About your sustainability journey
The Your Sustainability Journey workshop is all about finding out what YOU could do to decrease your carbon footprint. Many of us want a more sustainable world, but issues like climate change, inequality, and consumption systems seem too big to address by ourselves. The truth is, even if governments and companies make drastic changes, we still have to change our own lifestyles to reduce our footprints.
Currently, not many people are actively taking steps to become more sustainable. This is because people find it difficult to determine what is true concerning sustainability, and which options there are for their personal lives. So it’s not a lack of motivation, in fact 88% of Dutch inhabitants are willing to change their lifestyle. How can you easily find out more about what we can do?
This workshop has its origins in the growing greener initiative by Prof. Mick Smyer and is an integral and funded project of the Shaping Expert Group on sustainability.
For this workshop, we use the Sustainability Card Game. This card game has been specifically designed for the workshop and gives an insight into which actions you could take to reduce your carbon emissions and what the reduction in carbon emissions would be. Both students and staff at the University of Twente can sign up for a workshop here. You can also contact us about giving a workshop to a bigger group. You can also order your own set of cards here.
Workshop schedule
At the University Twente, we offer workshops for students and employees. Both online and face-to-face workshops are possible. Sign up for one of the workshops here.
Research
Calculating Carbon Emissions
In 2022 we are recalculating the expected carbon emission reductions for the existing cards using Dutch input data. We are further examining the calculation methods applied to the existing cards and adjusting accordingly to Dutch circumstances where applicable. After this, the next step is to develop new calculation methods and gather data for the newly suggested cards. Here, you can find more information on the calculations of carbon emissions.
Inter-generational Learning
From 2022 we will test whether parents' attitude towards sustainable actions changes after children at Dutch elementary/high schools participate in the workshop.
Contact
Please contact us if you have questions or suggestions on how to improve this workshop: yoursustainabilityjourney@utwente.nl