Living sustainably on campus

Cycling

If you cycle to work or to university, you are not only doing something good for yourself, but also for the environment. The Ruhr-Universität Bochum offers various services for cyclists.

• Bicycle routes to the RUB
• Bike rental stations
• Discounts at bike shops
• Bike boxes
• E-bike rental for employees
• Bike repair stations

Bicycle self-help workshop and repair café

Just throw away what's broken?! That hits both the wallet and the ecological conscience. In the AStA's bicycle self-help workshop, bicycles can be repaired with expert help. The necessary tools are also available. Use is free for students, all others are asked for a small donation.

• To the bike self-help workshop

The AStA Repair Café is also about tackling the throwaway society with knowledge transfer and community spirit - here, visitors not only learn a lot while repairing, but also appreciate their belongings more.

• To the Repair Café

Conserve resources

The Repair Café also cooperates with the Bochum Library of Things. Items ordered in advance - tools, kitchen appliances, garden tools - can be picked up at the café.

• To the library of things

Two other AStA projects ensure that resources are not wasted:

For example, the Fair Divider - shelves and a refrigerator for food on the first floor of the student house - takes food and is ready to be filled and served.

• To the fair divider

Bookcases take in unloved and unused books, which are then in turn freely available to others.

• Exchange locations on campus
• AStA booksharing

Student garden

In the student garden behind the RUB dinning hall, students from all departments garden and educate themselves on fauna and flora. In a dyer's garden, plants even grow from which natural dyes are made.

DIY Corner

How to...

• build a bee trough yourself