Community and Awareness building

The fresks are fun, collaborative and creative workshops meant to raise awareness about environmental issues. They are based on collective intelligence and scientific data, like the ones from the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

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What changes can we make to our lifestyles on a daily basis in order to reduce our environmental impact? One way to answer this question is to consider the 6Rs of sustainability, which prompt us to question our habits and make choices for the good of the environment. The 6Rs are: Rethink, Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Repair.

Reconnect with Nature by taking part in a campus walk over the lunch break.

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Other tours on the theme of sustainability are also offered to understand, for example, how the Thermal Power Plant or the EPFL Solar Park work.

→ EPFL guided tours

Every EPFL community member can make a difference by making more sustainable choices. In connection with our Climate and Sustainability Strategy, we have put together a list of actions you can take in each of our focus areas (food services, energy, green labs, etc.) to contribute to our sustainability efforts.

The Vice Presidency for Responsible Transformation can provide small amounts of funding to student organizations wishing to carry out innovative projects related to sustainability, equality, and/or diversity. Requests for proposals are issued at the beginning of each semester.

→ Go to the page “Support to associations”

Focus Sustainability is the national centre for student engagement with sustainability. The centre is a co-creation by the Swiss Association of Student Organisations for Sustainability and the Swiss Student Union. It is a project by students, for students, helping students in the realization and advancement of their sustainability ideas through a variety of offers such as information, training, and support services.

If you’re holding an event on an EPFL campus, there are ways you can do so sustainably. Mediacom Events, in collaboration with the EPFL Sustainability Unit, the SV Sustainability Office, the Catering and Shops Unit (RESCO) and committed student clubs, has developed  a Sustainable Events Guide. This checklist describes steps you can take to minimize the environmental impact of your event and to encourage diversity and social and cultural inclusion.

Thanks to nearly a hundred student associations active on the EPFL campus, we offer a dynamic place to study. Many of these associations focus specifically on an issue related to social or environmental responsibility, and form part of an umbrella collective called La Convergence.