GreenScent Project: Learning Sustainable Behaviors Through Experimentation

PARIS - Jan. 31, 2023 - PRLog -- GreenScent is an educational initiative that aims to increase awareness of environmental issues and encourage people to adopt a more sustainable lifestyle. Its goal is to help European citizens understand the impact of their actions on the environment and to motivate them to make choices that will help protect and preserve the planet for future generations.

Stakes

The program aims to raise awareness among European citizens about impact actions and climate and sustainability issues, by developing training paths for both individuals and professionals.nThe EU wants every young citizen to be aware of the environmental impact of their actions within the next twenty years.

Method

The GreenScent consortium created a training course centered around learning and experimentation that evolves throughout young people's lives.

From the outset, it was important to design with an open approach. This is why a co-construction model with young people was the preferred method. It allows for continuous enrichment of the program and makes it more applicable as well as engaging.

To do so, GreenScent needed a centralized tool to support calls for ideas, suggestions, and issues. This is to evaluate them in order to enable their deployment in the training plan.

The contribution of the Agorize platform

The consortium naturally turned to Agorize, the recognized leader in idea management software. Their software allows large organizations to transform themselves by leveraging collective intelligence, as it assembles all stakeholders in a continuous improvement model.

Agorize allows GreenScent to be in direct contact with students. This then provides researchers with ideas and best practices for the design of training plans.

Its platform makes it possible to run several innovation programs in the form of Calls for Ideas, with gamification features boosting participant engagement.

The first competition that was launched, Farm to Fork, is devoted to food circuits. It tackles the problem statement: How to produce more sustainably and consume more sensibly? It was launched in January of 2023. Proposals can be submitted until April and the final will be held in June during an offline event.

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Among Greenscent objectives:

• Develop and test the GreenComp Competence Framework with a fully participatory multi-stakeholder approach.
• Break stereotypes, change skeptical attitudes, and increase awareness among pupils, students, and society through inclusive and accessible citizen science and co-creation approaches.
• Co-create training kits, user guides, and use cases with experts, teachers, and students, and create Green Deal certification programs.

Visit the platform here: https://greenscent.agorize.com/en/challenges/stakeholder-...