The first Sustainable Lifestyle Awards for high school students has recently started. This means that selected pilot high school student groups from Finland and Germany try out a new concept and tools to learn about and get active on sustainable lifestyle. The pilot project is organised by One Did It and the UNEP/Wuppertal Institute Collaboration Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production, CSCP.
Die ersten Preisausschreiben zu nachhaltigen Lebensstilen für SchülerInnen weiterführender Schulen haben begonnen. Das bedeutet, dass ausgewählte Schülergruppen aus Finnland und Deutschland ein neues Konzept und Hilfsmittel zum Lernen und Aktiv werden für nachhaltige Lebensstile ausprobieren. Das Pilotprojekt wird von One Did It und dem UNEP/Wuppertal Institute Collaboration Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production, CSCP organisiert.
We are very excited to hear feedback and experiences from the participants. Our aim is to further develop this concept and make it accessible for larger audience around Europe.
Wir sind gespannt auf Feedback und Erfahrungen der Teilnehmer. Unser Ziel ist es, dieses Konzept weiterzuentwickeln und einem größeren Publikum europaweit zugänglich zu machen.
In the pilot phase the concept is based on following features:
In der Pilotphase basiert das Konzept auf folgenden Grundzügen:
1. An introduction to the sustainable lifestyle issue. We prepared some material for this purpose. You can find the material in English, German and Finnish. You are free to use it but please let us know what you and your students think about it by sending your comments to Marja Salo (firstname.surname@onedidit.com).
1. Eine Einführung in das Thema Nachhaltiger Lebensstil. Wir haben dafür Material vorbereitet. Sie haben Zugriff zu dem Material auf Englisch, Deutsch und Finnisch. Sie können es gerne verwenden, aber bitte geben Sie uns Rückmeldung, was Sie und Ihre SchülerInnen davon halten, indem Sie Ihre Bemerkungen an Marja Salo senden (Vorname.Nachname@onedidit.com).
2. The features of the One Did It website, especially the eco-backpack test, eco-actions and the recently released groups feature.
2. Die Angebote auf der One Did It-Website, insbesondere der Ökologischer-Rucksack-Test, die Öko-Aktionen und das kürzlich dazugekommene Gruppen-Feature.
3. Activity of the students to take eco-actions and come up with new ways to contribute to more sustainable consumption and lifestyle.
3. Das Aktiv werden der SchülerInnen über Öko-Aktionen und Ideen für neue Möglichkeiten, zu nachhaltigerem Konsum und Lebensstil beizutragen.
There will be also a little competition between the student groups since the most active group will be awarded with a special prize after the pilot phase of the project is finished. We’ll look forward to share the first experiences of the project in a conference called “The Future of Sustainable Products and Services” in Essen 28.-29.9.2009. The winner of the pilot phase and outcomes of the project will be presented in December in Brussels.
Es wird auch einen kleinen Wettstreit zwischen den Schülergruppen geben, da die aktivste Gruppe mit einem besonderen Preis ausgezeichnet wird, wenn die Pilotphase des Projekts beendet ist. Wir freuen uns darauf, auf der Konferenz „The Future of Sustainable Products and Services“ in Essen vom 28. bis 29.09.2009 von ersten Projekterfahrungen zu berichten. Die Gewinner der Pilotphase und die Ergebnisse des Projekts werden im Dezember in Brüssel vorgestellt werden.
Before that we wish good luck for all the participants!
Bis dahin wünschen wir allen Teilnehmern und Teilnehmerinnen viel Erfolg!
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Monday, August 3, 2009
Break the routine
We love the holiday season don’t we? Especially the possibility to break routines is great. You know spend time and effort on things we really love to do. The change in routines can be either positive or negative from the environmental perspective but that is not the main point here. Important is that during holiday we have time and energy to question some the locked-in habits of our everyday life.
It would be great to see the routine breaking mindset more often out of the holiday season too. When following discussions about sustainable lifestyles and practices there is no debate without comments like “sounds like a good idea but in Normal life of Normal people it is impossible”. I bet there are definitely normal people telling their stories about slow travel, bicycle commuting, reusable nappies and vegetarian (or even vegan)cooking to take a few examples.
Even if we are not ready to turn our whole life upside down at once we can find some of the issues so inspiring that we decide to break our routine and take a try. We all are familiar with the feeling that we want to do something better or differently. It is much easier to break the habit if we have some concrete advice to start with. Small changes don’t need to be complicated we just need the holiday type of mindset to make the (pro-environment) change. Let’s hold on to the open-minded attitude while we are back to our desks and everyday life.
It would be great to see the routine breaking mindset more often out of the holiday season too. When following discussions about sustainable lifestyles and practices there is no debate without comments like “sounds like a good idea but in Normal life of Normal people it is impossible”. I bet there are definitely normal people telling their stories about slow travel, bicycle commuting, reusable nappies and vegetarian (or even vegan)cooking to take a few examples.
Even if we are not ready to turn our whole life upside down at once we can find some of the issues so inspiring that we decide to break our routine and take a try. We all are familiar with the feeling that we want to do something better or differently. It is much easier to break the habit if we have some concrete advice to start with. Small changes don’t need to be complicated we just need the holiday type of mindset to make the (pro-environment) change. Let’s hold on to the open-minded attitude while we are back to our desks and everyday life.
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