Moreplant-based dishes in canteens would be an effective leverfor moresustainable universities. The successful implementation of such structural changes strongly depends on the supportbythe respective target groups.This practice reportdescribes asurveyonthe supportfor amoreplant-based canteen menuamong students and staff at the University of Mannheim, Germany. The surveywas acooperation between scientists at the Chair of Health Psychology, the canteen management, the " Scientists for Future , andthe General Student Committee of the University of Mannheim.The majority of the 1007 participants supported amore plant-based canteen menu(90%),evenamong omnivores(84%). Participants desired apredominantly vegetarian/purely plant-based menu-composition (on average only 1.5 of 5 menu-options should contain meat/fish). A moreplant-based menu-composition would makethe canteen moreattractive for most participants (87%) and prospectively increase their canteen-visits by 44%atlunch and by 94%at dinner.Results showthat amoreplant-based menu-composition would not only be an accepted, butratherhighly desired leverfor a moresustainable university.Further arguments for sustainable changes to the menu-composition, examples from other canteens, limitations of our results, developments at the Mannheim university-canteen, and experiences in our project implementation aredescribed.
