By: Ben Lever Recently, there is growing attention on the amount of carbon emissions associated with the International Education industry, which may not be surprising – if there’s any group of people who are acutely … Read More
Leading Countries in Eco-Friendly Practices
Written by: Chloe Walker Eco-Friendly Practices Across The Globe All around the world, both developed and developing countries are being called on to respond to the increasing challenges of climate change and pollution. Some countries, … Read More
Australia Burns
Written by: Ben Lever I’ve finished my exchange semester at the VU at the end of December, and returned to my home country of Australia for Christmas. The scenes I’ve returned to have been absolutely … Read More
Planes vs Trains
Written by: Ben Lever November 26, 2019 Flying is one of the most emissions-intensive activities the average person does. A short domestic flight generates about 1.5 times as many emissions per passenger-kilometre than driving a … Read More
Green Office 5th Anniversary
This year we will celebrate the 5th anniversary of the Green Office together with VUvereniging’s De Vrije Wereld. We will reflect on the achievements of the Green Office during these 5 years and look forward to … Read More
Anna’s Garden at the Green Science Park
Anna’s garden started as an initiative from team Green Science Park to create an ecological garden in the area between the main entrance of the FNWI and the circuit around the Science Park. Over time, … Read More
The New VU Foodbox
The eagle-eyed amongst you may have noticed the recent changes over at Farmed Today. Following its launch 12 months ago, founder Demba Lehrer has been consistently tweaking the Farmed Today products in order to ensure … Read More
Recipe: Beets by Foodbox
After a couple of weeks of enjoying the VU FoodBox, I somehow always ended up the one vegetable that I couldn’t figure out what to do with… beets! I had never cooked with or used … Read More
To publish, or not to publish? That’s not the question
During the late nights and long hours spent over assignments, you may wonder why publishing your work would be an appealing idea. Here are three convincing reasons to open that document, grab another coffee and … Read More