The Future Challenge - Working together for more sustainability in daily life
The Future Challenge is a project developed by students at the University of Bonn in cooperation with the Wissenschaftsladen Bonn e.V. (Science Shop Bonn) as part of the teaching and learning project Learning for the Future. The resulting seminar was first offered in the summer semester of 2024. The aim is to raise awareness of climate change and motivate participants to learn sustainable practices and skills and integrate them into their everyday lives.
Registration and Schedule
Dates: 04th of July, 18th of July and 1st of August 2026 from 10:00 am to 06:00 pm.
How to register:
Registrations can be made via BASIS or by e-mail to: Severin Schwellenbach - sschwell@uni-bonn.de.
The Challenges
This involves the use of self-developed challenges aimed at conscious compensation in everyday life. The content of the challenges is based on the three thematic blocks of the seminar: Motivation, Climate Communication and Empowerment, and are designed to help participants take action and acquire skills. This could be, for example, launching an initiative to promote greater sustainability in their own city, or communicating with climate-critical people in their personal environment and making their own changes towards greater sustainability in everyday life. The implementation of the challenges will be supported and there will be plenty of space for participants to exchange ideas and support each other.
Schedule/Program
Kick-off event of the seminar, one-time event
One-time event
Closing event of the seminar, one-time event
Frequently Asked Questions
In the seminar, students will be confronted with everyday sustainability challenges and will work together to develop solutions and competences. The seminar should provide students with an open space for reflection where they can discuss problems, develop solutions and support each other. In addition, the students' intrinsic motivation for more sustainability should be encouraged, reflected upon and translated into action/activities (commitment to sustainability and training of sustainability multipliers). Students should be encouraged to develop a major climate challenge and implement it together. In addition, they should use methods and approaches in the seminar that focus on learning from each other (peer-to-peer).
The three seminar days are designed as full-day blocks (each from 10:00 am to 06:00 pm), active participation during the in-person sessions is mandatory. In addition to the in-person sessions, there are guided self-study periods with a strong emphasis on peer-to-peer learning. There are both group assignments as well as individual assignments. Successful participation (i.e. active participation during the in-person sessions and submission of a portfolio) can be credited with 6 CP.
Find out more
The cooperation partner: Wissenschaftsladen Bonn
