Our initiatives
Check out our green initiatives on Utrecht Science Park.
Repair Café
Do you have items you don’t use anymore because they are broken? What a pity, but help is on its way! Come to the monthly Repair Café and bring your broken items.
Thrift Shack
Are you looking for second-hand practical items? The Thrift Shack in het Educatorium is the solution!
The Freedge
The Freedge has been installed in the Vagant. Do you have leftover food because you bought too much or you are going on holiday? Or are you hungry? Come by the Freedge.
Utrecht Student Tree Fund
The Utrecht Student Tree Fund is an initiative of students to contribute to biodiversity on behalf of the university.
Tiny Forest
The Tiny Forest of Utrecht Science Park is alive and growing across from the Johanna building on the Cambridgelaan. A Tiny Forest is a dense, indigenous forest the size of a tennis court.
Grass strip experiment
The grass strip in front of the Administration Building (right in front of the Green Office) will not be mowed. It will be left alone, so that the UU can see what will happen with the vegetation.
Graduation Tree
Each new generation of students collectively receives one tree as a graduation gift.
Green Signpost
The Green Signpost was designed to make you, as a student or employee of the university. aware of all the nature that the campus has to offer you.
Bringer of Rain
Bringer of Rain is a rain barrel in the Administration Building from which employees can easily and quickly collect rainwater for use on their office plants.
Swap Library
At the Exchange Library, located at the entrance of the Administration Building, you can swap secondhand books. The exchange library has a different theme every quarter.
Travel Green Grant
The Travel Green Grant is a grant of maximum 185 euros, offered to students who choose to take the train or bus to their European exchange destination.