Sustainability at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

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• FSG Sustainability Team

  The faculty's sustainability team is open for every colleague or student from our faculty wishing to join. We're currently a team of about 10 people from all three Schools. If you want to contribute or share ideas, you can always e-mail us or start by joining the FSG Sustainbility Community in Teams. Also feel free to join the VU-wide Sustainability Community there.
  

• VU Waste project 2025

  Would you like to help reduce waste and improve waste separation on our campus? Then join the project this fall with colleagues from our sustainability team and many others. It is organized by VU’s Sustainability Office. You can check this page for the latest news. Or learn more about Zero Waste project and waste streams here.

• Digital Cleanup Day 2026

  We are planning to participate in Digital Cleanup Day again in March next year. Want to improve something right away? Read more about energy saving tips and tricks or check the tips from IT (in Dutch)!

• Useful Links

  Sustainability Office VU (implementing the VU sustainability strategy)

  Amsterdam Sustainability Institute (sustainability-related research at VU)

  Green Office (sustainability platform for students)

  Environmental Humanities Center

  Amsterdam Centre for Religion and Sustainable Development

  VU Climate Expertise Center 

  Sustainability University Assembly 

• Earlier Projects

  2025

  -We are currently participating in the Waste Project.

  -The team organized the first Climate Exam at VU, together with VU's Sustainability Office.

  2024

  -In 2024 the SSC sustainability team organized the Energy Challenge. Between February 15^th and April 15^th, five teams took on a project linked to this topic: Team Energy Use Tips & Tricks, Team Energy Helpdesk, Team Warm & Cold, Team Sustainability Research and Team Sustainability Education.

  2023

  -In the autumn of 2023, an SSC Sustainability Survey was created in collaboration with VU’s Sustainability Office. 

  -From March until October 2023 we hosted the Sustainability Challenge at SSC: a challenge booklet was made to and there was a physical location that embodied the change of the collective, the 'change tree', which visited all departments. The idea was to try to change a habit in 21 days. The challenges were linked to the six impact topics from the School's sustainability policy. 

  2022

  -Learn more about the efforts to reduce our carbon footprint and optimize resource usage through sustainable work routines and best practices in the SSC policy document.

• Sustainable Travel Information

  Sustainable Business Travel Guideline - for employees

  Green Travel Guide - for students