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