SDG Labs Digital Gallery

The SDG Labs digital gallery provides an online repository with a wide range of ready-to-use and interactive co-creation activities, tools and resources, and a digital package of lecture projects that will support the development of social and green business competences.

Specifically, the SDG Labs digital gallery consists of the following οnline elements:

• An online screening tool with case studies of SEEs that operate in economic sectors with environmental objectives (e.g. rural development, renewable energy, re-use and recycling, sustainable housing and agriculture) and/or incorporate green practices and environmental-friendly approaches into their activities.

• A digital package of Lecture Plans providing clear and easy to follow steps in order to deliver lessons that incorporate the aspect of environmental sustainability and cultivate students’ skills related to green transition in specific SE courses.

• An online depository of interactive and co-creation activities supporting social and green entrepreneurial competence development that can be utilized by university teachers when implementing the SDG Labs programme. This depository is flexible, and universities can select the resources that suit their context and the needs of their students.

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Case Study: Major Development Agency Thessaloniki

Major Development Agency Thessaloniki S.A. is an enterprise operating in the wider area of
Thessaloniki with the purpose of developing a coherent “Strategic Sustainable Urban Development Of The Major Integrated Spatial Investment Of Urban Metropolitan Thessaloniki”.

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Lecture Plan: Systemic Archetypes

Lecture topics: 1. Recap of main notions of system dynamics 2. Systemic Archetypes 3. Examples of archetypes in real life 4. Case study: understanding circular economy

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Case Study: WenCoop

WEnCoop is an energetic “broad-based” community created by women of different business backgrounds and cultures from craft to service, trade and hotels.

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Case Study: Thesgi

Its purpose is to promote the cooperation among its members in order to achieve economic, social and cultural development. Moreover, the cooperative wishes to promote the production of its members.

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Case Study: Development Agency Of Karditsa (ANKA S.A.)

ANKA has been aiming in the enhancement of local development through the coordination of initiatives, the provision of technical support to local authorities and businesses and the implementation of project on the basis of cooperation and autonomy.

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Lecture Plan: How To Produce, Process, And Deliver Safe And Nutritious Food – Sustainable Food System In Everyday Life

Lecture topics: 1. Increasing demands on food industry – from farm to fork 2. The concept of the sustainability of the food industry 3. Consumer as a key agent in the transition towards sustainable food systems

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Lecture Plan: How To Build In a Circular Way

Lecture topics: Responsible innovation in construction, consumer choices for green building. 1. The idea of sustainable construction 2. Benefits and costs of sustainable construction 3. How to implement responsible innovation in construction at the level of supply and demand?

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Case Study: Together For The Environment Social Cooperative

The purpose of establishing the Together for the Environment Social cooperative was to create an entity that will carry out tasks in the field of municipal waste management and, at the same time, to enable the professional and social activation of the residents of both municipalities.

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Case Study: NRG Solar Foundation

The Foundation implements projects in the field of renewable energy sources, improvement of energy efficiency, energy management systems and sustainable energy development of renewable energy sources (including photovoltaic installations, heat pumps) for households and business clients.

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Lecture Plan: How To Consume In a Circular Way – Circular Economy In Everyday Life

Lecture topics: Circular economy, circular consumption, circular behaviours. 1. The idea of circular economy 2. Pros and Cons for circular economy 3. How I can incorporate the circular economy into my daily life?

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Case Study: To Good To Go: Fighting Food Waste Together

Through their app, Too Good to Go connects users with restaurants nearby, allowing them to purchase the excess food that would otherwise be thrown away thirty minutes before closing hours at a discounted price.

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Case Study: Growth With purpose: How a Chocolate Company Started the transformation of An Industry

Tony Chocolonely is a Dutch producer of premium chocolate bars made of Belgian chocolate with a strong responsible footprint.

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Lecture Plan: Systems thinking Introduction

Lecture topics: 1. Introduction to policy modeling 2. What is a model 3. Why policies and policy models often fail 4. Systems thinking and system dynamics 5. Casual Loop Diagrams 6. Case Study: Sustainable housing

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Case Study: Yuma Lans Sunglasses: It’s Not Waste Until It’s Wasted

Yuma Labs is a Belgian start-up that produces sustainable eyewear, under the brand’s own label and in collaboration with fashion houses all over the world, following the principle of circularity.

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Case Study: Development Agency Of Karditsa (ANKA S.A.)

ANKA has been aiming in the enhancement of local development through the coordination of initiatives, the provision of technical support to local authorities and businesses and the implementation of project on the basis of cooperation and autonomy.

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Case Study: Fundacja Kupuj Odpowiedzialnie [Buy Responsibly Foundation]

The Buy Responsibly Foundation is a nationwide organization in Poland working for sustainable development and environmental protection, responsible consumption, and production, as well as respect for human rights and environmental principles in business.

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Case Study: Social Cooperative Poznanianka

The main purpose of establishing the Social Cooperative Poznanianka was to create stable jobs for Poznań residents who had rent debts to the City of Poznań and had problems finding jobs on their own.

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Case Study: Fundacja Kupuj Odpowiedzialnie [Buy Responsibly Foundation]

The Buy Responsibly Foundation is a nationwide organization in Poland working for sustainable development and environmental protection, responsible consumption, and production, as well as respect for human rights and environmental principles in business.

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Lecture Plan: Consumption Of Renewable Energy

Lecture topics: 1. Genesis and types of the renewable energy sources 2. European, Governmental and local authorities instruments to encourage households, companies to introduce renewable energy sources 3. Good practices related to renewable energy sources in European countries

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Case Study: Social Cooperative Komunalka Rzgow

The Social Cooperative Komunalka Rzgow has been formed by legal persons. The aim of the cooperative is the social and professional reintegration of people at risk of social exclusion and the provision of public services to the local community – for the well-being of the whole community.

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Case Study: Social Cooperative Powrocisz Tu (Come Back)

One of the goals of creating the Social Cooperative Powrocisz Tu (Come Back) was the need of have its own local supplier of meals for schools to support a feeding program for children.

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Case Study: Fundacja Kupuj Odpowiedzialnie [Buy Responsibly Foundation]

The Buy Responsibly Foundation is a nationwide organization in Poland working for sustainable development and environmental protection, responsible consumption, and production, as well as respect for human rights and environmental principles in business.

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Case Study: Inspekt Foundation / Traditional uses of Plants-Workshop

The INSPEKT’s mission is to diagnose social needs, integrate the researchers, and care of natural heritage. They are engaged in social monitoring and create a platform for cooperation with local authorities, entrepreneurs and other NGOs.

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Case Study: ASTER: Energy Bill Relief Via Solar Power

Thousands of social housing units in the Belgian region of Flanders are set to receive muchneeded energy bill relief through the installation of solar panels on their rooftops.

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Case Study: The Ale Smacznie Social Cooperative

The Socienia Spółdzielnia Socjalna Ale Smacznie, which is partly supervised by Dąbie Municipality (and of which Dąbie Municipality is the owner), solves three main local social problems: catering services for city cleaning and maintenance of green areas, and the newest service is rehabilitation of the elderly or those in need of such medical assistance.

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Case Study: ASTER: Energy Bill Relief Via Solar Power

Thousands of social housing units in the Belgian region of Flanders are set to receive muchneeded energy bill relief through the installation of solar panels on their rooftops.

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Case Study: Social Cooperative Poznanianka

The main purpose of establishing the Social Cooperative Poznanianka was to create stable jobs for Poznań residents who had rent debts to the City of Poznań and had problems finding jobs on their own.

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Lecture Plan: Model Building

Lecture topics: 1. Recap of stock and flow diagrams 2. Building of quantitative model for renewable energy 3. Scenario and sensitivity analysis 4. Building of quantitative model of sustainable food systems

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Case Study: Thesgi

Its purpose is to promote the cooperation among its members in order to achieve economic, social and cultural development. Moreover, the cooperative wishes to promote the production of its members.

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Case Study: Spoldzielnia Socjalna Zielona Pila (Social Cooperative Zielona Pila)

The Social Cooperative Zielona Pila has set itself the goal of helping the unemployed and those at risk of social exclusion by creating jobs related to the services the organization offers.

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Case Study: To Good To Go: Fighting Food Waste Together

Through their app, Too Good to Go connects users with restaurants nearby, allowing them to purchase the excess food that would otherwise be thrown away thirty minutes before closing hours at a discounted price.

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Case Study: Fundacja Sendzimira [Sendzimir Foundation]

The Sendzimir Foundation is a non-profit organisation operating in Poland. Its activities focus on the adaptation of cities to climate change, including the adaptation of water infrastructure and the modernisation of buildings in order to apply solutions in cities to reduce CO2 emissions and slow down the process of global warming.

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Case Study: To Good To Go: Fighting Food Waste Together

Through their app, Too Good to Go connects users with restaurants nearby, allowing them to purchase the excess food that would otherwise be thrown away thirty minutes before closing hours at a discounted price.

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Case Study: Yuma Lans Sunglasses: It’s Not Waste Until It’s Wasted

Yuma Labs is a Belgian start-up that produces sustainable eyewear, under the brand’s own label and in collaboration with fashion houses all over the world, following the principle of circularity.

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Case Study: To Good To Go: Fighting Food Waste Together

Through their app, Too Good to Go connects users with restaurants nearby, allowing them to purchase the excess food that would otherwise be thrown away thirty minutes before closing hours at a discounted price.

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Lecture Plan: How To Consume In a Circular Way – Circular Economy In Everyday Life

Lecture topics: Circular economy, circular consumption, circular behaviours. 1. The idea of circular economy 2. Pros and Cons for circular economy 3. How I can incorporate the circular economy into my daily life?

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Lecture Plan: Stock And Flow Models

Lecture topics: 1. Recap of main notions of system dynamics and systemic archetypes 2. Stock and flow diagrams 3. Scenario and sensitivity analytics 4. Case Study: Renewable energy

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Lecture Plan: Systems thinking Introduction

Lecture topics: 1. Introduction to policy modeling 2. What is a model 3. Why policies and policy models often fail 4. Systems thinking and system dynamics 5. Casual Loop Diagrams 6. Case Study: Sustainable housing

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Lecture Plan: HOW TO MAKE IMPACT ENTERPRISE SUSTAINABLE

LECTURE TOPICS: IMPACT BUSINESS MODELS

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Lecture Plan: SOCIAL ECONOMY AND ORIGINS OF IMPACT ENTREPRENEURHSIP

LECTURE TOPICS: SOCIAL AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Lecture Plan: SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND CO.

LECTURE TOPICS: IMPACT AND SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Lecture Plan: HOW TO ACHIEVE A CHANGE

LECTURE TOPICS: 1) THEORY OF CHANGE 2) IMPACT CHAIN

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Case Study: TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH FOOD WASTE MANAGEMENT

In the past few years, the challenging issue of extreme Food Waste has arisen, especially in urban areas, contributing to the overall food insecurity, environmental degradation and unsustainable development. Boroume (“We Can”) a non-profit organization based in Athens, had been established with its core mission to reduce food waste, by saving food, and fight malnutrition in Greece.

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Case Sudy: “BOROUME” SAVING FOOD, SAVING LIVES NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION

In the past few years, the challenging issue of extreme Food Waste has arisen, especially in urban areas, contributing to the overall food insecurity, environmental degradation and unsustainable development. Boroume (“We Can”) a non-profit organization based in Athens, had been established with its core mission to reduce food waste, by saving food, and fight malnutrition in Greece.

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Case Study: TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH FOOD WASTE MANAGEMENT

In the past few years, the challenging issue of extreme Food Waste has arisen, especially in urban areas, contributing to the overall food insecurity, environmental degradation and unsustainable development. Boroume (“We Can”) a non-profit organization based in Athens, had been established with its core mission to reduce food waste, by saving food, and fight malnutrition in Greece.

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Case Sudy: TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH FOOD WASTE MANAGEMENT

In the past few years, the challenging issue of extreme Food Waste has arisen, especially in urban areas, contributing to the overall food insecurity, environmental degradation and unsustainable development. Boroume (“We Can”) a non-profit organization based in Athens, had been established with its core mission to reduce food waste, by saving food, and fight malnutrition in Greece.

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Case Study: “BOROUME” SAVING FOOD, SAVING LIVES NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION

In the past few years, the challenging issue of extreme Food Waste has arisen, especially in urban areas, contributing to the overall food insecurity, environmental degradation and unsustainable development. Boroume (“We Can”) a non-profit organization based in Athens, had been established with its core mission to reduce food waste, by saving food, and fight malnutrition in Greece.

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Case Sudy: CLOTH DIAPERS

The Anavy brand has been on the market since 2009, manufacturing and selling baby diapers and other hygiene products. It is run by Ivana Filipovičová as a natural person doing business under the Trade Licensing Act.

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Case Study: TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH FOOD WASTE MANAGEMENT

In the past few years, the challenging issue of extreme Food Waste has arisen, especially in urban areas, contributing to the overall food insecurity, environmental degradation and unsustainable development. Boroume (“We Can”) a non-profit organization based in Athens, had been established with its core mission to reduce food waste, by saving food, and fight malnutrition in Greece.

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Case Sudy: RENEWING OLD FURNITURE, KABINET CB, RE USE CENTRE

The company was founded in 2019, the idea came from a community project to provide material assistance to users of social services in České Budějovice. Donated unused furniture was provided to clients in social flats.

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Case Study: NILMORE

The founder of the company is Mikuláš Hurta (born in 1995). In an interview with CzechCrunch he said: “I was sitting in the director’s chair of the IAC aircraft paint shop, where I realized over time that one spends a third of one’s life at work, so it pays to transform this work into something socially and environmentally useful…

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Case Sudy: Social bistro “Roof”

It operates under the legal form of a cooperative, having been founded by five members. The founders wanted to help people, inspired by the Homeless Cooks project, which focuses on women in social need.

ENGLISH, CZECH, GREEK, POLISH, DUTCH

Empathy Map – Task & Design

Print and design you own Empathy Map.

Minimum Viable Product – Task & Lecture

What all can be called a prototype based on social enterprises you already came into contact with?
What is Minimum Viable Product?
What is Minimum Feature Set?
How useful it will be to know these things for your social enterprise business plans?

How can I incorporate the circular economy into my daily life?

The 5 R’s of Waste Management and Zero Waste Living

Double diamond model of Design Council

Design Council’s Double Diamond clearly conveys a design process to designers and non-designers alike. The two diamonds represent a process of exploring an issue more widely or deeply (divergent thinking) and then taking focused action (convergent thinking).

Circular Economy – Pros & Cons

The idea of closing the loop sounds like a great plan doesn’t it? There are however- as with anything- pros and cons. Let’s look at some of them.

GREEN SKILLS as an element of green transformation

Green skills are perceived as composed of three dimensions classified as cognitive, psychomatic and affective. The promotion of sustainable development within these dimensions involves knowledge, skills and values.

Purpose task

Aaron Hurst from his lecture for Social Entrepreneurship Academie:
We gain purpose from relationships. This is the biggest source of purpose. We gain purpose from having relationships with each other. From impact, when we do something for someone else, and it doesn’t have to be something gargantuan or on a world scale…

Questionnaire – Circular behaviour in households and the quality of life of their inhabitants

This questionnaire is for the purpose of investigating behaviours related to the implementation of the circular economy by households and assessing the impact of these behaviours on their quality of life.

The Value Proposition Canvas

The Value Proposition Canvas is a plug-in tool to the Business Model Canvas. It allows you to describe your Value Propositions and the target Customer Segments in more detail and evaluate the “fit” between the value you intend to create and the expectations your customers have.

Meeting Halfway – Understanding Circular Behaviours among Households as a Starting Point for Business Practices

Purpose: The main aim of the article is to identify the households’ behaviours that can be described as ‘circular’, as well as, the analysis of the possible facilitation of their implementation through the specific product and service offers prepared by the companies.

Between declaration and action

An analysis of the results of research on circular behaviours taken up by the households and perceived benefits from them.

Circular behaviours undertaken by Polish households

The main aim of the paper is to analyse and evaluate the possible relation between circular behaviours undertaken by the households and the socio-economic features describing them. The paper presents the results of the author’s research conducted among Polish households on the territory of two voivodeships: Podkarpackie and Małopolskie.

Circular economy – a new concept or a necessity

This article presents the idea of a circular economy (ce) as a practical implementation of postulates of the sustainable development of the economy. The focus is on the current situation of the use of natural resources and their capacity to meet global needs.

Circular Economy as an Answer to the Challenge of Improving the Quality of Life

This paper is an attempt to presents the influence the idea of circular economy on improving the quality of life.

Circular Economy – Developing a Causal Loop Diagram

Learning outcome: to gain an understanding and experience on how to build Causal Loop Diagrams and apply it in the area of circular economy

Consumption in circular way

From linear to circular economy. To be more circular. Definition of circular behaviours. Circular Behaviours.

Renewable Energy – Developing a Causal Loop Diagram

Learning outcome: to gain an understanding and experience on how to build Causal Loop Diagrams and apply it in the area of Renewable Energy

Renewable Energy – Multiple Choice Questions

Learning outcome: Recap of main notions

Sustainable Food System – Developing a Model

Learning outcome: to gain an understanding and experience on how to build models

Sustainable Food System – Open Ended Questions

Learning outcome: To understand the notions of System Dynamics model

Sustainable Food System – Developing a Quantitative Model

Learning outcome: to gain an understanding and experience on how to build Quantitative models and apply it in the area of Renewable Energy

Sustainable Housing – Systemic Thinking

Learning outcome: to gain a first understanding of how systemic thinking works and gain insights on the difference between individual behavior and collective consequences

Sustainable Housing – Developing a Causal Loop Diagram

Learning outcome: to gain an understanding and experience on how to build Causal Loop Diagrams

Sustainable Housing -Multiple Choice Questions

Learning outcome: Recap of main notions

QUIZZES: HOW TO CONSUME IN CIRCULAR WAY – CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN EVERYDAY LIFE

ENGLISH, DUTCH, GREEK, POLISH, CZECH

QUIZZES: CONSUMPTION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY

ENGLISH, DUTCH, GREEK, POLISH, CZECH

QUIZZES: SUMMARY OF COURSES: How to consume in circular way – circular economy in everyday life; How to build in a circular way; Consumption of renewable energy; sustainable food system in everyday life.

ENGLISH, DUTCH, GREEK, POLISH, CZECH

QUIZZES: HOW TO BUILD IN A CIRCULAR WAY

ENGLISH, DUTCH, GREEK, POLISH, CZECH

QUIZZES: HOW TO PRODUCE, PROCESS, AND DELIVER SAFE AND NUTRITIOUS FOOD – SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM IN EVERYDAY LIFE

ENGLISH, DUTCH, GREEK, POLISH, CZECH