Horizon SHORE country hub - a project of Baltic Living Lab www.balticlivinglab.com
DEVELOPING Systems Thinking Skills for ocean literacy action
The Baltic Sea region faces significant challenges in balancing the growth of blue economy sectors with the need for environmental protection. Sectors like maritime transport, tourism, and fisheries rely heavily on a healthy marine ecosystem, yet unsustainable practices and human pressures continue to threaten the sea's well-being. To address these issues, a shift in mindset and approach is necessary, starting with education.
The Baltic Region Hackathon sponsors activity aimed at harnessing the power of systems thinking as an innovative educational tool to engage students in learning about sustainable blue economy practices and foster important transversal skills like critical thinking, collaboration or working in teams, effective communication and applying creativity to problem solving . By creating immersive, game-based learning experiences, we can make education more engaging and effective in preparing the next generation of leaders and decision-makers to tackle the complex challenges facing the Baltic Sea region.
Participants will have the opportunity to make a real impact on the future of education and the sustainability of the Baltic Sea region's blue economy. Join us in creating engaging, immersive learning experiences that inspire students to become agents of change and contribute to a more sustainable future for all.
Selected as a PREP4BLUE Pilot Activity under the "Engaging Citizens in Mission Ocean" Horizon Europe Program. Visit us online at: https://digieduhack.com/challenges/blue-escape-develop-systems-thinking-skills-through-virtual-escape-rooms
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Leveraging cross-cutting enablers for Skills Development, Citizen Science, Community Engagement
The Baltic Region Hackathon is aimed at raising awareness about environmental challenges such as pollution, acidification and eutrophication, marine/freshwater debris and plastics litter, habitat destruction, etc. Sponsored activities teach ocean literacy and water stewardship via an integrated approach that combines education, technology, collaboration between formal education and the multiple-helix of a local community via open schooling methodologies. Student teams progress through hackathon scenarios by applying critical thinking skills and working collaboratively to develop innovative solutions that promote circularity and decarbonization, sustainable fisheries, restoring ecosystems, etc. in support of the EU Mission "Restore Our Ocean and Waters by 2030".
Registration Deadline: 15 Oct
Connect with professionals, educators, and environmental enthusiasts to collaborate on bringing new ideas that solve environmental challenges to fruition!
