WHat is this?

With a #climatechallenge you can make your everyday life more climate-friendly. We distinguish between the Footprint Challenge and the Handprint Challenge:

In the Footprint Challenge, you set yourself the goal of discontinuing a decisively climate-damaging habit of yours and challenge yourself to follow through with this plan for 30 days. Even if the change in your everyday life is small, the fact is that you use less resources and cause fewer CO2 emissions. This will reduce your carbon footprint and do something good for the environment. At the same time, you not only take responsibility for your own actions, but also gain new experiences, discover alternatives and become part of an ever-growing community that is committed to the world of tomorrow.

With the Handprint Challenge, you can work together to change structures in our society so that environmentally friendly behavior becomes easier for everyone. So grab a few friends and see what simple ideas can grow into!

Join with others to facilitate more sustainable togetherness.

> my Handprint-Challenge (german)

> Field reports (german)

We are interested in why people become active in climate protection and how they fare in the process. That's what we're researching. We incorporate the results into improvements to the #climatechallenge format. We also feed these findings into the scientific and social discussion about how the necessary change towards sustainability can succeed.

Specifically, we (scientists at the Department of Sustainable Economics at the University of Applied Sciences Konstanz and sociologists at the University of Konstanz) conduct three surveys around the Challenge participation:

• Before the start of the Challenge --> online survey (german)
• Immediately after completion of the Challenge --> online survey (german)
• Approximately half a year after completion of the Challenge

Take a few minutes and share your experiences this way.