The University of Bamburg is being honored again for its commitment to sustainability and ?? Fairtrade University ?? Can continue to hold the title of Wear, as stated in a press release from the university.
This title was given to him for the first time in 2018. Fairtrade Universities promote university actors’ awareness and commitment to fair trade ?? Combined with the implementation of specific projects on campus. The subject of Fairtrade represents an aspect in the larger subject of sustainability at the University of Bamburg and has a visible and tangible contribution.
In the target agreement for 2019 to 2022, stability is an important cornerstone. Chancellor Dagmar Steer-Flyer of the University of Bamburg says: ?? Such awards not only confirm our efforts to achieve greater sustainability, but also encourage us to deal more intensively with sustainability issues and implement further projects at the university. . Our students also contribute significantly to this especially through their initiative.
University programs are focused on fair trade
Since 2018 has the university had much to anchor the subject of Fairtrade in teaching, research and administration and thus the norms of a Fairtrade University? To be completed: University programs in all faculties address the issue of Fairtrade.
This includes, for example, the seminar? How fair (trade) is Bamburg? A socio-ethical debate? From the Chair of Theological Ethics in the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, as well as a seminar on sustainability in sales and marketing.
In addition, in recent years there have been screenings of thematic films, including, for example, the film The Green Lie? Shown and then discussed. Fair-trade products are offered at the Bamburg canteen, in collaboration with Studenwerk Würzburg.
In addition, at this year’s Dice Academicus, at the founding ceremony of Otto Frederick University, three sustainability awards may be given for the first time. The Bamburg Lyceum Foundation donates the award, which is awarded to members of the university who are particularly committed to sustainability in research, teaching and campus management.
The tasks and measures related to Fairtrade are coordinated into one of the ten working groups of the Sustainability Steering Group at the University, which since 2016 has been dedicated to the theme of sustainability in all departments. Currently 17 people represent the fields of study, teaching, research and administration.
Dr. Caroline is the head of the BRICS-Asala Fairtrade University Working Group and has also been responsible for other sustainability issues such as EMAS validation since September 2020. The abbreviation EMAS stands for “Eco-Management and Audit Scheme”. It is a voluntary instrument of the European Union that helps organizations continuously improve their environmental performance. ?? Part of the Bamburg University goal agreement from 2019 to 2022 is to first systematically record its environmental impact and improve it further in the future ??, Carolyn Brix-Asala explains.
Fairtrade should become an increasingly important subject in research
“In the future, we would like to anchor the theme of Fairtrade even more firmly outside the university community and beyond,” explains Dagmar Steer-Flyer. This means, for example, offering even more fair trade products and collaborating with external partners at university events.
Mediation by Fairtrade Germany, for example, at this year’s Sustainability Week of University of Wealthhaus Firth speaker Sarah Brockman ?? Regional and fair ?? She speaks on the subject of ?? It is also important for students to offer more Fairtrade products on campus. We want to support it with Ag Fairred University ??, says Carolyn Brix-Asala. Communication concludes that interest in the topic should also be aroused in research, so that, for example, more research related to Fairtrade can be produced.
The network of German Fairtrade Universities consists of 32 universities. The campaign is also available worldwide in Great Britain, Brazil, South Korea and Poland.
Additional Information At: www.uni-bamberg.de/nachhaltigkeit/fairtrade
