2016 ISCN Awards: Student Leadership

Together for EnvironmentalAwarness, 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 ProgramWebsite: www.fenntarthatosag.elte.hu FB-page: facebook/elteeksz

The results: 2008-2014


102.000 kg wastefrom

2010 to 2014

From 1 st April 2014 several bins arecancelled due tothe selective wastecollection, saving 3.000.000 forints(10.526 euros per year to theinsitution)

Wastealtogether

31000 liters of compostingcapacity

Inside and gardencomposting inplace

About 20-50% less waste in the bins

Compost

1.320 liter

1.320.000 liter water saved

OilOn 102.000 kg recycled wasteabout 50.000 kg was paper

132 tons of treesaved, didn’tneed to be cut

Paper

23.000 hours

Value of 49000 euros

Volunteers’

Workinghours

8000 frogs

50 Great tits

20 Hedgehogs

5500 Flowersand Trees (100 trees)

Animalsplants

The results until 2014


420.000.000 forints

1.473.680 euros

OfficiallyEstimated

goodwill of the

program The ELTE EKSZ Program compliances

The 6th HungarianNational EducationalProgram aboutSustainableDevelopment (2014-2019), because of the highinvolvement of theyouth.

Education

NGO organisationworks in order toinstitutionalinterests 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 leadedand based program with the support of theUniversity senior management and the activeparticipation 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 positivecommunication

Evaluation in ISO 14001 (under construction)

Developing devices and raising money to reduce environmentalimpact

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 associationsand the University

The program is open to every citizen who agrees withthe goals and the ethical document

With volunteer contracts between VHE and thevolunteers

By personal meetings, by trainings, by doodle and googlegroups


Operating system – (during fulfillment)

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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 (sustainabilityworking groups)

Sustainabilitycoordinator

• Sustainabilityvolunteer (studentor staff)


Sustainabilitycoordinator



Sustainabiltycoordinator




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: [email protected]


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https://www.facebook.com/EKSZ-k%C3%A9zm%C5%B1ves-alkot%C3%B3m%C5%B1hely-1663789327229882/?fref=ts

http://www.youtube.com/user/elteeksz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgP3QHF5Vbs

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Environmental and professionalcooperation partners from 2008


Environmental and professionalcooperation partners from 2008



University Cooperation partners from 2008

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