Green Office Blog

Keeping a sustainable lifestyle can be challenging at times, especially if others are not as invested. That is why it is important to find ways to stay optimistic in your sustainable journey. Laura Pihl gives us four tips on how to stay motivated!

Biodiversity is intimately linked to human well-being. In this blog, Laura is showing you what you can do to promote a biodiverse environment, even in urban areas such as Groningen.

Food consumption has an enormous climate impact. In this blog, Bram and Friso, two RUG students and creators of FoodFootprint.nl, are helping you to make more sustainable food choices.

Students can have a great influcence in safeguarding the future of our planet. Master student Nina provides you with five hands-on tips to take the lead and take action to fight climate change.

Seeming sustainable has become a popular marketing strategy in the consumer industry. This trend is tricking us into buying products we don't need.

Green Office ambassadors Ramya and Mila are showing you five useful apps to help you live more sustainably, and turn your thoughts into actions.

We use enormous amounts of pens everyday, but what happens to them after we throw them away? The GO Embassy for Law & Arts have set up a pen recycling project to give them a second chance.

For Maxence, joining the WWOOF Movement was an opportunity to slow down, to be confronted with all the work behind a meal and to realize that living a more simple life is a key to happiness. 

Fast fashion often hides a sinister reality. In this blog, Laura will draw attention to some tools that can help you change your shopping and consumer habits, and make your fashion journey more sustainable and planet-friendly!

By inquiring companies in the beauty industries about the ingredients they use in their cosmetics, you can make them reflect upon their products and ethics.