Climate and Environment Emergency
During Grand Challenges Week, students worked on a group project to address an aspect of their Challenge. As part of their project, students created outputs including podcasts, social media campaigns, websites and apps and so much more. The projects that the students produced in the Climate and Environment Emergency Challenge are shown below.
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An app that offers and rewards you for the choices that you make
How individuals and communities can make changes to adapt our cities for climate change
Aims to introduce those who are sceptical of eco-friendly activities to things that suit their interests
Interactive children's book to educate children about environmental issues from a very early age
Children's schoolbook debunking the myth that environmental impacts only effect foreign countries
Implementation of smart meters in all university accommodations to help cut down on emissions
Introduce a media and in-person interactive campaign to raise awareness of the impact of our daily lives
Climate conscious social app encouraging people to work together to improve sustainability
Interactive and educational website with information on different geoengineering strategies
Website sharing a diversity of stories about climate change in preparation for the next UN Climate conference
Raise awareness and educate on Greenwashing through a podcast and social media, such as Instagram
Interactive storybooks for children on different aspects of the climate emergency
Composing a letter to the University, as well as posters encouraging the University to reduce its energy usage
Proposal for app and social media campaign to track recycling across the University campus
Social media campaign to educate students & persuade the University to have carbon footprint labels on food
Website (in three languages) to educate and debunk climate myths
Video and article analysing the decisions made by world leaders
Designed an app to track the spread of mosquito-borne diseases in correlation to the changing climate
Website and summary document for policy makers to manage climate-related risk to agriculture in Vietnam
Interactive and educational website aimed at secondary school students to learn about urban sustainability
Awareness campaign and website to educate people on the impacts of the agricultural industry on land use specifically focussing on dietary choices
Installation of a large scale water source heat pump from the River Exe to replace campus' current heating system
Video clips combatting six different climate myths
Proposal to introduce broadcasting service to rural communities in Bangladesh
Educational song for school children about the climate crisis
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An education package and catchy song to spread the message about climate change to children and families