Ethics & Sustainability WS2021

1. Politic

1.1. Depends on the values of the party

1.2. Money is a reason for not being sustainable

1.3. Don't operate as experts (for sustainability) recommend

2. Barriers of taking action

2.1. Fear of changing the habits

2.2. Leaving the comfort zone

2.3. Time consumption

2.4. No motivation

2.5. No applied examples how to act

2.6. Costs

2.7. Less flexibility (train instead of car)

3. How can you apply your study program in order to be more sustainable?

3.1. Avoid large time gaps during classes

3.2. Changing the economic mindset, thinking about "other" goals besides making money

3.3. Improve waste management, include sustainability awareness when working with children

3.4. Digital study materials

3.5. Hybrid learning for lectures

3.6. Technical knowledge of professors

3.7. Working together with companies which already imply sustainable ideas

4. Serious proposal to FH

4.1. Meaningful resources

4.2. Lower prices for public transport

4.3. Appropriate use of e-learning (for example hybrid learning)

4.4. Expand the option of learning

4.5. Record lectures

4.6. No prints on paper anymore, only digital information

4.7. Fago could offer regional food

4.8. Reusable coffee cups

5. Positive aspects

5.1. Improve environment

5.2. More species / biodiversity

5.3. Improve life quality of future generations

5.4. Higher life quality (air quality, greener environments)

5.5. Preventing climate refugees & catastrophies