What can a sustainable company outing look like? If you want to organize a social or environmentally friendly team-building activity and are still looking for suitable ideas, you've come to the right place!
The main purpose of a team event is to strengthen the identification, cohesion, communication skills, social skills and fun of a company's employees. But how about making a valuable contribution to the fight against the coronavirus at the same time? Environmental problems of our time volunteering and enjoying the great feeling of doing something together. Good done to have?
In this article, I would like to give you the best ideas and tips for the most sustainable company outings possible. Use them to bring your team together and create a real impact together. Let's go!
You can find a brief overview here:
- Planting trees together
- Start or support a CleanUp event
- Register for fermentation workshop
- Go paddling together
- Bossel tour through nature start
- Go on a forest hike with a forester
- Help with organic grape harvest
- Packing gift packages for people in need
- Plan joint bike tour
- Participate in vegan cooking class
Important Notice: Not all event ideas are equally environmentally friendly and socially responsible - and they are not suitable for every team. Please also consider the mood, different interests and possible physical limitations of your group when making your choice. If everything fits together, the suggestions should strengthen cohesion!
1. planting trees together
The Deforestation of the forests and the environmental problem of forest dieback make a Reforestation of many German forest areas inevitable. Together with your team members, you could support important organizations and forestry managers. There are guaranteed to be suitable offers in your area.
And if not, Just ask at the forestry office or the forest ranger's office. In any case, planting trees together is a nice, sustainable and bonding idea for the next company outing.
2. support the cleanup event
Everyone frowns at the sight of a littered natural landscape. So it is all the more fulfilling and reassuring when you see the Successfully removing waste together at a social team event. A so-called CleanUp you can organize yourself or join an existing clean-up campaign by volunteer organizers in the area.
The problem of the Plastic waste in the environment Alternatively, you can also use a Plogging-event to counteract this. In this sport, you go jogging together - armed with a pair of gloves and bin bags. and collects garbage in the process. This is a somewhat unusual, but all the more remarkable and sustainable type of company outing.
As it is unfortunately really easy to find garbage in the environment, the Journey to the event usually short and environmentally friendly.
Tip: The actions and sports units are usually over after just a few hours. Therefore, it is a good idea to combine the event with an after-work idea (e.g. visiting a vegan restaurants) to combine.
3. Register for fermentation workshop
What could an alternative sustainable company outing look like? Here's another idea! At a fermentation workshop, you and your team can immerse yourselves in a Our grandparents' sustainable life hack immersion. With the help of fermentation Food ripen, produce and especially also make them last longer.
You would probably never take part in such a course on your own. But in a group with your colleagues, it is Guaranteed to be fun, educational and sustainableto learn more about the conversion of substances by bacteria, fungi or enzymes. Not least because you can use your own Reduce food waste can. Ideally in the future in the company kitchen at work. You are guaranteed to find suitable workshops in your area.
4. go paddling together
A joint paddling trip on a river is also guaranteed to boost the team spirit. There, all employees can get to know each other even better - especially because Cooperation and agreement are of great importance in the canoe. If you opt for this type of sustainable company outing, experience has shown that a few team games during the 'paddle breaks' are a welcome change.
Tip: We have been private before Paddling in the Spreewald. I can well imagine that rowing is particularly suitable for a sustainable team event due to the many channels.
5. bossel tour through nature start
The basic aim of a game of Boßeln is two competing teams, a ball with the lowest possible number of throws over a predetermined distance.
The competition brings the colleagues together. However, the sport is also very suitable as a sustainable company outing because it in the fresh air and basically in any place (i.e. without a long journey).
Definitely a sensible team-building measure. However, when planning and carrying out the event, make sure that the natural ecosystems at the team event.
Tip: Alternatively, the game of bocce is also suitable. You can play it super in the park and for example with a picnic or a vegan barbecue Connect.
6. Go on a forest hike with a forester
Again and again I observe how much (especially city people) the Relation to nature lost have. German forests are so incredibly exciting, diverse and captivating - especially when you have a An eye for detail proves
An appropriate, well-organized, sustainable company outing through the region's forests, accompanied by an experienced forester, can not only promote cohesion among employees, but can also also her Environmental awareness promote.
Tip: Like you and your colleagues in general Protect the environment in everyday life I explain how you can do this in the linked article using effective measures.
7. help with the organic grape harvest
A trip to the vineyards strengthens team spirit - and it's simply wonderful to see a lot of Spending time in the fresh air. With this idea for a sustainable team event, every participant gets Basket, tongs and gloves and then the grape harvest can begin.
You and your colleagues walk along the vine and harvest the grapes. You usually stand opposite each other and can chat. The activity itself is very reassuring - and cooperation is very important.
After sorting out the grapes can then be pressed grape juice together and find out more about sustainable viticulture - from the natural pest control through to vegan clarification.
8. packing gift packages for people in need
To strengthen team spirit and social commitment, packing parcels together for people in need is also a good way to help them. make a joy would like to.
These could be Christmas presents for orphans or care sets for single mothers, for example. Just define the target group and budget together and then go for it. With a personal, sustainable mapwith individually useful contents and environmentally friendly packaging, you will probably put a smile on everyone's face.
In this way the entire team also learns about a social problem in our society and work together to do something about it. A cool idea for your company's next event, don't you think?
9. Plan joint bike tour
What could be better for a team event that is as cost-effective and environmentally friendly as possible than a bike tour? Find a suitable route yourself or use existing tourism offers for bike tours with lots of people. Maybe even a ride together on a large conference bike is something for you.
Either way, it makes sense to follow the green company outing through Small games and puzzles during the breaks to add a little more pizzazz.
Especially pleasant: The beauty of sharing Bicycle ride is that, as a rule, all colleagues can take part, no matter how sporty or unsporty they are. After all, it should not only be a sustainable company outing, but also an event in which all participants have fun.
10. participate in vegan cooking class
One of the possible activities for a sustainable company outing is a joint vegan cooking course. The Cooking and eating connects people with each other. Cooperation, consultation, planning and timing are also important skills for turning the recipe into a delicious meal for the whole team. Why vegan? Plant-based cuisine has so much to offer and is Animal-friendly, ecological and also healthy - and last but not least also helps to Stop world hunger.
Who still Prejudices against the vegan diet will definitely be able to find it in the linked article by thinking outside the box. I'm sure that there are also suitable offers in your area. And if not, at this company event the Vegan or the vegan in the team the organization.
Tip: Why I personally live veganyou can find out in the linked article. I am convinced that you would agree with the reasons and motives.
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Sustainable company outing made easy!
Especially in our private lives, we are attaching ever greater importance to a sustainable lifestyle - Then why not take your own department or the entire company on an outing? As the ideas in this article have shown, teambuilding and sustainability can be wonderfully combined with each other in any case.
If you are in charge of planning the outing this year, or even if you are part of the core HR department, I hope this article has given you the inspiration you need.
"The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it."
Robert Swan (more at Environmental protection quotes)
Finally, I would like to give you a few further contributions that can help you and your team:
- Sustainable commuting - it's that simple
- Making companies more environmentally friendly - the best tips
- Sustainable office - how it works
- Vegan on the job - The best tips
Do you have any questions, tips or further suggestions and ideas for the next team event? Then I look forward to your comment!
Stay sustainable,
PS: After the company outing is before the next working day! Make sure you get the best advice now for Business meetings that are as sustainable as possible. Have fun!
