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Results of the “2021 Green Challenges” Campaign

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Followingthe “Défis Verts 2021” call for projects —which was open to students and staff at the University of Montpellier and aimed at soliciting proposals to improve sustainability on their campus—12 high-quality projects (available 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 university's transportation-related carbon footprint
  3. Actions to Strengthen and Improve Biodiversity
  4. Reducing the Environmental Footprint of University Dining Services

The UNI-ECO Selection Committee met on April 7, 2021, and decided to support and assist in the development of the following projects:

  1. MOBILAN: A carbon footprint calculator in the form of a web application, designed to raise students’ awareness of the greenhouse gas emissions resulting from their travel.
  2. Ressourcerie Etudiante Solidaire (RES): A secondhand store project focused on furniture, intended for students at the University of Montpellier.
  3. Bouge ta Finance: Creating a tool to raise awareness about green finance to combat global warming and environmental degradation.
  4. Nest Boxes of Hope / Yay, a Kestrel! / IUTBioNature: Construction and installation of nest boxes and insect hotels in the green spaces at various University of Montpellier campuses. Since these three projects share similar goals, they are encouraged to complement and collaborate with one another to pool their strengths.
  5. MAYA: Set up an apiary consisting of five beehives on the Montpellier IUT campus

The selected projects will now enter a development phase and will be resubmitted to the UNI-ECO committee in mid-June 2021. The top teams will have the opportunity to present their projects to an international audience at the UNI-ECO summer school in July and will receive personalized coaching, giving them 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).