2016 ISCN Awards: Student Leadership

Together for Environmental
Awarness, ELTE
„You must be the change you wish to see in the world” Mahatma Gandhi
Website: www.fenntarthatosag.elte.hu FB-page: facebook/elteeksz

About Eötvös Loránd University
 Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem, Budapest
 Since 1635
 Biggest university of Hungary
 Locations
 8 campuses
 7 Dorms, 5 Special dorms
 3 Grammar Schools, 1 Grade School, 1 Nursery
 More than 10 other institutional locations, at least 70 buildings
 People
 About 28.000 students at the campuses
 3500 students in the Dorms
 3000 workers (teachers and staff)

The objectives of the Sustainability Program
2008-2014
 First main objective of the program: organising selective
waste system at the University by the operation of
volunteers. Between 2008-2010 the base of working was:
Environmental working groups, after 2010 it is:
Sustainability working groups. 7 people were between
the founders.
 Animal Protection Program
 Craft workshops from waste
 Sustainability actions, days, events
 Garden beautification Program

The results: 2008-2014
102.000 kg waste
from
2010 to 2014
From 1 st April 2014
several bins are
cancelled due to
the selective waste
collection, saving
3.000.000 forints
(10.526 euros per
year to the
insitution)
Waste
altogether
31000 liters of
composting
capacity
Inside and garden
composting in
place
About 20-50% less
waste in the bins
Compost
1.320 liter
1.320.000 liter
water saved
Oil
On 102.000 kg
recycled waste
about 50.000 kg
was paper
132 tons of tree
saved, didn’t
need to be cut
Paper
23.000 hours
Value of 49000
euros
Volunteers’
Working
hours
8000 frogs
50 Great tits
20 Hedgehogs
5500 Flowers
and Trees (100
trees)
Animals
plants

The results until 2014
420.000.000
forints
1.473.680 euros
Officially
Estimated
goodwill of
the
program The ELTE EKSZ
Program
compliances
The 6th Hungarian
National
Educational
Program about
Sustainable
Development (2014-
2019), because of
the high
involvement of the
youth.
Education
NGO
organisation
works in order to
institutional
interests in a
nonprofit way
Info

The objectives of the Sustainability Program
from 2015
 Adaptation to new Hungarian law of waste
 Zero Waste Program at the University
 Involvement of more volunteers to the Program
 Raising environmental awarness through education and
actions
 Environmentally Conscious University Program
 Working and networking in HUSUN and in international
organisations (Hungarian Sustainable University Network)

The contents of the objectives 1/6
Adaptation to new Hungarian law of waste
Completion of the selective waste system (outside
and inside system)
Organisation of measuring and managing of the
waste by volunteers (90% students, 10% staff)
Administration system – new contracts, applicating
law

Zero Waste Program
Institutional composting (garden and building)
Eliciting PET bottles by water filtration
Reusable glasses at university events
Campaigns, everyday communication
Waste Academy with ÖKO-Pack Kft. - exhibition

Involvement of more volunteers to the Program
Forming motivational system
90% students, 10% staff in the program (200
volunteers) – the rate of the affected people is
nearly the same (31000 people)- student leaded
and based program with the support of the
University senior management and the active
participation of the staff.
Recruitment
Community building

Raising environmental awarness through education and actions
 Education Program: eco-mapping, composting, coordinating and
leading skills, beer-sun collector (solar),
 Sustainability workshops
 Sustainability Days, events, lectures
 Everyday practice actions – how to clean eco or preparing things
 Campaigns, everyday communication
 Community Gardens

Environmentally Conscious University Program:
 Sensitization of University citizens – leaders and students by positive
communication
 Evaluation in ISO 14001 (under construction)
 Developing devices and raising money to reduce environmental
impact
 Education, gamification of the theme
 Brainstormings, research to implicate more fields from sustainability
(ecological, social, economical themes)
 Measuring and reducing CO2 of the University (under construction)

Working and networking in HUSUN and in international
organisations
(Hungarian Sustainable University Network)
To share best practices with the network
To develop 11 universities’ waste system
To start international metricscales (Greenmetric)
To build connection with Climate KIC

Operating system
 Financially independent from the university, run by an
association (Vezér Hallgatói Egyesület)
 In a close cooperation with other green civil associations
and the University
 The program is open to every citizen who agrees with
the goals and the ethical document
 With volunteer contracts between VHE and the
volunteers
 By personal meetings, by trainings, by doodle and
googlegroups

Operating system – (during fulfillment)
IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU
ISt ISt ISt ISt ISt ISt ISt ISt ISt ISt ISt ISt ISt ISt ISt ISt ISt ISt ISt ISt ISt ISt ISt
SWG SWG SWG SWG SWG SWG SWG SWG SWG SWG SWG SWG SWG SWG SWG SWG SWG SWG SWG SWG SWG SWG SWG
IU= Institutional unit
ISt= Institutional staff
SWG= Sustainability working group (Civil formation)
Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem
ELTE EKSZ=Together for Environmental Awarness, ELTE

Operating system – SWTs (sustainability
working groups)
Sustainability
coordinator
•Sustainability
volunteer (student
or staff)
•Sustainability
volunteer (student
or staff)
Sustainability
coordinator
•Sustainability
volunteer (student
or staff)
•Sustainability
volunteer (student
or staff)
Sustainabilty
coordinator
•Sustainability
volunteer (student
or staff)
•Sustainability
volunteer (student
or staff)
Management

Last results from 2014
 Greenmetric of Indonesia, 2015: better place with ELTE
and ELTE EKSZ: 113 places in advance
 1st place in Hungary in the educational category
 On a world list in the waste category from the 21 places:
the university is 8th.
Details: http://greenmetric.ui.ac.id/

Communication platforms
 Website: www.fenntarthatosag.elte.hu
 Facebook page – 1: www.facebook.com/elteeksz
 Facebook-page – 2:
https://www.facebook.com/Int%C3%A9zm%C3%A9nyi-
hullad%C3%A9kgazd%C3%A1lkod%C3%A1s-
478707182312699/?ref=ts&fref=ts
 Facebook-page – 3:
https://www.facebook.com/Mad%C3%A1rbar%C3%A1t-Egyetem-
963126937114960/?fref=ts
 Facebook-page – 4: https://www.facebook.com/EKSZ-
k%C3%A9zm%C5%B1ves-alkot%C3%B3m%C5%B1hely-
1663789327229882/?fref=ts
 Youtube-channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/elteeksz
 References: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgP3QHF5Vbs
 E-mail address: info@fenntarthatosag.elte.hu

Environmental and professional
cooperation partners from 2008

University Cooperation partners from 2008
PTE NYME-
SUN

2016 ISCN Awards: Student Leadership

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