Carbon calculators
These three carbon calculators can be of great use when planning your trip! Also, when travelling in a sustainable manner, it can be very encouraging to calculate the amount of carbon emissions that you avoid.
2020 should be the year of the non-flying academic
Science should play an exemplary role in society. Post-doc Cody Hochstenbach from UvA about why 2020 should be the year of the non-flying academic. And here are some additional sources to become a non-flying academic yourself: The Utrecht University has developed a map to indicate which destinations are perfect for train travel, and for which…
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PLANNING FOR CONFERENCE TRIPS? MAKE IT GREENER
By Tanja Manders and Patrick Bek — “Planning for conference trips? Make it greener.” With this slogan we, a group of academics concerned about our carbon footprint, kicked off our Low Carbon Travel Initiative at Eindhoven University of Technology. This is a first step in making TU/e work travel more sustainable. This blog is a…
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Going public!
Today, the initiative went public! You will find us on TV screens and posters at the TU/e. The Cursor (TU/e magazine) also wrote a nice article about the initiative. Will you help us spread the word?