On May 12th 2023, the ECF4CLIM participants spent an excellent day in Sintra, Portugal, for an intense exchange of experiences and perspectives. Creative exercises in pairs or small groups inspire discussion related to the ECF4CLIM roadmap, interventions in schools and universities, and multidisciplinary research into sustainability.
Our work was structured along the four steps of the ECF4CLIm roadmap:
(1) Engagement: Reflection on the various values and aspects of sustainability,
(2) Connections: Systemic understanding of the context of sustainability Work in educational institutions as well as the perspective of various stakeholders,
(3) Visions: Worst- and best-case scenarios or experiences of implementing interventions to promote sustainability in an educational institution,
(4) Action: Strengthening the handprints of the sustainability interventions in the ECF4CLIM partner institutions,
(5) Transdisciplinary dialogue: Reflections on the experiences of transdisciplinary interaction during the ECF4CLIM project and the General Assembly: benefits, enablers, and constraints.
Furthermore, we pondered how to strengthen the positive impact of the General Assembly, and to make the most of the fact that we were able to meet face to face, It is important to strive for sustainability also in the internal organisation and practices of the ECF4CLIM project itself.
