TUM Green Office Weihenstephan
The Green Office Weihenstephan is a student sustainability office – a joint project of the TUM Sustainability Office and the TUM School of Life Sciences. After the Green Office Straubing, it is already the second of its kind at TUM.
What the Green Office does
The TUM Green Office Weihenstephan is the central contact point for sustainability at the Weihenstephan campus. As ambassadors and advocates for sustainability, we specify the TUM sustainability strategy and implement it on site. We initiate, support and realize projects to build a community and make our campus more sustainable.
The activities of the Green Office focus on:
- providing information about & raising awareness of sustainability,
- building a network to connect all collaborators, actors and stakeholders,
- promoting and supporting education for sustainable development,
- supporting the campus development towards a Living Lab for sustainability by linking research and teaching.
- organizing the TUM Sustainability Day
Events
The Green Office Weihenstephan regularly organizes events to instill a sustainability-driven mindset in students and encourage their participation in sustainable activities.
All these events focus on setting the mindset of reducing and reusing potential waste by putting value in natural resources.
The events are being scheduled to hold periodically.
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The events include:
- The Sustainable Dinner, where students were engaged in cooking together by using saved food from supermarkets.
- The Swap party, where they were involved in exchanging clothes, books, and plants.
- The Nature Through Art workshop, where students used waste materials to create art objects.
- The Weihenstephan Biodiversity Week in May 2024.
“I have always felt a commitment to our planet and the environment. I would like to share my passion to motivate students to be part of this beautiful and dedicated project.”
Student Life Sciences Biology B.Sc.
Since October 2024 in the Green Office Weihenstephan
Project Focus:
- Social Media and Communication
- Planning of biodiversity and sustainability projects
“I am delighted to already be part of the Green Office and to be actively involved in the Freising community, promoting sustainable projects in our university town. In my bachelor's degree program, I am focusing intensively on sustainability and sociology, particularly on how these areas can be meaningfully integrated into urban planning. I find the work at the Green Office inspiring and forward-looking, as it allows me to put new ideas into practice together with committed people."
Student Landscape Architecture and Landscape Planning B.Sc.
Since October 2025 at the Green Office Weihenstephan
Project focus:
- Project management
- Communication
- Event management
“The desire to make the world a little bit better often begins with concrete steps in one's own environment. Implementing sustainable ideas at TUM and inspiring others to do the same motivates me to take responsibility and work together to bring about real change.”
Student Life Sciences Biology B.Sc.
Since April 2025 at the Green Office Weihenstephan
Project focus:
- Project coordination
- Event planning
- Communication
“I made a conscious decision to join the Green Office and embark on a new career path because I find it difficult to make a difference in my spare time while others are destroying our planet as their main job.”
Student Forest Science and Resource Management B.Sc.
Since April 2025 at the Green Office Weihenstephan
Project focus:
- Event management
With special support by Prof. Dr. Hanno Schäfer (Professor for Plant Biodiversity Research) and Prof. Dr. Monika Egerer (Professor for Urban Productive Ecosystems).
Get in touch with us for:
- Questions and suggestions on the topic of sustainability at the university
- Support for ideas, projects and events
- Opportunities for engagement in the area of sustainability
Beyond our own ideas and projects, we are always grateful and open for impulses and inspiration from you students or employees on campus.
Where you will find us
TUM Green Office Weihenstephan
Building 4277 Room 2.0 Ground floor 1
Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2
85354 Freising
greenoffice.weihenstephan(at)tum.de
Office hours by arrangement