Team

The AG Nachhaltigkeit Team is made up of varying grades of involvement.

Board

The Board is made up of 10 members, including the founding members of the AG Nachhaltigkeit and at least one member of the skuba Board. At least half of the members are students at the University of Basel. The members are usually self-nominated according to how much time and energy they are able to invest. The tasks of the Board include working closely with the Core Management Team on project management as well as structural and organizational decisions; financial decision making and annual revisions of the accounts, as well as fundraising efforts and budgeting; and public relations and communication in the form of community outreach, advertisement for different projects, and an active and informative social media presence.

Core Management Team

The Core Management Team is currently made up of Stefano Dias Machado, the general manager, and Sina Sohneg, an intern, both of whom work for the Department of Sustainability at the University of Basel. Their tasks include the direct contact to our University; project management; the organisation and mediation of the Monthly Meetings as well as the taking of minutes; the management of internal communication; the collaboration with the Board; and an advisory role in supporting project groups.

Project groups

There is also a community of AG Nachhaltigkeit members who are actively involved in projects. The amount of time and energy they invest is up to each individual member, and there are a number of different projects for people to be involved in. Board members are part of the project groups  to ensure consistent communication with the Board, but anyone and everyone is welcome to join project groups.   

Active members

There are also active members of the AG Nachhaltigkeit who are not involved in project planning but take part in the Monthly Meetings. Here they ask questions, give advice, or listen to the month’s updates. Their degree of involvement is also entirely up to them.

Pool of Experts

Last but not least, there is a Pool of Experts which is made up of interested members of the university’s I-IV Groups. These members can be described as being more towards the passive end of the member spectrum: they engage, advise and support the AG Nachhaltigkeit with their knowledge in specific fields when it is needed.

Board and Head of Projects

 Alissa

Degree program: Political Science and English

Motivation: As part of the AG Nachhaltigkeit I get the opportunity to make our university more sustainable in order to preserve nature in the future alongside likeminded individuals.

Projects: As member of the student association (skuba), I act as bridge between the AG and the university and organize the board meetings of the AG.

 Julian

Degree program: Medicine

Motivation: Growing up on an organic farm, I realised early on the importance of protecting our environment. Natural integrity must be preserved in order to protect all kinds of species, poorer regions of the world, the rainforest and much more.

Projects: Coffee cups

 Carolin

Degree program: Psychology

Motivation: Climate changes and loss of biodiversity make it important to get active for sustainability. The AG Nachhaltigkeit represents the perfect base both to get involved into running projects or to realize own ideas.

Projekte: Green roofing and Department Finances

 Laura

Degree program: Geography and media studies

Motivation: I want to contribute towards a more sustainable environment and encourage and support others to do likewise.

Projects: Department Communication (Instagram)

 Selina

Degree program: Changing Societies

Motivation: Our lifestyle, especially in the Global North, has a strong impact on the earth’s natural ecosystem and on the living conditions of the poorer regions of the world, so every one of us should try to live life in a more sustainably. Every little change in our behavior towards a more sustainable life can make a difference.

Projects: Department Communication (Facebook)

 Jeannine

Degree program: Biology

Motivation: Personally, the beauties of nature have fascinated me since I’ve been a little girl. Therefore, I really want to help preserving nature for coming generation. To reach this goal, I changed a lot about my one lifestyle and now, I would like to make more people aware of the importance of sustainability. That’s why I’m part of the AG Nachhaltigkeit.

Projects: Coffee cups (Head), Board

 Muguette

Degree program: Prehistory and Italian

Motivation: The environment has played a formative role in my life and self-perception for as long as I can remember. I love the idea of working to help people realise their own goals in supporting the world we live in and her sustainable existence. Getting to know and support like-minded people in the AG Nachhaltigkeit is a rewarding and exciting process.

Projects: Sustainability map (Head); green roofing and coffee cups, Board

 Marco

Degree program: Geography and Political Science

Motivation: It’s really motivating making our university and the city of basel more sustainable. In my green-roofing project, we try to get as many (uni-)roofs greener and ecologically friendlier. It means a lot to me, when I see than I as an individual can really make an impact to make the world a better place.

Projects: Green roofing (Head)

 Anja

Degree programm: Psychology

Motivation: For me living (more) sustainable can be both seen in the small, yet conscious actions and decisions every one of us makes in their daily lives and in the big plans and changes guided by science and politics. My engagement within the AG Nachhaltigkeit offers me a platform so act both large and small.

Projects: Uni Basel on Ecosia (Head)

General Management

Stefano

Degree program: Sustainable Development

Motivation: Although I acknowledge that sustainable development is a global challenge that needs to be discussed at the institutional level, I believe that incremental changes on a local level are of equal importance. The AG Nachhaltigkeit offers these interdisciplinary and at the same time motivated framework. Members of the University of Basel come together and try to make the university and its environment more sustainable by implementing the mentioned change with their own projects.

Projects: As the general manager of the AG Nachhaltigkeit, I primarily provide strategic and operational support.

 

 Michelle

Degree program: Biology with a focus on ecology and evolution

Motivation: Sustainability is important to me in decisions I take daily as well as seeing sustainable strategies incorporated into corporations which have a huge impact on our environment.  Through the work in the AG Nachhaltigkeit, I am able to make the university more sustainable.

Projects: As an intern of the Sustainability Office, I support the AG Nachhaltigkeit strategically and operationally.