Content
Berlin is aiming to reach climate neutrality by 2040. The implementation of the SDGs started worldwide in 2016. Universities are playing a huge role in fostering the development of sustainable solutions via research and education. By thinking greener, acting more progressively, and being more connected to nature in the process, we can create a better, cleaner, and more sustainable future. Sustain.ALL project lab enables acquiring knowledge on the Sustainable Development Goals and developing local solutions for them. Our research question is: how can we foster local sustainable projects to achieve the maximum social, ecological and economic impact?
The module gives an overview of Sustainable Development Goals, related to ending extreme poverty, inequality, injustice, and protecting the planet through sustainable impact. By working on various local service-learning projects, which serve different SDGs, the students will learn how to make a local contribution to global targets. Before working on the projects, students will learn how to independently manage a project, how to do scientific research and present input about the topics they have chosen, and how to moderate a virtual/ presence group work. During the project phase, students will implement their projects together with other team members (students) and project partners of Sustain.ALL. With practical involvement and expert guidance, students will be able to make a local contribution to global targets in creating a better, cleaner, and more sustainable future.
The course content is divided into 2 parts:
1) Theory
2) Workshop/Project
The theoretical part will cover sustainable impact on three different thematic clusters: Environmental, Social, and Economic. Students will learn about the SDGs with presentations from different speakers from academia, research, industry, NGOs, etc. Different speakers will present different aspects of SDGs, from business, to research, exploitation, and dissemination. Additionally, students work on educational materials on SDGs to get knowledge from the research fields. Seminars, workshops, webinars, and projects serving the comprehension of the chosen SDGs or motivating students to create their projects.
The second section of the course will involve students working on an SDG-related project of their choice with local partners, in connection with the theorethical content they have acuired in the first section. While students are working on their projects, seminars and excursions will be organized in collaboration with experts in the project-related fields.
