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WHAT IS THE SUSTAINABILITY WEEK?
A week of sustainability focused events
Largest student run sustainability event in Switzerland

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GOALS
• Reach and inform as many students
as possible
• Set concrete sustainability demands
to the universities
• Connect the five universities
• Organise and run the event
sustainably and democratically

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BRINGING SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES TO OUR CAMPUSES
Over 120 events
Over 10,000 visitors

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2016: THE MOST SUCCESSFUL YEAR YET
Over 4,000 visitors

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ENGAGING STUDENTS IN DIALOGUE WITH KEY ECONOMIC, SOCIAL
AND ACADEMIC LEADERS

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CONCRETE DEMANDS TO THE UNIVERSITIES
• More research and teaching on the limits of economic growth
• Strategies for sustainable investment (divestment)
• Sustainability report
• Concepts for reducing airplane travel emissions
• Increased sustainability focus in teaching and research
• To students: become more actively engaged in sustainability issues

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COLLABORATION WITH THE SWISS STUDENT UNION
Swiss Student Union releases paper of sustainability demands to all Swiss
universities at the Sustainability Week press conference

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ORGANISE AND RUN THE EVENT SUSTAINABLY AND DEMOCRATICALLY

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PRESENCE ON CAMPUS, ONLINE AND AROUND THE CITY

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SUSTAINABILITY WEEK IN THE MEDIA

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ACHIEVMENTS
• introduction of a minor in environment studies at the University of Zurich
• opening of a vegan/vegetarian cafeteria at the University of Zurich
• creation of a sustainability delegate position at the University of Zurich

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A TEAM EFFORT

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PARTNERS: ALL STUDENT UNIONS

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FINANCIAL SUPPORT
• ETH Sustainability
• Departement Bau, Umwelt und Geomatik
• Department Mathematik
• Departement Geistes-, Sozial- und
Staatswissenschaften
• Departement Umweltsystemwissenschaften
• Departement Erdwissenschaften
• Institut für Evolutionsbiologie und
Umweltwissenschaften
• Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
• Theologisches Seminar
• Institut für Sozialanthropologie und Empirische
Kulturwissenschaft
• Medizinische Fakultät
• Rechtswissenschaftliche
• Geographisches Institut
• Vetsuisse Fakultät
CATERING: SV Group, Universität Zürich, ETH Zürich, in collaboration with "Zum guten Heinrich"

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WHERE TO NOW? NHW IN 2017 AND BEYOND

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THANK YOU FOR WATCHING!
To find out more visit us at:
www.nachhaltigkeitswoche.ch