Sustainable Well-being for People & Planet / Caring Communities

This CC aims to develop learning and teaching formats that address personal well-being and planetary sustainability as interconnected concepts that so far are often dealt with in separate approaches. Learning for sustainability is vital for fostering sustainable societal transformation. Yet, there is a lack of research on the relationship between sustainability competencies, happiness, and inner capacities for driving societal change. Understanding this intersection is particularly significant due to the global crises and mental health challenges, as low levels of well-being hinder individuals' ability to actively pursue change. This CC invites also collaboration with external stakeholders, namely primary and secondary schools as well as local municipalities, building on existing relationship that exist 

The key societal challenges driving the activities within this CC are climate change,biodiversity loss, quality education and (mental) health. By crossing and combining questions of inner and outer sustainability, this CC contributes to the development of more caring communities in the respective institutional and local contexts.  Courses like General Ecology, Climate and Climate Change, Soil and Soil Pollution and the research on nature-based solutions alongside the activities of the CareLab for People & Planet are combined with the latest concepts and competence frameworks related to Education for Sustainable Development (e.g. ESD for 2030, the GreenComp) and perspectives of well-being and inner sustainability.