The Green Office Launches its 2025/26 Sustainability Brochure
- Green Office
- 5 days ago
- 1 min read
Our first-ever Sustainability Brochure is here! This comprehensive document shows you all the ins and outs of leading a sustainable life in Amsterdam.
You can find volunteer opportunities, where to catch a sustainable meal or 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.
It’s important to note that some of the language in this brochure might sound like ‘lifestyle environmentalism’. This outlook centres individual choices in the battle against climate change, seeks outcomes through individual consumer choices, and positions modern middle-class lifestyles as the primary driver of ecological destruction.
While it is important for all of us to lead more sustainable lifestyles, it is also important to keep in mind that production also constrains consumption choices and establishing sustainability is not merely a matter of changing individual consumer choices.
It is critical to remember that power over production is concentrated in the hands of those who control productive resources. Therefore, it is not enough to simply change our personal consumption choices and only hold individuals accountable. This accountability should also be expanded to corporations, governments and supranational organisations through calls for systemic change
Instead, we invite you to use this document as an introduction to the many sustainable organisations that drive the sustainability movement in Amsterdam, and the Netherlands more widely.
You can download the brochure using the link below. You can also find a text-to-speech software-compatible version. We’ll keep the brochure updated throughout the year with updated information, additions to the lists of establishments, organizations and university policies.
