NEB Prizes 2023: All Applications

Positive Psychology is a well know Slovenian community-building initiative that offers lectures about various strengths of positive psychology and growth mindset, started in Jan 2013. During lockdowns we moved online and organised 120+ lectures, free of charge, collecting donations for charities, supported by socially responsible organisations. Most popular is School for Parents with 11 lectures addressing current issues (interpreted into Slov. sign language), in 2023 organised for the 3rd time.

Eidos Method is an innovative teaching methodology based on the valorisation of a specific company’s heritage. It potentially involves students from all educational levels (Primary School, High School, Technical School), and is based on the combination between theory and practice. Eidos’ principal aim is to preserve and increase the value of the company's historical and territorial heritage by choosing an iconic object that represents its tradition and its originality.

The aim of online educational courses is to reduce the loneliness of the elderly and people with dementia and their social exclusion, while at the same time educating both family members and professional caregivers on how to avoid burnout. Courses also heavily promote new profession of companion care. We teach how to communicate with a person with dementia, present meaningful activities for elderly and people with dementia etc.

The main objective of the Os Mixtos project is to fight against the depopulation suffered by the rural world. In order to achieve this, we carry out different initiatives such as the creation of a coliving center, we also participate in Erasmus+ and CSE projects, we are convinced that young people and culture are the only ones who can fight against the problem of depopulation in this zone. A second objective of the project is to publicize the history of this place, the Couto Mixto.

Teens for the enviroment education toward preserving the enviroment by young volunteers is main purpose is to conect the place and the peopel raising awarnes of the importance of clean enviroment the place vhere thay live and how inpact that is have on theyer life and the impact will have that in the future as education is an important and will be decide the future educating youngsters about climate change polution social justice enviroment and also very important how to implement that .

Sec i Soc is an educational project that brings product design closer to students to help them discover new possibilities in their path.
This is achieved by working on emotional education linked with the creative process.
The project deals with the skills of teamwork and individual self-awareness. These will be used to develop the product: a seat.
The seat is designed by the whole class, doing teamwork and is individually customized to help each member regain the sense of belonging.

Jestem Wesoła (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjɛs.tɛm vɛˈsɔwa], which means „I am Happy”). I am Happy. I am Pharmacy of Design. I am passionate. I am the area. I am an idea. And I have strong will to save the last free space in the City Center of Kraków from gentrification and resale.
W_spólnota (community)
E_dukacja (education)
S_ymbioza (symbiosis)
O_becność (presence)
Ł_ączniczka (connector)
A_tmosfera (atmosphere)

The Circular Material Hub is a network platform with educational tools for material and social designers to collaborate with the local community and create circular solutions. By sharing materials and waste knowledge (materials library and hands-on workshops), the project aims to develop multi-stakeholder partnerships and enable the community to engage in meaningful sustainability-related decisions, ensuring equitable environmental and socio-economic outcomes for the present and future.

The facility for basketball performances "Basketball Hall Virovitica" was designed based on the 3 findings of the New European Bauhaus. Beautiful in the Hall is achieved through design, form and construction of architecture and urbanism. Sustainable is defined by engineering solutions that aim for the minimum possible carbon emission. Together, it includes the narrower and wider community, which is actively integrated into sports through complementary contents.

After conducting a long research, I found out that there was a gap when it came to education on basic hygiene habits. Not being taught this in the school leaves us unprotected in a world ruled by the media and advertisement, making us vulnerable when making purchasing decisions.
These decisions do not only affect our own health (as we are indeed talking about products that most of us use on a regular basis) but also the environment, as we consume plastics in large amounts.