Upcoming Events
Bring us your clothes
If you have clothes that are in great condition but no longer needed and you're looking to free up space in your closet, bring them to us!
Monday - Friday
from 10 till 16
Green Office VU (HG KC-18)
Open House II Workshops
Join us for workshops where you’ll:
✨ Learn how to crochet
✨ Upcycle your clothes
✨ Cook and enjoy delicious vegan food
A perfect blend of creativity, sustainability, and community!
📍 Sign up via the link
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdJDE0teVL3XPcHBhLsFqQtt7Ywoakh346nhUalHDy5bZUH_g/viewform
WaterBear Short Films Screening
🌿🎬 Short Films Screening 🎬🌿
Hi all! We’re super excited to announce an event in collaboration with WaterBear, featuring 3 inspiring short films about everyday sustainable initiatives in the Netherlands, Sweden, and England! 🌍✨
Plus, one of the films highlights our very own Worm Hotel 🐛—a Green Office project!
📅 Date: March 5th
⏰ Time: 16:30 - 18:00
📍 Location: 3D Room, WN Building
💚 Free entry! Sign-up link https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScNpUa40kTvNgTaz6YRHjQcusVyJ1dLB-dxltr3vRfmJnFQ6g/viewform
Movie Viewing "Dark Waters"
🎬✨ MOVIE VIEWING ALERT! ✨🎬
Join Green Office VU for a special screening of Dark Waters 🌍💧—a powerful film uncovering one of the deadliest environmental cover-ups in history!
📍 Location: 3D Room, WN Building
📅 Date: Friday, February 7
⏰ Time: 16:30
🍿 Snacks & Drinks Provided!
Let’s come together for an inspiring evening of cinema, conversation, and climate action! 🌱♻️
🔗 Register now!
https://forms.gle/aj8N5NjEgwRJkBi68
💚 GO VU Open House (Workshops)
23 January 2025
16:30 - 18:30
Green Office VU (HG KC-18)
Join us for workshops where you’ll:
✨ Learn how to crochet
✨ Upcycle your clothes
✨ Cook and enjoy delicious vegan food
A perfect blend of creativity, sustainability, and community!
📍 Sign up via the link
Game Night
Olympic Game Games with Sinterklaas theme. Compete in teams against each other in various board games and playful challenges in order to win medals. After the competition, we will play a classic Sinterklaas Dobbelspel to distribute gifts. You are welcome to bring a small gift with you to add to the gift pile.
Date: Friday, December 6th
Time: 19u-22u
Location: Green Office @ VU campus (Hoofdgebouw), De Boelelaan 1105 Amsterdam
Signup is possible via the following form: https://forms.gle/1pPjkWFJMq1r7VcDA
Sustainable Fashion Show
MASTERING CREATIVITY SUSTAINABLE FASHION SHOW
Presented by VU University’s Mastering Creativity Course
When: 04 December 2024
Time: 19:00
Where: VU Campus - HG-16A00 Kerkzaal
Discover the Art of Creativity
Join us for an evening of bold designs, fresh ideas, and sustainable fashion, featuring:
Fashion Show: Be inspired by the innovative designs created by our talented students.
Clothing Auction: Take home exclusive runway pieces and support sustainability in style!
Clothing Swap: Refresh your wardrobe the eco-friendly way—bring your preloved items and swap them for new treasures.
LIMITED SPOTS - Please SIGN UP
https://masteringcreativityfashionshow.eventsquare.store/xopbnwjcf9ta
Dress to impress!
Community Lunch
Join us every other Wednesday for a relaxed Community Lunch! 🍴✨ Bring your own food, and we’ll provide some snacks and a cozy, welcoming atmosphere. It’s the perfect opportunity to connect with fellow students and staff, share ideas, and enjoy good company in a friendly, informal setting. Let’s eat, talk, and inspire each other! 💚
Movie Viewing "Trashed"
Join us on Friday, November 29, from 15:00 to 18:00, for a special screening of the 2012 documentary "Trashed" in the 3D Room (WN Building). This eye-opening film, featuring Jeremy Irons, delves into the global waste crisis and its impact on our environment and health.
Sign Making Workshop for Sustainability Day
🎨 Sign-Making for Sustainability Day with Green Office! 🌿
Want to be part of Sustainability Day at VU? Join us for a creative crafternoon and help make signs for the big event!
📍 Where: Green Office
We'll provide all the supplies—paint, markers, cardboard, and wood—so you can design impactful signs for the Sustainability Day Market Fair. Plus, there will be snacks and drinks to keep the creativity flowing!
Let’s make this a fun and creative afternoon together!
👉 Please fill out this form https://forms.gle/qbLNaXmjrS6t5tu58 to help us plan and know how many people to expect.
Sewing workshop
Want to learn from a real fashion designer? Using inspiration from Japanese Techniques such as Sashiko and Boto in addition to traditional darning, we will learn to creatively repair ripper/torn/stained or hole ridden garments that would otherwise go to a landfill. So bring your item that you would like to work on and let's create a unique piece! With guest fashion designer Kasha Fowler Crampton.
Registration mandatory! Limited spots! Register here:
https://forms.office.com/e/DpSQuwiphn
Movie Night x Anthrocine
Join us for Movie Night on May 8th from 16:00 to approximately 19:00, presented by Green Office VU and Anthrocine. We'll be showcasing Living Together: The Story of De Warren.
Enjoy the film, complimentary pizza, and drinks on this festive occasion! To ensure we order enough pizza for everyone, please fill your name in the registration form.
Location: 3D room, at Vrije Universiteit (next to SPAR) - De Boelelaan 1085 - 1081 HV AMSTERDAM.
Sustainable Career Event
Looking for a job with a sustainable impact? Or just want to get inspired? Join the Sustainable Career Event at the WTC Zuid! More information soon!
Zero Waste DIY for home!
Want to minimalise your waste? Do it yourself! Waste reduction is the best way towards a more circular economy. In this workshop you will learn how to make deodorant, detergent, candles and an exfoliating scrub so you never have to buy plastic single use packaged versions. We make them organic and vegan! Better for your skin, your weallet and the planet!
Please register for the workshop
Workshop by Chickfashic
Hosted by Chickfashic, a pioneering sustainable fashion company, this workshop adds on your sewing skills from last week's workshop! Learn how to do quick fixes and alterations at home to prolong your clothes' lifespan while gaining insights into fashion's supply chain. Together, let's embrace sustainable fashion and empower ourselves to make conscious wardrobe choices that benefit both people and the planet!
Please register here: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=nJwqRqYt-0uzGA-DBD_kmx6uDqbb5ZhFpDogb0gqN49UNkNDSVlQRkowMzBFN1pYS0VDN0dQV1U5Si4u
Bike Repair Workshop
For this workshop, we have invited the skilled people for the Bike Kitchen to tell you all the tips and tricks on fixing your own bike! Learn how to repair your bike and never get tired of a flat tire! They will demonstrate the most common repairs, so you can save money, time, and make your own bike the smoothest ride.
Waste Tour and workshop
Do you want to know what happens with your waste after you put it in a bin on campus? Join our tour through the VU's underground world and follow the path of your waste along the university's extensive tunnel system. Learn how waste management will change in the upcoming years and how we will get to Zero Waste together.
Sewing workshop
Want to learn from a real fashion designer? Using inspiration from Japanese Techniques such as Sashiko and Boto in addition to traditional darning, we will learn to creatively repair ripper/torn/stained or hole ridden garments that would otherwise go to a landfill. So bring your item that you would like to work on and let's create a unique piece! With guest fashion designer Kasha Fowler Crampton.
Registration mandatory! Limited spots! Register here:
https://forms.office.com/e/DpSQuwiphn
Circular Economy Week
Full planning is up! Check the workshops and activities here on the website, or on our instagram! @greenofficevu
Don’t forget to register for the workshops and activities!
https://forms.office.com/e/DpSQuwiphn
Culinary Connections: Cookbook Launch and Celebrations
Join us for the grand launch of our cookbook, where we'll cook up delicious recipes together and toast to a week of sustainability!
Game Night
Get ready for a game night with a twist as we delve into the fascinating world of food systems and dietary choices! Challenge your friends to think critically about the food they consume and explore ways to make more sustainable choices that benefit both our health and the environment.
Food for Thought
Join us for an enlightening event on the pivotal role of our food system in shaping the health of our planet!
Food Footprint Challenge
Join us for an interactive game event where you'll rank your everydayfood items based on their environmental footprint. Challenge your perceptions and discover the environmental impact of your dietary choices.
Food Sustainability Week
Nourish the Future! Dive into workshops, talks, and events on the environmental impact of our food choices. Join the conversation and explore sustainable eating with us, including a special vegan cooking session
Community Borrel II
The second Community Borrel! This time, we have a great combination for you. Not can you only have some drinks and snacks with us, we are also combining this our Green Friday event! There will be workshops, talks, discounts and repairing options all day!
For more information, please check the Green Friday event, or follow the latest updates on our instagram
Please sign up for the workshop via the link!
Green Friday
Reflect. Rethink. Reuse.
our answer to Black Friday: join our workshops, talks and other events on repairing, reusing, recycling, and how you can make your shopping habits easily more sustainable!
10:00 - 16:00 Clothing Swap all day!!!
11:00 - 12:00 Vegan and Zero-waste Deo workshop - SIGN UP HERE
Discount for the PhoneLab for a repair!!! Also sign up with the link
12:00 - 13:30 Lunchbreak
15:00 - 16:30 Guest Speaker Enric Noguera about overconsumption and foodwaste
15:00 - 20:00 Community Borrel, for snacks and drinks
Climate Mars!
On Sunday 12th of November, 13:00 in Amsterdam, there is the Mars for Climate Justice. Are you joining us?
Problems considering the climate, housing, biodiversity, poverty, pollution and racism are rising. However, Dutch politics doesn’t seem to provide a suiting action plan. That is why we are going to make our voice heard. We want to demand change. Only if we stand up together, they will have to listen. Hopefully you want to join us, to also make it a fun afternoon!
We will sign up as a “student blok” so you don’t have to be alone, but can join us!
Please contact Victor (community@greenofficevu.nl) if you are interested or if you have any questions!
More info on klimaatmars.nl
National Climate Week
This week, it will be National Climate Week (Nationale Klimaatweek) 2023! You can check what’s going on in your neighboorhood! On the website, you can find activities, tips and tricks, and more!
Are you doing anything special this National Climate week? Let us know!
Global Goals Jam
This is something for you! Collaborate and create sustainable solutions for local problems. This Global Goals Jam, you can work with different disciplines to adress local challenges and develop your own design. Make an impact, broaden your network and learn!
Sign up for this event via: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=HrsHCfwhb0eIQwLQnOtZp2XDrWhMYT1GqTasv7DOFxtUNkhQQjYwWUYySlgwQ0FIRTQxWU5NS0Q1QS4u
GO Birthday + Sustainability Day
It’s our birthday! So it will be a day full of activities! We organise a vegan deodorant making workshop in the morning, there will be a moment for cake ofcourse, a clothing swap at the initiative market and more! Check out the link for more info and other activities during the sustainability day. Info & Registration for activities
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