Green Booklet 2012

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New Semester,New Green Start!

How can YOU contributeto make a dierence?

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Dear student!

Environmental sustainability is a core issue or the University o Oslo. Transition to a greenersociety requires all o us to contribute regardless o whether youre student, university leader,

researcher, administrator or technical sta.

People are creatures o habit. At the same time, we have a great capacity or innovation and

taking action when necessary. There is no better time than the beginning o a new semester to

make small changes that will contribute toward a more sustainable liestyle.

UiO has already achieved much with respect to environmental issues. However, there is alwaysroom or improvement and throughout this booklet you will read about ways that you can help

us become even more sustainable. You will also get tips or your own green choices.

The world needs universities to help understand and solve sustainability challenges. Actions

and choices we make both as individuals and at the university level can have a signicant

impact on society as a whole. You, as one student, can impact and be a part o the solutions our

society needs in order to become more sustainable.

We are looking orward to having you on board!

Jorul Brvig Silde

Director o Green UiO Oce -

Sustainability in Research,Education & OperationP

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Green UiO was established in 2010 as UiO environmental sustainability initiative. We are

to coordinate and build synergy between environmental sustainability research, education

and operations at the university through collaborative activities.

Blog: grontuio.wordpress.com, e-mail: [email protected]

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I want a more eco-riendly campus!

What can I do? Remember to turn o lights, coee

machines and UiOs computer screens

whenever you leave a room.

Join student organizations working on en-

vironmental issues! Alternatively, establish a

new green student organization. Guide: tiny.

cc/lagstudorg

Need environmental certication or your

institute? Call on the head o your depart-

ment and contact Green UiO i you need

urther assistance.

Avoid printing documents that can be read on

screen. This contributes to saving trees!

Take some elective sustainability-related courses to learn more about sustainability.

I you have any environmental questions related to UiOs buildings, get in touch with theEnvironmental Advisor at the Technical Department ([email protected]).

Hold the University Board, Technical Department and SiO responsible or a more sustainable

and eco-riendly university through direct contact, social media and by writing articles or

the student newspaper.

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Weekly dugnad in Blindern Student Garden, June 2012


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I want you to experience UiO as an environmentally riendly university. In the

coming years, UiO will take even greater responsibility in order to meet the worldsenvironmental and climatic challenges. Sustainability is the core o the universities

ounding ideas, and there has to be a clear correspondence between our local and

global engagement. You are the uture; please help us on our path towards a more

sustainable university!

Inga Bostad, pro-rector o the UiO

What has UiO achieved so ar?

Switched rom a petroleum-based to a remote heatingsystem, 100 % renewable energy source or electricity

and LED outdoor lighting.

In line with the national agenda, UiO is an internationally

leading institution on many sustainability-related research

areas.

Successully calculated UiO climate gas emissions or year

2010.

Provided 68 reports on the energy eciency measures o buildings on campus.

The Faculty o Educational Sciences has been awarded as the greenest aculty on campus

with environmental certication.

UiO is leading the work o incorporating sustainability issues on the agenda among 43

universities in European capitals through the network UNICA Green Academic Footprint.

Set eco-riendly criteria or organizing events.

Signed a number o International Declarations or Sustainability in Higher Education.

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How Can UiO improve?

Implement energy saving measures and recycling across campus.

Improve biking acilities on campus by constructing consecutive bike paths

and bringing City Bike racks to campus.

Phase out ossil uels used or heating.

Facilitate the process o taking environmental courses across the aculties.

Improve Tele/videoconerence arrangements in order to reduce travelling.

Enhance environmental standards or buildings and procurement, and reusing items.

Enhance collaboration with local communities, the city and NGOs.

Increase the number o sustainability-related books at UiO libraries.

Do you have ideas or comments? On this page, you can send in your suggestionsand vote on other peoples ideas (tiny.cc/gronnide).

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Environmental Sustainability in Education

UiO has a variety o educational opportunities related to environmental sustainability. Regard-less o your eld o study, there are a number o sustainability-related courses you can take

as elective courses. In the graph below, you can nd a selection o aculties and departments

oering sustainability-related programs.

A selection o sustainability-related Master Programmes

Culture, Environment and Sustainability

Environmental, Resource and Development Economics

Development Geography

Comparative and International Education (Development)

Materials Science and Nanotechnology

Ecology and Evolution

International Environment and Energy Law Geosciences

Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development (International Summer School, ISS)

Faculty of Law

Department ofPrivate Law

Department ofPublic andInternational Law

Faculty of SocialSciences

Department ofSociology andHuman Geography

Department of

Economics

Faculty ofMathematics andNatural Sciences

Department ofBiology

Department of

GeosciencesDepartment ofPhysics

Faculty ofEducationalSciences

Department ofEducationalResearch


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Green UiO Team

Sustainability-related ResearchUiO consists o and is connected with a number o research centres with environ-

mental sustainability as their core ocus. Below, you will nd a selection o these

centres:

SUM - Centre or Development and the Environment

MILEN - Environmental Change and Sustainable Energy

TIK - Centre or Technology, Innovation and Culture

Kultrans - Cultural Transormations in the Age o Globalization

CEES - Centre or Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis

NCoE NorMER - The Nordic Centre or Research on Marine Ecosystems and Resources under

Climate Change

CREE - Oslo Centre or Research on Environmentally riendly Energy

The Sustainable Companies Project - Department o Private LawI you have questions about sustainability in education and research, contact the Sustainability

Advisor at Green UiO ([email protected]).

From the let:

Environmental Advisor: Torbjrn Bjnness, Sustainability Advisor: Maryam Faghihimani

Director o Green UiO Oce: Jorul Brvig Silde, Editor o Green Booklet: Marte Guttulsrd

Communication Ocer: Brge A. Roum

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Green FactsPeople oten need good reasons to change habits. Have a look at the acts below or inspiration

on leading a more eco-riendly liestyle.

Over 1m birds and sea creatures die each year rom entanglement or consumption o plastic.

Up to 95 % o electricity can be wasted when you leave the charger in the outlet ater the cell

phone is ully charged.

Compared with tap water, plastic bottled water consumes 1500 times more energy.

About 25 %o the ood produced in Norway ends up in garbage bins.

For reerences, please contact Green UiO.

Dugnad in Blindern Student Garden, July 2012

Green Hangouts

Green Drinks at Oslo Mekaniske Verksted, Tyen-bekken 34, every rst Tuesday o the month rom

5pm on:, www.greendrinks.org/Oslo. Join the Face-

book group Green Drinks Oslo.

Dugnads at Blindern Student Garden: a newly

established organic kitchen garden. Join the Face-

book group Blindern Studenthage or updates on

events, green discussions and inspiring photos othe garden.

Do you want updates on times and places

or Green UiO co-working sessions?

See contact ino on page 2.

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Green Oslo Lie Herr og Fru Retro at Sagene, Dannevigsgaten 18A: second-hand store selling clothing, small

urniture and kitchen items, www.herrogruretro.no, phone: 402 94 864.

Coop Mega at Bislett, Dalsbergstien 19: supermarket selling a good assortment o reasonablypriced organic products, phone: 406 41 381.

Rtter at St Hanshaugen, Ullevlsveien 39: small grocery store selling a variety o organic

and local products, both ood and cosmetics, www.roetter.no, phone: 23 69 73 06.

Vega, Akersgata 74: restaurant serving vegetarian/vegan buet, www.vegaairood.no,

phone: 479 21 212.

Farmers Markets, where you can buy local and organic ood directly rom the producers,

www.bondensmarked.no.

Fretex: Norways largest second-hand goods chain store, www.retex.no.

Food Story at Grnerlkka, Thorvald Meyersgate 61: restaurant serving organic and local

products, www.oodstory.no, phone: 22 37 99 37.

Friends Fair Trade, Storgata 36 B, www.riendsairtrade.no, phone: 928 60 927.

Kolonihagen at Frogner, Frognerveien 33: organic restaurant specializing in serving seasonal

ingredients or Sundays buet, www.kolonihagenrogner.no, phone: 993 16 810.

Citybike: pay 90 NOK per year or a membership that allows you to cycle as much as you

want around the city, www.oslobysykkel.no, phone 815 00 250.

Do you want to get your own, cheap second hand bicycle rom auction?

Visit www.auksjonshuset.no.

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I want a more sustainable liestyle!

What can I do? Walk, bike or use public transport.

Get a reusable cup or your coee and bring your

water bottle along.

Avoid products with unnecessary plastic wrap-

ping; a lunch box rom home is the most envi-

ronmentally riendly choice.

Reduce your meat consumption. Meat contrib-

utes to about 18 % o greenhouse gas emissions.

Talk to your riends about green alternatives. Social

media can be ecient communication channels.

Check out the list o fea markets (www.loppemarkeder.ino) and have a look at

the Green Guide to Oslos list o organic restaurants, green apps and second-hand stores(www.gronnguide.no).

Theres only one corner o the universe you can be certain o improving, and

thats your own sel. So you have to begin there, not outside, not on other people.

That comes aterward, when youve worked on your own corner. - Aldous Huxley

Squash plants ready to be planted in Blindern

Student Garden

The student parliament is a major driving orce or concrete environmental eorts,

such as the establishment o Green UiO. As a signicant societal actor, UiO should pave

the way in the ght against the biggest challenge o our time: the climate crisis.

Morten Bakke Kristoersen, President o Student Parliament at UiO

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Here you can nd a list o political student organizations at UiO:

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Paper: Cyclus Print, 100% recycled, chlorine-ree bleach

Editor: Marte Guttulsrd, Green UiO

Publisher: 07 Oslo

Layout: UiO Reprosentralen and Communications Department

Blindern Student Gardenstudenthagen.wordpress.com

[email protected]

Facebook: Blindern Studenthage

Changemaker Student Group Oslo

www.indiapindia.com/cm

[email protected]: Changemaker Oslo Student

Future in Our Hands Blindern

www.blindern.ramtiden.no

[email protected]

Facebook: Framtiden i vre hender

Green Studentswww.gronnestudenter.no

[email protected]

Facebook: Oslo Grnne Studenter

Spire lokallag Blindern

www.spireorg.no

[email protected]

Tvergastein

www.tvergastein.com

[email protected]

Facebook: Tvergastein

Student Organizations with Environmental Focus


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Consumer Tips good or the wallet,

good or well-being and good or the environment!

Check the ridge: letover dinners are underestimated.

Make a shopping list: impulsive purchases are oten expensive and unsustainable.

Ask or organic products! This increases the demand.

Remember to bring a shopping bag or backpack.

Go or durable products instead o low quality ones.

Birthday presents: How about an invitation or dinner, a concert or a homemade card? Visit second hand stores and fea markets. Create your own style!

Borrow what you dont need to own and plan or swapping events with riends.

Give away clothes and things you dont need to Fretex, UFF or fea markets.

Plan dinners with riends.

Have more vegetables but less meat.

Home-grown salad rom

Blindern Student Garden, July 2012

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