Sustai­na­bi­li­ty

The Sustai­na­bi­li­ty De­part­ment at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Mu­sic and Per­forming Arts has been the cen­tral hub for stee­ring and coor­di­na­ti­on the uni­ver­si­ty­'s sustainab­le trans­for­ma­ti­on o sin­ce June 2022. Our role is to fa­ci­li­ta­te a com­pre­hen­si­ve and struc­tu­ral trans­for­ma­ti­on towards sustai­na­bi­li­ty, ac­cord­ing to the princi­ples of Edu­ca­ti­on for Sustainab­le De­ve­lop­ment (ESD). We im­ple­ment this trans­for­ma­ti­on through a Who­le In­sti­tu­ti­on Ap­proach (WIA) fo­cu­sing on five key are­as: Go­ver­nan­ce, Uni­ver­si­ty Ope­ra­ti­ons, Tea­ching, Re­se­arch and Trans­fer.

Our goal is to make the uni­ver­si­ty cli­ma­te-neu­tral by 2030.

The sta­te of Hes­se sup­ports this cour­se by firm­ly an­cho­ring the to­pic of eco­lo­gi­cal sustai­na­bi­li­ty wi­t­hin the uni­ver­si­ty­'s stra­te­gic frame­work, out­lined in the Hes­si­an Hig­her Edu­ca­ti­on Pact 2021-2025.

Get In­vol­ved

We can only suc­ceed if ever­yo­ne gets in­vol­ved: This ven­ture is being car­ri­ed out with trans­pa­ren­cy and re­qui­res the broad par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on of all uni­ver­si­ty mem­bers.

Whe­ther you are a stu­dent or an em­ployee, your con­tri­bu­ti­ons are es­sen­ti­al to sha­ping a path towards a sustainab­le uni­ver­si­ty.

Would you like to get in­vol­ved? Do you have an idea for your own pro­ject, or a ques­ti­on about the to­pic of sustai­na­bi­li­ty at the HfMDK? Then we would love to hear from you.

The first steps towards a CO₂-neu­tral HfMDK were al­rea­dy ta­ken in 2016 with the in­tro­duc­tion of an en­er­gy ma­nage­ment of­fice. From op­ti­mi­zing buil­ding tech­no­lo­gy to mo­der­ni­zing room and hall ligh­t­ing, as well as cli­ma­te pro­tec­tion pro­jec­ts and work­shops, the chal­len­ges re­main di­ver­se and pro­mi­sing.

The Sustai­na­bi­li­ty De­part­ment is re­spon­si­ble for the fol­lo­wing tasks:

• De­ve­lo­ping and im­ple­men­ting a sustai­na­bi­li­ty stra­te­gy in line with Edu­ca­ti­on for Sustainab­le De­ve­lop­ment (ESD)
• De­ve­lo­ping, selec­ting, coor­di­na­ting and mo­ni­to­ring selec­ted short, me­di­um and long-term mea­su­res to re­du­ce green­house gas emis­si­ons in line with the princip­le of "avo­id, re­du­ce and com­pen­sa­te" and pro­mo­ting sustai­na­bi­li­ty struc­tures
• Sustai­na­bi­li­ty re­por­ting
  • Mea­su­res to com­mu­ni­ca­te and per­pe­tua­te (eco­lo­gi­cal) sustai­na­bi­li­ty
  • Ac­qui­si­ti­on of fun­ding re­le­vant to the to­pic
  • Tar­ge­ted in­vol­ve­ment of in­ter­nal and ex­ter­nal uni­ver­si­ty sta­ke­hol­ders

In ad­di­ti­on, the Sustai­na­bi­li­ty de­part­ment sup­ports the tea­ching staff in their sustai­na­bi­li­ty pro­jec­ts and the in­te­gra­ti­on of ESD.