NEB Prizes 2023: All Applications

In the course 'Plastic Soup? Close the Loop', students from various study programs
are in charge to halt plastic pollution together. In an active and hybrid learning environment,
transdisciplinary teams design in iterations sustainable solutions for the plastics sector, which they
test, evaluate and communicate with the stakeholders. The content is important, but its
application in the context is key. This leads to problem-solving skilled students with
an inclusive way of thinking.

Sueño Mediterráneo Nuestro Patio is a participatory project of the Educational Community of CEIP Mar Mediterráneo for the renaturalisation of its playground, turning it into a natural, co-educational, inclusive and learning space.
It is a co-creation project to create a sustainable school, where students are agents of change, promoting biodiversity through a physical transformation of the space, and a real pedagogical transformation through active methodologies and learning through nature.

The Innovation Academy initiative, was intended to implement an integrated intervention to stimulate young people in utilizing their entrepreneurial skills by making available the physical infrastructure to start a business and the necessary assistance to be consolidated in the market. The main goal of the project is to develop, test and implement a supportive environment for young people with entrepreneurial ideas.

In Europe, digital revolution has had a significant impact on evonomies, transforming traditional industries and reating new ones as well as changing tye way people interact and access information.

Zuid.Boijmans is a branch of Museum Boijmans in the Hillevliet district of Rotterdam Zuid. This district with 200,000 inhabitants has many social and economic problems. And although it has a rich and diverse cultural life, no cultural institutions are located here. In Zuid.Boijmans, we discuss what can be learned from Zuid and share knowledge with residents of the district. Everyone is welcome. Residents, students and talented makers come together, organise activities and learn from each other.

A project developed within the framework of the Master in Eco-Social Design and born from the common intentions and collaboration between the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Faculty of Design and Art), the social cooperative OfficineVispa with the support of the Office for Family, Women, Youth and Social Promotion of the Municipality of Bozen-Bolzano. The student teams collaborated with OfficineVispa, other local actors and citizens o develop convivial and social-ecological projects

In project "Deep civilization and sustainability as a way of living" we gave space for meaningful experiences to our workers to share good with the students. We got education in Nature School in a forest. In value workshops we studied ecososial education. There is only one planet Earth and wanting something is different than what we need. We need to connect! In theatrical working we shared our thoughts about our values and realized that together we can find a way to live following these values.

Beehave, in partnership with Jilava Penitentiary and Hutulca Traditional Association, will be transforming unused green spaces into biologically diverse, sustainable, productive landscapes. There is a real need for creating quality green spaces for the 1000 detainees' recreation and outdoor visiting space at Jilava Penitentiary in Ilfov county, Romania. These gardens meet 9 of the sustainable development goals and will include many native plant species and will double as habitat restoration.

In order to promote, disseminate and acquaint the public with natural materials and traditional building techniques and trades, along with the architectural and planning practices that allow these to be preserved and continued, in 2021 and 2022 a series of activities - which included exhibitions, workshops, courses, congresses and publications - were organized under the title “Timeless Architecture”.

The Ministry of the Future is a bottom-up social design project. This brandnew nationwide movement unites an emerging group of positive citizens who, each in their own environment and sphere of influence, put the future on the agenda, beyond polarization and haste. They do so based on the shared conviction that the focus in politics, culture, economy and society must be shifted towards long-termism, in order to make decisions that benefit the people and planet of tomorrow.