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Results of the "Green Challenges 2021" campaign

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Followingthe call for projects "Green Challenges 2021" aimed at students and staff at the University of Montpellier with the aim of proposing projects to improve sustainability on their university campus, 12 high-quality projects (available to view on the UNI-ECO online platform ) were submitted in response to the four thematic challenges set this year.

  1. Practices that will bring the university closer to "Zero Waste"
  2. Reducing the carbon footprint associated with transportation at the university
  3. Actions to strengthen and improve biodiversity
  4. Reducing the environmental footprint of university catering

The UNI-ECO selection committee met on April 7, 2021, and decided to support and assist in the formalization of the following projects:

  1. MOBILAN: Carbon footprint simulator in the form of a web application, designed to raise awareness among students about the greenhouse gas emissions caused by their travel.
  2. Ressourcerie Etudiante Solidaire (RES): Resource center project focused on furniture, intended for students at the University of Montpellier.
  3. Bouge ta Finance: Creation of a tool to promote green finance in order to combat global warming and environmental degradation.
  4. Nest boxes of hope / Great, a kestrel! / IUTBioNature: Manufacture and installation of nest boxes and insect hotels in the green spaces of various sites at the University of Montpellier. As these three projects have similar objectives, they are encouraged to complement each other and join forces to pool their strengths.
  5. MAYA: Install an apiary consisting of five beehives on the Montpellier University Institute of Technology campus.

The selected projects will now enter a maturation phase and will be resubmitted to the UNI-ECO committee in mid-June 2021. The best teams will have the opportunity to present their projects to an international community at the UNI-ECO summer school in July, where they will receive personalized coaching and benefit from a unique opportunity for international networking.

Feel free to follow the progress of the selected projects by participating in the Living Labs (anyone with an institutional email address can create a profile and comment on ongoing projects).