
Coaching and support program of trans- and interdisciplinary projects of art students on the topics of art, sustainability & socio-ecological transformation
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The creative power of art, culture and research makes a valuable contribution in the transformation process towards a sustainable society. We have launched activities and taken measures within the university and beyond in order to explore ways we can contribute to a more resilient society and to act responsibly and constructively in everything we do.
Sustainability Officer
Maria Kalleitner-Huber
+43 676 88122 457
maria.kalleitner-huber@moz.ac.at
Staff Project Development
Robert Holzner
+43 676 88122 321
robert.holzner@moz.ac.at
The university aims to successively reduce its resource consumption over the course of the next few years, based on the results of surveys and analyses in the area of internal resource and energy use. The development and establishment of an EMAS (Eco-Management and Audit Scheme) at one of the university sites, with the intention to expand it to further buildings, is a key instrument in this regard.
We are actively working on the structural, substantive and operational implementation of sustainable development at the university. Our sustainability strategy, which is orientated around the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations, is being developed by the Sustainability Working Group with the involvement of the relevant stakeholders.
Activities & Cooperation in the context of sustainable development
The special responsibility of art universities lies in the fact that the graduates or their teachers, educated in the sense of the holistic universitas, move in their professional environment on an international stage and are thus predestined to postulate a change in values and thus take on a prominent role in the initiation and implementation of ideas of sustainable developments. Therefore, and as a member of the Alliance of Sustainable Universities in Austria, the strategic anchoring of sustainability remains an important goal. The University Mozarteum therefore also fully endorses the uniko Manifesto for Sustainability.
The working group "Education for Sustainable Development" of the Alliance of Sustainable Universities in Austria has started the initiative BuNE-Z, in the course of which a sustainability training program for university teachers is to be developed and implemented. At the Mozarteum University, work is underway on a program to support the integration of sustainability aspects in its sphere of activity. The understanding of sustainable development and a common thrust are central to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Further education opportunities in the area of teaching are to support this process.