Sustainability is on everyone's agenda, but who gets to define it, who benefits, and what gets left out of the conversation? AJSS and the UvA Green Office are teaming up for a themed edition on Critical Sustainability, and we want your work in it. Have you written an article, op-ed, or thesis that questions, challenges, or rethinks sustainability? Whether it started as a course paper or a passion project, this is your chance to get it published and read. 📩 Submit to: ajss@uv

It's official! Our second critical sustainability lecture for this year will focus on the invisible care work behind the energy transition, presented by Dr Diana Vela Almeida. Find out how feminism and sustainability relate to each other! This presentation focuses on the labor relations in the mining and manufacturing industries that are needed for the energy transition. It draws attention to the often-overlooked reproductive labor that fundamentally underpins energy systems,

We're excited to announce our first lecture of the year! 'Green Deal Hangover and Climate Litigation' by Dr. Christina Eckes examines whether courts can push governments and major companies to take stronger climate action when political commitments to the European Green Deal are weakening. Description by Dr. Christina Eckes: Europe's Green Deal was supposed to mark a new era of climate ambition. Instead, parts of it are now being delayed, diluted or even dismantled. When ambi

Learn all about the Sustainability Ambassador programme, and apply today! The UvA Green Office is a student-led platform and is part of greater network of organizations that works in sustainability at the university. Our platform holds a special role in bridging the student body into this network. Through our Ambassador program we aim to further promote and incentivize sustainability across the UvA. You have the exciting opportunity to be a part of our vibrant community as a

Dear all, With the new academic year kicking off, we are finally starting our search for our new team of volunteers! We are thrilled to get started with this process and happy to get the year started with our community of volunteers! Why should you join? The UvA Green Office is a student-led platform and is part of a greater network of organizations that works in sustainability at the university. Our platform holds a special role in bridging the student body into this network

With the beginning of the new academic year, we updated our sustainability brochure! Not only did we give it a fresh design but also some of the content changed, so be excited for more food gems, tips and volunteering opportunities! You can also find the best places to make community over shared values. We’ve also included some additional tips about how to best practise digital sustainability during your time at the UvA. Especially if you just moved to Amsterdam, this guide

In 2021, UvA published a White Paper on Sustainability, laying out five objectives for 2021-2025. Several of these objectives included specific tasks assigned to the Green Office. Now that the period covered by the White Paper has ended, we believe that it is important for members of the UvA community to understand what progress has been made towards these goals. Although UvA has not formally released any statements about whether it met the White Paper objectives, Folia has

The Campus & Operations team explain how the UvA's waste recycling system works and how you can make best use of it. Credit: University of Amsterdam | www.uva.nl Picture this: You just finished your lunch at the cafeteria, and now you’re standing in front of the bins, holding a half-empty coffee cup, a sandwich wrapper, and a banana peel. You hesitate—where does it all go? Does this count as plastic? Is this compostable? Oh well, you toss everything into one bin and walk awa