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Sustainability

Instructions and tips for a sustainable life

Our green campus is made of small and large activities.
Aalto University Campus
Image: Unto Rautio / Aalto University

Food

After housing and mobility, food is the most significant factor affecting climate change.

  • Choose plant-based and seasonal foods, as well as local, organic and fairtrade.
  • Only take as much as you can eat.
  • Use proper cutlery, instead of paper or plastic.
  • Tapwater is an ecological choice for drink.
  • You can share and pick up leftover foods through the student鈥檚 .

Electronics, IT

Use computers and other devices eco-efficiently. The Aalto IT Service Desk can help you.

  • Check the power save settings on your computer, even the sleep mode uses power.
  • Turn off the screen, lights and devices, when not in use.
  • Minimise your paper consumption, print on both sides of a paper and in smaller print.

Waste

Make smart choices 鈥 avoid waste.

Transportation

Aalto strives for sustainable mobility with HSL and cities.

  • Whenever possible walk, cycle or use public transportation, favour rail traffic: 
  • City bikes:
  • Loan campus bikes from Dipoli or from V盲re.
  • Repair your bike in Otaniemi at a BFIX work station or through 
  • Car sharing
  • Compensate your carbon emissions 

Purchases

Otaniemi recycling center is the perfect place to rent your homeware. You can also donate, buy and get free useful stuff in the heart of the campus:

  • Facebook fleamarket group 
  • Selling and giving away stuff on  

Leisure time and events

  • offer help for example with climate anxiety and stress.  
  • Student associations:
    • More student associations:

Look for other events by student union's Campus Section and other associations, such as the Village Clean-up Day.

Housing and university buildings 

Aalto aims for energy efficiency in campuses.

  • Change to green electricity
  • 鈥漀o adds please / Ei mainoksia鈥 sticker in your door cuts down the paper waste.
  • Switch off the lights when you don't need to use them.
  • Switch off your workstation's screen, when leaving the work station.
  • Use email or other electronic communications channels instead of printouts
  • Conserve water

The most effective way to promote sustainability is through your studies

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Research for sustainability

Aalto University generates knowledge, understanding and solutions that enable well-being within the limits of one planet. We combine expertise in art, technology, and business to develop solutions for some of the world's greatest challenges.

Sustainability
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Recycling and sorting

Efficient recycling and sorting of waste is part of Aalto University's sustainable development strategy. We strive to reduce waste and reuse raw materials for either new products or energy.

Services
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Pollinators 鈥 tiny helpers in the work for biodiversity

Bee-assisted biomonitoring has started on the Otaniemi campus.
Sustainability Action Boosterin hankekoordinaattori Jasmin J盲rvinen vastaanotti palkinnon New Yorkissa.
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Groundbreaking grant model supporting student sustainability projects wins award in New York

Sustainability Action Booster grant model, developed by Aalto University, has received a prestigious international recognition from an UN-affiliated educational initiative. The model funds students' own experiments, ideas, and prototypes, and is now being praised for its bold, student-centered approach.
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Sustainability in action: recycling campaign at Aalto University continues

The recycling campaign across the entire Aalto community was launched in October 2024.
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Low-emission local energy enhances campus energy self-sufficient

The solution relies on combining local production and the district heating system, as well as low-temperature and cooling networks.
A wooden barrel sauna floating on water, with its reflection visible. It's a cloudy day with a wooden dock in the background.
Sustainability Action Booster

Combining community, sauna, and circular prototyping

#project #circular_economy #prototype #collaboration
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Sustainability Action Booster

Be(e) Involved: Making beekeeping on campus more accessible

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Be(e) Involved makes campus beekeeping more accessible through new hives, shared tools, and hands-on student participation.
A group of people gathered around a table pouring liquid into small cups, engaging in what seems to be a candlemaking activity.
Sustainability Action Booster

BeeCrafts DIY workshop for skills and community building

#project #sustainability_events #sustainable_materials #sustainable_communities_and_networks
DIY workshop using Test-Site honey & wax to craft, connect, and grow the campus beekeeping community.

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Sustainability Action Booster

Unlocking Opportunities in Sustainability

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An action-oriented experiment aimed at creating a green career accelerator for youth in Finland, involving the testing of multiple hypotheses and the implementation of interventions.
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