{"id":95933,"date":"2019-03-08T14:42:46","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T13:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?post_type=dossier&p=95933"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:23:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:23:13","slug":"erasmus-sustainability-days-2019","status":"publish","type":"em_special","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/specials\/erasmus-sustainability-days-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Erasmus Sustainability Days 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sustainability Days is the moment in which the many sustainability initiatives at the EUR are presented. But how sustainable are we really, if we try to raise awareness but secretly still fly to a conference several times a year? How serious is Erasmus University when it comes to limiting flying for its scientists? Is ‘sustainability’ more than a buzzword that you can use occasionally to buy off your sins? And why should students join the global climate strike? You can find the answer in this EM special.<\/p>\n

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Twenty-two prominent academics working at Dutch universities sounded the alarm regarding climate change, stating in a letter that universities must be more proactive in their climate policies and in reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. Thea Hilhorst of ISS was one of the Rotterdam-based signatories of the letter. \u201cAcademics must drastically reduce the amount of air travel they undertake.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t

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