About us
The WG Sustainability is a group of students at the University of Basel that plans projects and events in the field of sustainability. Here you can find information about the organisation: Our board, our history and our policy paper
Board
The board of the sustainability working group includes representatives of various student groups, project managers, the management and other responsible persons. The board meets once a month to discuss the most important events.
Jessica Granchi
Management - Project leader Office for Sustainability
Julie Roth
representative skuba
Sarah Blümli
representative Master of Sustainable Development
Stephanie Salz
representative Sustainability Commission
Katrin Fuchs
lead Social Media team
Chantal Senn
Plant-Based Universities Basel
Roxane Kiefer
longstanding member
Our Origin Story
Based on a student initiative by Marco Güntert, skuba tried to convince the University of Basel to sign the Climate Letter (Global Universities and Colleges for the Climate; The SDG Accord) and declare a climate emergency. At the meeting with the Rectorate of the University of Basel in November 2019, it emerged that the university would not declare the climate emergency called for by skuba and would also not sign the Climate Letter.
In the view of the President's Board, these two symbolic actions would not bring about any positive changes. The Rectorate would like to see more concrete projects to improve sustainability and, following a request from skuba, increased the workload of the Sustainability Office in order to realise student projects in this area. This gave rise to the Sustainability Working Group. Since 2019, a wide range of projects and events have been organised, position papers written and brochures on sustainable lifestyles produced. Future projects and events are also being worked on and new members with creative ideas are always welcome!
