It's hands-on at Energiens Folkemøde, and one of the stands belongs to the Verdensmålshuset, which, among other things, works actively to communicate the SDGs to young people and students. Correct waste sorting on time may not sound appealing, but a mother with her two children from Assens jumps at the challenge that lasts just under a minute. Afterwards, the waste is reviewed with a little feedback along the way.
- Pill packets actually go in the residual waste, because there are several types of materials that cannot be separated, explains Stine Katrine Nørgaard Jensen to the mother of the family, who soon gets her time and scores on the board with a good time.
Stine Katrine Nørgaard Jensen is a student on the Master of Science in Environmental and Resource Management program at the Environmental Ressource Management program at SDU in Esbjerg, and part of the program takes place with a six-month internship at the Verdensmålshuset. Her bachelor's degree was a slightly different direction with cultural sociology, but there was a good reason for that. She is about to unite the social sciences with green technology and resource economics.
- We are running out of resources that our earth gives us because of the way we have arranged it. But now the challenges we face are too complex, they require cooperation across disciplines and professions, explains the 28-year-old student.
Green Camp in Esbjerg
She also has a reason ready for why it is necessary.
- We have created a world where nature responds with extreme weather situations and temperature increases. It means a lot to me that there is a constructive focus on solutions so that we can be in the world we have created. My dream scenario is to be together to do something together, so that we can accommodate being in it, says Stine Katrine Nørgaard Jensen, who with her internship is already starting a project called Green Camp, where students from SDU and AAU are given a series of cases over a three-day period. These are real cases from companies, where the students have the opportunity to come up with solutions.
The World Goals House and Stine Katrine's own role are already clear.
- We contribute with case-based learning. I will be in charge of the cases and help out. My goal is to help them see who can do what and resolve conflicts if they arise, says Stine Katrine Nørgaard Jensen.
Green Camp is open to all master's students at SDU and AAU for three days from 4-6 October. Students can participate regardless of their field of study, because interdisciplinarity is paramount here. It may seem like a short time to find new sustainability solutions for companies, but Stine Katrine Nørgaard Jensen does not agree.
- You can really achieve a lot in three days, she says, results that can end up being implemented by companies.
- Sometimes companies know the result in advance, and other times something new comes out of it. It all depends on thinking innovatively, says Stine Katrine Nørgaard Jensen, and she refutes the idea that university students deliver better results than school students:
- You should not underestimate fifth grade students. They have not learned the limitations that we adults have. They ask the right questions.
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