PROJEcts

ongoing projects

Follow-up project: Kompost-Bande

Kompost-Bande demonstrates how a school compost can become a living laboratory for sustainable action. Following a successful pilot project, the concept is now being scaled and embedded in additional schools.

Neurodivergentes Znacht

Neurodivergentes Znacht creates a safer space for neurodivergent students and alumni in Bern.

Lake Elinor

Lake Elinor is an interactive serious game that allows participants to experience the opportunities and challenges of managing commons through collaboration, negotiation and collective decision-making.

Mariegold

Mariegold combines agriculture, craftsmanship and design as a living lab to create an innovative future model for a working farm.

À Bicyclette

Development of a platform for a low-cost, size-appropriate children's bicycle rental service

ImproVision

Development of a teaching aid that teaches learners of all levels improvisation as a creative, independent musical process

OrbMatter

Development of a low-carbon material mixture and testing its potential in art, design and education

Student Minds Network

Promoting the mental health of students and employees at Bern's Higher Education Institutions

micro grants

There are currently no Micro Grant projects.

Completed Projects

Simulation of Our Common Future (2030 SDGs Game)

Intervention in which sustainable development can be experienced in an interactive role play.

Olis charcoal and wood briquettes

Sustainable charcoal and wood briquettes production in Switzerland

Reconnect

Development and implementation of a preventive education programme to promote mental health among young people

School compost as a learning laboratory for sustainable action

Set up of a school compost in the Länggass neighbourhood of Bern to recycle organic waste and spread the word about urban composting

You "C" Cards

You ‘C’ Cards - New ways for sustainable learning in music lessons

Trees in urban areas - launch for schools

Launching and publicizing the information system to raise awareness among children and adults about trees in urban areas

Action week "I can consent!"

Organisation einer Projektwoche mit Filmen, Workshops und Vorträgen zum Thema Konsens Ende Juli 2025

Films4Sustainability/ciné liminal

Organization of film evenings with the aim of raising awareness of sustainability at Bern's universities and mobilizing the student community

Trees in urban areas

Informing and sensitizing children and adults about trees in urban areas

boat2bag Bern

Upcycling of discarded inflatable boats from along the Aare into bags and other accessories

The SDG Game, a new way of teaching sustainable development

Promoting education in sustainable development at Bern's universities through the 2030 SDGs Game method.

Applied consent: navigating complex situations with confidence

Development, implementation and evaluation of a series of workshops based on scientific evidence.

eClimber: inclusion in climbing

Enabling an extended range of sports for students and employees with disabilities thanks to the newly developed eClimber self-belay device, which supports people in top rope climbing by relieving their weight.

Urban nature networks

Real-world laboratory with biodiversity action days for innovative implementation of the goals for ecological infrastructure in the settlement area of the city of Bern.

Reclaiming economics for a sustainable transformation

Lecture series on the contribution of pluralistic economics to a sustainable transformation.