Participate in climate protection

Whether you are a climate protection enthusiast or just want to find out more about climate protection, there are plenty of practical tips here to make your everyday life more sustainable. From simple behavioral changes in the household to environmentally friendly means of transport, resource conservation and recycling - this advice can easily be integrated into your life. Thanks to innovative projects, committed initiatives and a wide range of sustainable events, Erlangen offers plenty of opportunities to get active yourself. Because: climate protection doesn't have to be complicated!

Still have questions?
Take a look at our FAQ!

Renewable energies made easy:

• The city of Erlangen offers free energy consultations , as do the ESTW and the Bavarian consumer advice center.
• With the solar potential register , you can test online, free of charge and without obligation, whether your roof surface is suitable for photovoltaics or solar thermal energy.
• There is also a subsidy program from the city of Erlangen with grants for PV systems and energy-efficient renovation.
• You can find more information on the Building Energy Act and heating replacement here.

Climate-friendly to yourdestination:

• Free public transport: Since January 1, 2024, you can use public transport in Erlangen city center free of charge. You no longer need to buy a ticket, you can simply hop on. You can find more information here.
• To encourage people to switch from private cars to other means of transport, there are mobility points in the city of Erlangen where car sharing (and other means of transport) can be used.
• Cargo bikes: Cargo bikes can be borrowed from the city of Erlangen free of charge for up to 3 days. In addition, subsidies are available if you would like to purchase a new cargo bike (as long as the funding pot has not been exhausted).
• Bike repair: Problems with your bike? And no tools? Or no space to repair it? And no idea how to do it or what's broken? The E-Werk bike workshop will help you. Don't feel like doing it yourself? At Café Hergricht next to the station, you can relax and have a coffee while your bike is being repaired.
• Carpooling opportunities: Carpooling and ridesharing in and around Erlangen are available either from the Mitfahrzentrale or ask your employer about uryde.

Nutrition:

• Regional and seasonal tastes better: In the direct marketer brochure you will find suppliers of regional food and products in and around Erlangen.
• Too good for the garbage can? At various food sharing locations in Erlangen and in the Teilerei, you can get food at a reasonable price and save it from the garbage can.
• Eating vegan: Finding vegan restaurants is sometimes not so easy: The Vegan Guide for Middle Franconia shows you where you can eat vegan food
• Want to lend a hand yourself? At Zunkunftsacker there are lots of workshops on gardening and climate-friendly cultivation methods.
• Organic? Logical! Here you can find organic and regional products in Erlangen: www.erlangen.de/biostadt

Consumption/ Shopping:

• Erlangen is a Fairtrade city: The Stattplan and the fair shopping finder show where you can buy sustainable products in Erlangen.
• Give away instead of buying: Shopping doesn't always have to be expensive: you can find lots of things to give away or swap on the City of Erlangen's gift exchange.
• Repair instead of throwing away: At the Repair Café of the Center for Exchange and Making, you can get help and advice.
• In the social department store you will find inexpensive, well-preserved everyday items and furniture

Greening and climate adaptation:

• More greenery in the city: Would you like to green your backyard, create a flowering meadow or plant a tree? The city of Erlangen offers grants for this.
• The perfect place for a tree: Do you know it? Report it to the tree radar and the city will check whether a tree can be planted there.

Get active yourself:

• Your own climate protection project: the city's climate budget funding program subsidizes non-profit climate protection projects with up to €5,000.
• Find and share climate projects: Climate connect is a platform for climate protection projects in Erlangen - to join in or find like-minded people.
• There are changing exhibitions on climate protection topics in the climate showcase.
• At the forums of the Erlangen Sustainability Advisory Board, you can get involved in various topics relating to climate protection and sustainability.
• Experience sustainability: The Sustainability Action Program is a calendar with many activities relating to sustainability in Erlangen.
• Are you already doing a lot for climate protection yourself, or would you like to start? Then sign the city contract and show that you are also part of the climate awakening.
• Would you like to offset your unavoidable CO2 emissions? If you donate to the climate fund of the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region, your contribution will support climate protection projects in the region.

Miscellaneous:

• Where to put the cigarette butt? Simply put it in the ashtray to-go: available free of charge from the city of Erlangen.
• What to do with old cooking oil? Put it in the waste oil collection machines. The old fat is processed here and provides climate-friendly fuel.
• Sustainable diapers: Conventional disposable diapers produce a lot of waste. For this reason, the city of Erlangen supports the purchase of new and used cloth diaper systems (overpants, cloth diapers, washable inserts, diaper fleece) with a subsidy.

Is an Erlangen climate protection offer missing from our list? Please let us know at klima@stadt.erlangen.de.