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

Het UvA Green Office is blij te kunnen aankondigen dat we voor het komende academisch jaar drie functies aannemen! Let op: de posities...

Course registration is coming up! Have you chosen your electives already? Do you want to dive deeper into sustainability? The Research...

Continuing our monthly recipes series … Here's another three recipes you can cook for yourself and your loved ones with produce that is...