Walking the Talk

The EU 1.5° LIFESTYLES consortium is well aware of the fact that all our activities within the project have certain environmental burdens on our planet (CO₂ emission, waste, energy use, etc. due to our project meetings, workshops, conferences, thinking labs, ordinary work in the office).

That is why we are trying to reduce these burdens and if possible compensate them in the following ways:

EU 1.5° LIFESTYLES partner GreenDependent shared its 'green events checklist' with the consortium that we all agreed to bear in mind when organizing our project meetings, all project related events, including the final project conference. The checklist can be viewed here, and it considers factors about:

• choice of venue,
• transport/travelling of participants
• organisation and arrangement of the venue,
• catering, food and drinks,
• preparation of materials for the event, and
• implementation of the event.

In line with this, we ensure that our events have as small carbon and ecological footprint as possible by:

• sourcing locally,
• providing meals that are seasonal, local, organic and fairtrade as much as possible,
• providing meals that are vegetarian/vegan,
• keeping leftovers and serve them again
• using re-usable cups, glasses, bottles,
• buying water in returnable glass bottles (if needed)
• re-using mugs and glasses at the meeting

In addition to reducing our event-related footprint, we also aim at minimising our travel footprints, both within and between countries. This means that we use public transportation and avoid flying as much as possible.

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Our heroine colleague, Lena Domröse, who also transported her luggage by bike during the General Assembly Meeting in Münster

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GDI is travelling to the Münster meeting by train from Hungary

Furthermore, whenever printing project-related materials, including materials needed to facilitate face-to-face events as well as communication materials, we follow the principles summarised in the table below.