Green Skills Challenge
Growing challenges call for innovative approaches: many complex issues trigger fear and powerlessness (eco-anxiety) in young people. This is precisely where the Green Skills Challenge comes in, by focussing on action orientation and showing concrete possibilities of how and where to become active. The aim is to develop solutions for relevant problems that are not only tangible, but also drive forward the socio-ecological transformation.
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​The aim of the Green Skills Challenge is to motivate young people to actively address the challenges of sustainable development and to provide them with the necessary competences (green skills). Together with local stakeholders, students and teachers, pupils will be given concrete challenges to enable them to understand and tackle the complex problems of climate change and socio-ecological transformation.
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The Green Skills Challenge took place from 13th to 16th of January 2025 and from 20th to 30th of January 2026 in schools in Baden, Vöslau and Mödling.
Impact
CREATING TRANSDISCIPLINARY LEARNING SPACES
Knowledge and strengths from different areas are utilised to tackle complex problems holistically. Fundamental system change requires ‘learning how to learn’.
CHALLENGE
APPROACH
Researching social challenges encourages intellectual curiosity and the development of sustainable solutions.
GREEN SKILLS
Promoting green skills can act as a lever for change. Skills beyond STEM: co-operating, critical thinking, communicating, creative problem solving.
GREEN JOBS
Encourage young people to get involved in sustainable development.
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