Greenversity

☀️ What if summer became a chance to grow your green skills? ♻️

Summer often means rest, travel or student jobs... but it’s also the perfect time to adopt more sustainable habits 🌍

Here are 5 simple actions for a more sustainable summer 🌿 and a boost to your future career 👇

1️⃣ Eat local & seasonal: support local economies while cutting your carbon footprint.
🧠 Skill: systems thinking & responsible consumption.

2️⃣ Travel differently: try train journeys, car sharing, or slow tourism.
🧠 Skill: informed decision-making.

3️⃣ Reduce waste: say no to single-use plastics and explore low-waste living.
🧠 Skill: individual and collective action.

4️⃣ Get involved locally: volunteering, community initiatives, or leading workshops.
🧠 Skill: collaboration and active engagement.

5️⃣ Keep learning: dive into podcasts, MOOCs or books on sustainability and circular economy.
🧠 Skill: lifelong learning.

👉 These small choices build real green competences, increasingly valued by employers across all sectors.

💼 Embedding sustainability into your everyday life is already shaping you into a thoughtful, future-ready professional.

💬 What sustainable habits are you embracing this summer?

🌍✨ What if a card game could help you build the sustainability skills needed for the future?

As part of the GREENVERSITY project, we've created a deck of 52 cards designed to help students explore and develop the sustainability competences identified by GreenComp.

🃏 The challenge?
Discover the knowledge, skills and attitudes that can help you tackle today's environmental and social challenges.

💡 Use the cards to:
🌱 Reflect on sustainability issues
🤝 Work collaboratively with others
🚀 Imagine solutions for a more sustainable future
🎓 Connect your learning experiences to real-world impact

Already tested in workshops, the game has helped participants identify the sustainability competences they are already developing through projects, discussions and future-thinking activities.

📍 Curious to try it?
Join us at the RITM-BFC Conference in Dijon for a dedicated workshop on sustainability competences.

📅 8 July
⏰ 4:30–6:00 pm

The future needs people who can think critically, collaborate effectively and act sustainably. Why not start exploring these competences today? 🌿

💬 Would you like to try the game at your university? Let us know in the comments!

🌱 What if sustainability wasn't just one course… but part of everything you study?

We asked students:

👉 How can universities better prepare us for the environmental and social challenges ahead?

Their answers are clear:

💡 More real-world projects
🤝 More collaboration between disciplines
🌍 Sustainability in every degree programme
🎓 Recognition of green skills and competences
🚀 More opportunities to create real impact

Swipe through and tell us:
What change would you like to see in your university?

👇 Share your thoughts in the comments!

🌱 GREENVERSITY is moving forward!

On 28 May, once our training programme has been completed, GREENVERSITY partners came together at Université Bourgogne Europe to review progress and prepare the next stages of the project. 🚀

The focus? Developing innovative learning opportunities and sustainability skills that empower all learners to meet the challenges of tomorrow. 🎓💚

Great progress has been made, and exciting new resources will soon be available!

🤝 Together, we are helping to build a more sustainable, inclusive, and future-ready higher education environment 🌍✨

30 participants representing five countries 🇪🇺
30 hours of collaborative work 👥
An average temperature of 30 degrees at Université Bourgogne Europe 🏫📍
A fair amount of coffee and local wine ☕🍷
And, above all, a great deal of learning, sharing and innovation 🗣️🤝👨‍💻

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 — our three-day training programme was truly inspiring and enriching.

We are delighted by this collective international collaboration and shared commitment towards a more sustainable future for higher education 🎓🌱

A huge thank you to Université Bourgogne Europe for its warm welcome — quite literally — as well as to the Le Cortex and the IUVV (University Institute for Vine and Wine Studies) for providing their facilities.

We would also like to extend our sincere thanks to all the stakeholders who contributed to the success of this seminar, and to all participants for their commitment to the project.

📍 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 | DAY 3 | Inspiration (Open and Project)

Last but not least, Day 3 of our training programme at 🏫 was both inspiring and enriching.

After the traditional welcome coffee, the day focused on the analysis of motivating initiatives and networking strategies, encouraging participants to exchange ideas, share experiences and strengthen international collaboration.

We then wrapped up this enriching event with a closing ceremony celebrating three days of collective learning, cooperation and commitment towards more sustainable higher education 🌍🌱

Since Tuesday, international lecturers, trainers, educational developers and project partners have come together around one shared ambition: integrating sustainability across all higher education programmes.

Beyond theory, the challenge is clear: how can higher education equip learners with the real skills and competencies needed to face today’s planetary challenges? 🎓

Through collaboration, innovation and the exchange of practices, we are collectively rethinking the future of education for sustainability.

📍 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 | DAY 2 | Intensity (Doing and Experimenting)

Relive Day 2 of our training programme at 🏫, fully dedicated to pedagogical methodologies across the different areas of GREENVERSITY.

The day focused on exploring innovative teaching approaches and practical tools to support the integration of sustainability competencies into higher education programmes.

We concluded the day with a dinner at Restaurant in the city centre of Dijon.
The restaurant was selected as part of a local initiative promoting places committed to a more sustainable approach 🌱

🌍🌱 Until this afternoon, international university lecturers, trainers, educational developers and project partners will continue working together on one key question: “How can universities integrate sustainability across all degree programmes?”

In other words, how can higher education move beyond theory towards genuine competence in order to prepare students for the planetary challenges ahead? 🎓

📍 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 | DAY 1 | Alignment (Anchoring and Trust)

Day 1 of our training programme at was a great success 🏫

Following a series of opening presentations delivered by some of the project leaders and governance, the programme continued with the presentation and review of WP2.

The afternoon focused on revising the E-Course for Educators which focuses on on how to implement the CORE Framework. Our Framework translates the European Commission’s GreenComp framework into measurable learning outcomes for the classroom.

The day concluded with a visit to the Philippe Le Bon Tower — which takes 366 steps to climb! — where climate scientist Benjamin Pohl from Biogéosciences - UBE CNRS EPHE talked about the Response Project, part of NetZero Cities.

🌍🌱 International university lecturers, trainers, educational developers and project partners will continue working together on one key question: “How can universities integrate sustainability across all degree programmes?”

In other words, how can higher education move beyond theory towards genuine competence in order to prepare students for the planetary challenges ahead? 🎓