ACTING FOR SUSTAINABILITY
-Individual initiative-
Sustainability in Everyday Life
PRE-WORK
-preparing for our session​
Presentation of the competence model
Individual Initiative
Individual initiative is the capacity to see oneself as capable of making a contribution to sustainability and acting to make the community and the world a better place. It comprises knowledge of the possible actions, self-efficacy in being able to affect change, and a tendency to act. Through taking initiative, individuals motivate others and confront myths surrounding sustainable living. With the precautionary principle, they act early in case of uncertainty in order to prevent damage.
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Workshop Components
Duration: 100 - 120 min
Digital tools suggested:
Carbon footprint calculator - For calculating a person's overall amount of CO2 emission per year
CO2 Everything - Source with calculations, info and graphs about CO2 emissions
Mentimeter - For interactive polls and icebreakers
Blind maps and Worksheet (printed)
Competencies exercised:
Individual initiative, System thinking, Critical thinking, Problem framing, Futures literacy, Adaptability
Workshop Overview
Annotation:
The activity helps analyze and adopt more sustainable alternatives to current consumer habits, leading to a personal commitment and initiative towards a more sustainable lifestyle that is inspiring others.
Objectives:
To understand own potential sustainability and how one can actively contribute
To understand types of preventive actions that lead to a systemic change
To analyze carbon footprint of individual consumer habits
To learn to use different digital tools, such as Carbon footprint calculator, Instagram, Mentimeter and others.