While several researchers are currently indicating their concerns about the environmental impact of flying to conferences and meetings, others are still hesitant to commit to reducing their time in the air. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced many of us to cancel trips and look for alternatives. Several articles have been written during the past…
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This month, we celebrate our 1-year anniversary. A good time to look back at how our initiative started and what we have accomplished. In this blog: the start of the initiative originally posted here on Cursor, the news site of the TU/e. Or could you sail to your next conference? It is a sensitive…
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Now that the summer holiday is over, we were hoping the pandemic would be gone as well. Nothing could be further from the truth. For most of us, traveling has come to a screeching halt. Is talking about travelling sustainably still necessary then? Absolutely! The current travel ban presents us with the perfect opportunity to…
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By Wolmet Barendregt & Irene Niet — The TU/e takes pride in all its sustainability activities, policies and initiatives. Each year, the University takes part in SustainaBul, a competition ranking Dutch Universities and colleges based on their score on different sustainability themes related to education, research and business operations. In 2018 and 2019, the TU/e…
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