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Complex topics often leave young people feeling anxious and powerless. The Green Skills Challenge starts exactly there: it puts agency first and shows concretely how and where to take action.
Together with local stakeholders, students and teachers, pupils developed solutions to real problems of the socio-ecological transformation. The challenges took place in January 2025 and January 2026 at schools in Baden, Vöslau and Mödling.
FROM THE CHALLENGES
Action instead of powerlessness: green skills as a lever for change.
WHAT THE CHALLENGE ACHIEVES
Creating transdisciplinary learning spaces
Knowledge and strengths from different fields are combined to tackle complex problems holistically. Fundamental system change requires “learning how to learn”.
Challenge-based approach
Exploring societal challenges fosters intellectual curiosity and the development of sustainable solutions.
Green skills
Skills beyond STEM: collaboration, critical thinking, communication, creative problem solving.
Green jobs
Young people are encouraged to pursue careers that advance sustainable development.
FUNDED AND DELIVERED
The Green Skills Challenge was delivered together with project owners and cooperation partners in the Thermenlinie region.
Implemented by Thinkubator Sustainable Solutions OG.
Stadtgemeinde Baden, KLAR! Thermenlinie, Klima- und Energie-Modellregion Thermenlinie
A CHALLENGE FOR YOUR REGION?
The format can be transferred to other regions and schools.
Thinkubator
Green Skills Challenge project teamTell us about your region and your question - we will come back with a proposal.