Green Mobility
Travelling is an inevitable part of an exchange experience. For exchanges to be sustainable, every mobility or cooperation project should scrutinise its impact on the environment. Here you can find out how to make travelling as sustainable as possible.
As a national agency for exchange and mobility, we are committed to high-quality education on a daily basis, thereby contributing to one of the 17 goals for sustainable development. Other aspects of sustainability are also important to us, in particular the impact on the environment. Travelling always has a cost in terms of CO2 emissions. However, it is possible to reduce your carbon footprint by being responsible in the way you travel. It is everyone's responsibility - participants, institutions and Movetia - to commit to greener mobility projects.
Would you like to know how energy consumption differs between modes of transport? This mobility calculator allows you to compare the different means of transport, especially in terms of carbon emissions:
Convince participants to travel by train
We recommend that participants travel by train within Europe. As well as being good for the environment, rail travelcan also have other advantages. Here are a few arguments that you can use to convince even sceptics in a friendly way:
| All the positive aspects of travelling by train ... | ... and what you are spared compared to travelling by aeroplane. |
|---|---|
| Switch from the platform directly to your seat | Several long queues, interpersed with kilometres of walking in huge terminals |
| Luggage, as much as you can carry | One gram too much and you risk 50 CHF |
| Time for productive work in the quiet compartment from the very first minute, usually with free WIFI (and a power socket!) | Flight mode on and offand on and off ... and timeand again the obligation to stow the devices under the seat or in a place where you won’t have quick access anymore. Imagine a flight with turbulence! And anyway: Only if luck is on your side is there a USB port. Free WIFI? Nope |
Options for meetings within small groups in the compartment or simply to visualise all that a stay abroad will offer |
Having to contort yourself to speak quietly to the person in the row behind you |
| The best thing is that you can bring a full drinking bottle without a millilitre limit: nothing stands in the way of a pick-nick and an aperitif | Pouring all soaps and drinks into small containers - half of them will spill anyway |
| Look out of the window, enjoy the scenery and see where the journey takes you | Okay, being above the clouds is nice too. Although: in the sky, it looks the same all over |
| Arrival (mostly) directly in the city centre | Change to an expensive taxi or public transport (including an odyssey through the suburbs) |
Train tickets online
To help you organise your train journey, we have put together some useful links:
| Plattform | Services |
|---|---|
| Rail Euro | SBB offer included Electronic ticket CO2 calculator Payment in Euro (not possible in CHF) |
| OMIO | Electronic ticket Payment in CHF Sale of ferry tickets |
| Interrail | Electronic ticket Payment in Euro (CHF not possible) |
| Trainline | SBB offer included Electronic ticket Payment in CHF |
| SBB Nightjet / Nachtzüge | From and to Switzerland 11 destinations CO2 calculator |
Promotion of environmentally friendly travel as an institution
As a project organiser, you can introduce a green mobility policy. For example, an institution may ask its mobility participants to fly only to destinations outside Europe. Let yourself be inspired by the examples from the field and make a commitment to green mobility.
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