In the summer semester of 2025, the Sustainability Sounding Board was introduced at the University of Oldenburg by Climate Action Management as a new participation format for those interested and involved in sustainability. Around 65 people registered for the first meeting of the SSB to focus on the topics of participation and communication. 

To the SSB 

In order to make our campus more hedgehog-friendly, hedgehog shelters have been set up in Wechloy and Haarentor together with the Green Team. Due to the decline in natural habitats, hedgehogs are finding it increasingly difficult to find suitable places to hibernate undisturbed. With simple, weather-protected houses, we create places of retreat and promote species conservation.

The Climate Action Management team also had an information stand at the Freshers' Market for the winter semester 2025. In addition to information material on climate protection and sustainability at the university and the city of Oldenburg, there were also prizes to be won on our campaign wheel of fortune.

In autumn, we were once again able to offer a bicycle registration event with the ADFC. Helpers from the ADFC tagged 28 bicycles belonging to university members. The bikes are now protected against theft thanks to clearly visible engravings. Due to the high demand, another coding event is planned during winter semester. You will receive information about this in good time via our newsletter.

On November 29, 2024, students and employees planted a Tiny Forest on the Haarentor campus. Almost 450 seedlings of 23 different species were planted on an area of 180 m² between the auditorium and building A07.

To the Tiny Forest

A 90-minute digital information event on the current climate action management projects took place on 24 September 2024. The German or English presentation could be attended conveniently from anywhere via BBB.

The university successfully took part in the Stadtradeln event in Oldenburg from 6 September to 26 September 2024. It took second place at municipal level. It is particularly pleasing that the university team cycled over 10,000 km more than in the previous year. A total of 306 people from the university actively cycled and covered a total distance of 51,516 km. This equates to a saving of 8,552 kg of CO₂. This year, the university also offered a varied accompanying program on the topic of mobility.

The "postcode breakfast" offered the opportunity to network and exchange ideas with colleagues from the Oldenburg university environment. In a friendly atmosphere over a cup of coffee, people who live in the same postcode area and regularly travel to work from there were able to get to know each other and form possible car pools or pass on tips on good cycle routes.

To mark the start of "Stadtradeln 2024", a joint bike tour around the university and surrounding area was organised for students and employees. We set off at a leisurely pace from the canteen forecourt on the Haarentor campus.

After a year of construction, the University of Oldenburg has opened a new two-storey bicycle parking facility with a green roof on the forecourt of building A1 near the lecture theatre centre and the library on Uhlhornsweg. A total of 340 additional parking spaces are now available, meaning that the university now has a total of 4,776 bicycle parking spaces. The opening ceremony took place as part of the City Cycling 2024 programme.