Our vision
Our vision is a Green Office that promotes sustainable development and brings it to the entire university. Through forward-looking, visionary projects, our university members, from students to professors, are helping to shape the campus in a sustainable way. We see the campus as a permanent living lab. Our university is becoming a sustainable institution and future workshop for the major challenges facing society. It helps to train students to become shapers of change.
Our mission
The Green Office is a catalyst for sustainability at the University of Stuttgart: it is a main contact point that connects interested parties and stakeholders at all levels. It creates space for ideas, promotes and empowers interested individuals and groups to contribute to change towards a sustainable future. It works closely with the existing committees and institutions of the University of Stuttgart. All members of the university are involved.
We want
We want to establish a large sustainability network at the university and beyond, establish a lively and participatory sustainability culture on campus and create transparency, e.g. by regularly publishing sustainability reports. We also want to contribute to the development of the university's climate protection concept, support the establishment of a green teaching and further education program for students and employees and contribute to an environmentally friendly redesign of campus infrastructures.
Climate Fresk – the Green Office presents the climate puzzle:
A scientific, collaborative, and creative workshop to learn more about the climate – and what we can do to protect it. In small groups, you will piece together scientific facts like puzzle pieces and gradually recognize the connections within the climate system.
This playful method makes complex knowledge accessible and ensures exciting discussions and new perspectives. It's not just about knowledge, but also about dialogue, teamwork, and shared ideas for a sustainable future.
Places are limited – secure your spot now and be part of an inspiring climate workshop!
Stuttgart fährt mit Winter Challenge is starting - win up to €100!
Form as many carpools as possible between October 15 and December 19, 2025, and work your way up the leaderboard! Your trips count both as a driver and as a passenger.
News on sustainability at the University of Stuttgart
The Green Office mails newsletters once a month on sustainability topics in the areas of research and transfer, teaching and further training, campus and operations. This includes funding opportunities, sustainability projects and measures, event information, job advertisements and other topics. You can subscribe to the newsletter with your e-mail here:
Sustainability at the University of Stuttgart
Carpooling via Stuttgart fährt mit is now even more rewarding!
The five people who have completed the most trips per institution will win – but they must have completed at least three trips to be eligible for a prize. We will award the following five vouchers (wunschgutschein.de) per institution:
- 1st place: €100
- 2nd place: €75
- 3rd place: €50
- 4th place: €30
- 5th place: €20
New for the SFM Winter Challenge 2025: Among the top 50 participants who have completed at least three trips, three additional €50 Geheimtipp Stuttgart vouchers will be available to be won. These can be redeemed at various delicious restaurants in Stuttgart.
We wish you the best of luck in the competition and always a safe journey!
What is the Green Office doing?
- Projects and courses, e.g.
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- Interdisciplinary Key Qualification ActGreen - implement your sustainability project (German)
- Interdisciplinary Key Qualification Sustainability between science and everyday life (German)
- KlimaOasen - we want a green campus
- Campus clean ups
- Shaping together!
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- stuvus student union
- Management and administration of the University of Stuttgart
- Real-world laboratory for an emission-free campus (MobiLab) and a climate-neutral university (CampUS hoch i)
- Konzepte, Strategien, Kampagnen, z.B.
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- Energie- und Klimaschutzkonzept der Universität Stuttgart
- Nachhaltigkeitsbericht
- Energiesparkampagnen
- Ride-Sharing App "Stuttgart-fährt-mit"
Sustainability update!
Virtual Reality als Gamechanger
This is exactly where the Stuttgart research initiative DiTEnS (Discursive Transformation of Energy Systems) comes in. Their project explores how virtual and augmented reality can help to create complex energy transformations together. Instead of endless meetings, there are immersive workshops in which everyone involved – from students to university administrators – can experience future scenarios firsthand.
Science Day 2025
This year’s Science Day was once again full of interesting conversations — especially about how sustainability is becoming an integral part of research across disciplines.
Sustainability profiles of different projects
Renewable Energy Day
It was our pleasure to welcome many visitors to our stand on Renewable Energy Day! We appreciate everyone who participated in our crossword puzzle and got a chance to spin our wheel of fortune. Hopefully, you even won a prize that made your day a bit more sustainable.
Sustainability Autumn Festival and Network Sustainable Campus
On 7 November 2024, the Green Office hosted the first Sustainability Autumn Festival at the Ökumenisches Zentrum on the Vaihingen campus. The event was a great success and the start of a closer exchange and collaboration between the student groups.
Green Office goes LCOY 2024
Our student assistant Felix attended the LCOY in Berlin from 25 to 27 October together with 11 representatives from the Renewable Energy Engineering and Environmental Engineering student groups. In addition to a very wide range of workshops with speakers from Germany and abroad, the conference also offered the opportunity to exchange ideas and network with participants of all ages and from various fields. And of course, there was also plenty of fun during the weekend!
New semester kick-off: Markt der Möglichkeiten
This year's Markt der Möglichkeiten took place on 7 October in the Liederhalle - and we were there! We introduced the new students to the diverse initiatives of the Green Office and showed them how they can get involved in sustainability alongside their studies.
Virtual water light installation
The finep water installation is currently part of the KLIMA.LÄND.TAGE in building K1 of the Stadtmitte campus. Everyone is invited to take advantage of the interactive exhibition and find out how much water consumer goods use in their production. The installation will be shown until 1 October, come and see it!
Jobfestival für Klimaschutz (job festival for climate protection)
We represented the University of Stuttgart together with the student group of Environmental Engineering and the student association Crossing Borders Stuttgart e.V. Our aim was to present the numerous initiatives and projects of our university in the field of sustainability and climate protection and to show the importance of protecting our environment and the opportunities to get actively involved in your studies, training or job.
Science Day
On 8 June, the Science Day took place on the Vaihingen campus. The Green Office enjoyed the many friendly and interesting discussions.
Contact us
If you have any inquiries, feedback or ideas, please email us to green.office@uni-stuttgart.de. You can also follow and contact us on Instagram (@greenoffice.unistuttgart).
We thank
THE SCHAUFLER FOUNDATION for their generous support, because without them the Green Office would not be able to operate.
SUSTAINABILITY AT OUR UNIVERSITY
Ansprechpersonen
Felix Hebeler
Dr.Head of Green Office und Sustainability Manager
Brigitte Lorenz
Dr.Sustainability manager