WeFair Day at the JKU

Once again, the Kepler Hall hosted a farmers’ market featuring local products.

From left: Mag. Maria Buchmayr (Office of Sustainability), Mag. Reinhard Ammer (parliament member), Serafina Spatt, Wolfgang Pfoser-Almer (managing director of WeFair), Alina Saavedra Santis, Mag. Norbert Rainer (managing director of the Climate Alliance)
From left: Mag. Maria Buchmayr (Office of Sustainability), Mag. Reinhard Ammer (parliament member), Serafina Spatt, Wolfgang Pfoser-Almer (managing director of WeFair), Alina Saavedra Santis, Mag. Norbert Rainer (managing director of the Climate Alliance)

This year’s “WeFair Day” featured locally made products and other stands selling sustainably made products ranging from a clothes swap to freshly made farmer's doughnuts and information booths about climate protection projects. The B7 Bicycle Center was on site, offering an opportunity to test ride unusual types of bicycles, such as e-bikes, cargo bikes, and folding bikes. New this year: a DJ playing background music for the event. Many visitors also took advantage of a station offering the tools to patch, mend, and sew garments.

Alexander Freischlager (JKU Vice-Rector), Reinhard Ammer (parliament member), Norbert Rainer (managing director of the Climate Alliance), Maria Buchmayr (head of the JKU’s Office of Sustainability), and Wolfgang Pfoser-Almer (managing director of WeFair) had an opportunity to experience WeFair Day at the JKU.

Alexander Freischlager, Vice-Rector for Campus Enhancements, Digitization and Sustainability at the JKU, was pleased about the successful event. "Here at the JKU, we aim to become a climate-neutral university by 2030. Any event that generates awareness - and any initiative that supports our plans - brings us one step closer to our goal."

Maria Buchmayr, Office of Sustainability at the JKU, added: "Sustainability is very important to us here at the JKU and this is why we support progressive initiatives such as this with conviction."