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- Jun 16
- 1 min
Sustainable Courses and Minor Programs
The time has come again to register for some fresh new courses! As the Green Office, we have compiled a handy list of...
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Green Office
- Jun 9
- 4 min
Feeling Worried About Climate Change?
June 9, 2024 Authors: Carmen Heemsbergen, Vonne Smit, and Ä°lke Asal As students, we learn a lot about how the climate is changing. The...
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Green Office
- Jun 9
- 3 min
Embracing Sustainability: Our Guide to a Greener Wardrobe
"Buy less, choose well, make it last." - V. Westwood As defined by D’Aloia et al. (2017) fashion ‘is a wide set of performative practices...
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Green Office
- Apr 19
- 6 min
"To Fly or not to Fly": Sustainable Travel from A to Z
Car, bus, train, or plane, we all have our preferred method of transportation when it comes to traveling, and our choices often depend on...
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Green Office
- Mar 16
- 3 min
Growing Green: Why UvA Should Commit to Plant-Based Catering
How do you feel about having the chance to revolutionize UvA’s cafeteria? Launched in late 2021, Plant-Based Universities is an Animals...
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Green Office
- Dec 21, 2023
- 3 min
Nobody is perfect: Sustainable Resolutions for 2024
We asked, the Green Office team and volunteers voted! What are the main sustainable resolutions we aspire to with our individual actions?...
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Green Office
- Dec 1, 2023
- 2 min
Sustainable Courses of the Second Semester
The time has come again to register for some fresh new courses! As the Green Office, we have compiled a handy list of...
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Rebecca Cornelius
- May 25, 2022
- 10 min
UvA Alumni Portrait: Founder of Sea Going Green - Aleksandra Dragozet
Alumni Portraits, where we interview UvA alumni who are pursuing sustainable careers to inspire you to do the same! Graduated in 2016...
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Rebecca Cornelius
- Mar 14, 2022
- 8 min
UvA Alumni Portrait: Associate at PwC - Lobke Jurrius
Lobke graduated in 2020 with a Bachelor’s in Future Planet Studies, alongside a minor in Marine Living Resources at Wageningen...
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Green Office
- Feb 27, 2022
- 6 min
UvA Alumni Portrait: The local community supporter - Rebecca Braak
Rebecca Braak completed her Master’s in Business Administration with a specialization in International Management, and is the founder of...
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Green Office
- Feb 9, 2022
- 7 min
UvA Alumni Portrait: Senior Strategist Pieter Krans at ICF, largest climate change consultancy
Pieter Krans is a Senior Business Strategist at ICF, the largest climate change consultancy in the world. ICF works with companies and...
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