Environmental Change
Environmental change in European start-ups, thinking and acting is the solution for common sustainable development
The Environmental Change project promotes proactive reskilling and upskilling to reap the benefits of the ecological transition. The project is in line with the European Green Deal and suggests focusing on topics of the circular economy and sustainable solutions.
The main objective of the project is to introduce practical innovations in sustainable business practices. The circular economy is an enormous challenge for developed and developing countries in terms of efficiently managing natural resources, preventing environmental degradation, and encouraging socially responsible behaviours. The project consortium will take the topics a step further, transforming opportunities into practical solutions. Through this project, the consortium aims to directly help enterprising and active people to develop their professional competences and provide start-ups with specific knowledge on how to sustainably manage their businesses. The project aims to promote and validate knowledge, skills, and attitudes on climate change and sustainable development in six key areas:
- Ways of transitioning to natural energy and combatting climate change,
- Biodiversity and ecological transformation,
- Plastic waste management,
- Redesigning products and services to minimise the use of materials,
- Circular businesses models,
- Life-cycle thinking.
Basic information
The projects yielded two main results:
- An environmental syllabus to improve the professional development of VET (vocational educational and training) providers in terms of environmental change competencies. You can see it here.
- An environmental app for start-uppers, designed for mobile learning and structured around the project’s key areas. To check out the Environmental Change app for Android devices click here and for iOS devices, here. To install a Beta iOS App via email or public link invitation, you need to install TestFlight on the iOS device that you will use for testing. Open your invitation email or tap on the public link on your iOS device. Tap ‘View in TestFlight’ or ‘Start Testing’ or tap ‘Install’ or ‘Update’ for the app you want to test.
The environmental syllabus for VET providers defines the framework for developing competencies in the field of environmental change. It defines the objectives and main learning outcomes of the environmental training digital materials for start-uppers, explains evaluation methods, and provides learning resources. The environmental syllabus has six modules:
- MODULE 1: Ways of transitioning to natural energy and combating climate change,
- MODULE 2: Biodiversity and ecological transformation of companies,
- MODULE 3: Plastic waste management in your SME,
- MODULE 4: Redesigning products and services to minimise the use of materials,
- MODULE 5: Circular businesses models,
- MODULE 6: Life-cycle thinking.
The result is for VET providers and teachers.
