Category: Blogs

In March, the Low Carbon Travel Initiative was interviewed by the TU/e’s University newspaper Cursor. We talked about the growing pressure to avoid flying, train experiences and university travel policies. You can find the article on Cursor’s website.

In this blog series, we explored how Dutch Universities approach low-carbon travel. In this final instalment, we focus on the remaining six universities: the University of Amsterdam, the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Groningen University, Leiden University, Erasmus University and Neyenrode University.   University of Amsterdam Like many universities, the University of Amsterdam aims to lower its…
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 Is the TU/e still missing out? Two years after publishing our first and second blog comparing the lack of TU/e’s travel policy to other Dutch universities’ approach, TU/e has yet to publish a sustainable travel policy.   We often hear that part of the problem is the nature of our University. TU/e, being a university of…
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In this blog, Laura, Irene, Tessa, Simon, Lotte and myself (Natascha) – all part of the low carbon travel initiative – share some of our experiences with traveling for our work at the TU/e (or other employers). We highlight the motivations, pros and cons and tips to overcome (perceived) barriers. We all sometimes need to…
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In the past few years, the goals of the sustainable travel initiative were relatively easy to achieve. Most of us had a two-year travel stop due to Covid-19. Even if we did travel, it was often only domestically, as it was difficult to obtain all necessary permissions to go abroad. Now that we are collectively…
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Last Friday, the SustainaBul ranking of 2022 was published. In an earlier blog, we discussed the dramatic fall of the TU/e from first place (2018 and 2019) to the 13th place (2020) and the 19th place (2021). Now, the TU/e has made a leap forward, claiming 7th place in the ranking. A major improvement but…
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With all that is currently going on in the world, we are sometimes left wondering if low carbon travel really matters. According to the recently published IPCC report, we need “rapid and deep and in most cases immediate GHG emission reductions in all sectors” to limit global warming to 2°C. Does shifting our mode of…
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In the summer of 2020, we published a blog wondering if the TU/e was missing out by not having a clear sustainable travel policy. Now, almost two years later, more universities and academics are aiming at facilitating low carbon travel. We picked a few developments which stood out.   De Jonge Akademie De Jonge Akademie…
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