SDGs now visible on campus

QR codes can be used to call up interesting information on contact persons, facilities, projects, research and teaching offers, start-ups, cooperation partners and groups and initiatives in the field of sustainability. In addition, there is the opportunity to find out about the current status of the sustainable development of the campus and thus also about the sustainable infrastructure, such as bicycle parking facilities, power supply via PV systems, drinking water dispensers, etc.

The tour was developed as a participatory project in the Green Office over the past two years. The start-up kinferno (formerly historyHYPE), the Institute of Structural Engineering, the Department of Transport Planning and Transport Systems, the University Library, the AStA, University Sports and other stakeholders have provided great support during this time. The Sustain Tour contains concrete seating cubes and information boards that are distributed around the campus and thematically address the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The concrete seating cubes were made from cement-reduced concrete (eco-concrete) with the support of a student project at Faculty 14, within the Institute of Structural Engineering. One of the aims of the Sustain Tour is to make the development of the university transparent in relation to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda goals and to communicate this to the public. Interviews were conducted for this purpose, in which the Kassel Institute and the SDG+ Lab were also involved.

The Sustain Tour will be officially opened on May 20, 2025, from which point it will be fully accessible in the Guide App. There are plans to extend the Sustain Tour to other university locations or to (temporarily) relocate individual stations. Further information is available here .