Campaign Month "Sustainable September"

Source: https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/university/about-the-university/sustainable-university/sustainable-september Parent: https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/university/about-the-university/sustainable-university

The University of Bonn invites all its members to take part in the many varied initiatives and events about sustainability as well as to come up with ideas for own campaigns1.

Sustainable September 2025

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A big thank-you to everyone who took part in the many thrilling events!

RhineCleanUp2 2025
3GreenScreen4 — sustainability-related films at the Brotfabrik Bonn-Beuel
Workshop “Ideen, die schmecken! Gestalten mit nachhaltigen Materialien” (“Sweet Ideas: Designing with Sustainable Materials”) at the5Bundeskunsthalle6
Guided tour to the University of Bonn’s PV systems
KlimaPuzzle7
Swap Your Clothing meet at Campo Mensa in Poppelsdorf
Free apples from orchards as part of the week-long nationwide “Too good to go to waste” campaign at the Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES)8
Preparing sustainable goody bags to welcome first-semester students on October 8, 2025

We look forward to telling you about many more events and activities in our next campaign month, “Nachhaltiger November9”!

Sustainable September 2024

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As always, a big thank-you to everyone who took part in the many thrilling events!

RhineCleanUp10 2024
City Cycling11 for the University of Bonn 2024
Food rescue at the INRES Institute with free apples from the meadow orchards in the department's garden and organic potatoes from the university's own organic farm "Wiesengut."
GreenScreen3, the cinema focused on sustainability at the Brotfabrik in Bonn-Beuel; the initiators were Prof. Dr. Eva Nöthen and Gabriel Bohn with the film 'The Salt of the Earth'
Scythe training at the INRES Institute.
Preparing the first-ever sustainable goody bags to welcome first-semester students

We are excited to present many more activities during our upcoming action month, "Nachhaltiger November"

Sustainable September 2023

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A big thank-you to everyone who took part in the many thrilling events!

RhineCleanUp10 2023
City Cycling for the University of Bonn11 2023
Collecting crown caps for the organization Förderkreis Bonn e.V.12 (supporting children with cancer)
Water Quiz
Nationwide “Germany Saves Food13” campaign–helping to save food at the INRES Institute with free apples and potatoes and a “Fairteiler” stand. An event run by the INRES Institute14 in partnership with NEiS15 (Verbraucherzentrale NRW consumer association) and Foodsharing Bonn.
“Grill & Chill” - a sustainable-style event organized by General Students’ Committee’s Environmental Department16 and the Vegactive campus group17
Ideas competition “Sustainable Mobility at the University of Bonn”
Scythe training at the INRES Institute14

Sustainable September 2022

As always, a big thank-you to everyone who took part in the many thrilling events!

RhineCleanUp 202218
City Cycling19 for Team Uni Bonn
SDG Action Campaign—Global Week to #ACT4SDGs20
“Recycling Jeans” campaign organized by the IGLU initiative21
“To good to go to waste!22”: helping to save food at the INRES Institute8 with free apples and potatoes and a “Fairteiler” stand. An event run by the INRES Institute in partnership with NEiS 15(Verbraucherzentrale NRW consumer association) and Foodsharing Bonn.
Talk and workshop on preserving fruit and vegetables in the fall. This event was organized by CampusAckerdemie23, Biology Didactics and the NEiS project15, an initiative of the Verbraucherzentrale NRW consumer association.
Scythe training at the INRES Institute8.
Preparing the first-ever sustainable goody bags to welcome first-semester students on October 4, 2022.

1/16 During this year’s RhineCleanUp, the dedicated helpers once again cleared litter from the banks of the Rhine. © Universität Bonn

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Sustainable September 2021

„Sustainable September“ 2021 premiered as the first sustainable themed month at the University of Bonn – and there are many more to come! Students, employees, researchers as well as lecturers participated with great commitment, working towards more sustainability in our university and everday-lifes.

Thanks to everyone taking part!

Upcycling Workshops in cooperation with Bundeskunsthalle24
Rhine Clean Up18 2021
Fair goal wall shooting, organized by the student initiative fairtrade university
Free potatoes, apples (Wiesengut) and saved food at the INRES Institute25 in cooperation with NEiS 15and supported by the foodharing initiative26