Employees and students at UiO can apply for up to NOK 30,000 in support from Green Funds for projects and events that contribute to the goals of UiO's Climate and Environmental Strategy. The Green Student Movement (DGB) is a newly started movement for students who are committed to climate issues. They received Green Funds to organize a cabin trip for students from all over the country.
The purpose of the cabin trip was to work on strategy, plan events, and get to know each other better. The funds helped DGB finance the cabin trip, in which sixty climate-conscious students participated. Among them was a solid delegation from UiO.
The movement was founded in Oslo in August last year, and since then it has spread to other universities in the country, including Bergen, Trondheim, Lillehammer, and Kristiansand. The movement is currently working on a campaign for what they call an oil-free student life.
“We want to break the ties between oil companies and universities. When we collaborate with oil companies, we legitimize their activities. We are not interested in that—we want Norwegian students to make demands on their future employers,” says initiative organizer Julia Gi?ver.
DGB also focuses on making it fun to get involved in climate issues again. That is why they organize a number of social events that are about getting to know each other, creating unity, and building the movement.
“We believe that engagement comes from meeting other engaged people. On the cabin trip, we met other climate activists, shared ideas, and planned activities at universities across the country,” says Gi?ver.
She describes the cabin trip as a great success.
"It was a fantastic trip, with lots of enthusiastic students. We have lots of fun planned for the future, including public meetings in the forest, oil-free career days, street parties for the climate, courses in climate journalism, and oil drilling for students.
These events are open to all students.
Gr?nt kontor is pleased that DGB applied for Green funds to finance the work of creating climate engagement among UiO students – and making UiO greener.