25/10/2019
Austria
participants
Our Green Week has become an essential part of every semester. It is one week full of events to educate people about the environment and sustainability.
Every day, there was a different event to appreciate our beautiful planet with its diverse nature and to think about the impact of humanity on it!
Here's an overview of all the events:
- Hike with ESN - an excursion to the Vienna Woods which is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and also called Vienna’s “Green Lung”
- Movie Night - an movie streaming event to watch the documentary "Cowspiracy" which is a groundbreaking environmental documentary about animal agriculture
- Clothes Swapping - an event where the participats could exchange clothes to raise awareness of clothing consumption
- DIY Natural Cosmetics Workshop with ESN - a workshop to raise awareness of products which are harmful to the environment and that are used in the conventional cosmetics industry
- Fernwärme Spittelau - an excursion to Vienna's waste incineration plant to learn about Vienna’s waste, recycling and disposal system
The whole week was a very diverse mixture of events, some of them were more serious and/or informative about the current climate crisis and other environmental topics (Movie Night, Fernwärme Spittelau), others were more fun ones to approach these topics in a more practical way and/or to enjoy nature (DIY Natural Cosmetics Workshop, Clothes Swapping, Hike). All in all, our Green Week is always very well received by our students and our team.