Explore Challenges

6 challenges found

Sustainability

beginner

20 min

Design a reusable lunch system that cuts single-use plastic waste in schools.

School canteens hand out huge amounts of single-use plastic every day — wrappers, cutlery, bottles and bags that are used for minutes and discarded for centuries.

4 recognitionsDesign Thinking

Sustainability

beginner

20 min

Create a solution that encourages students to switch off unused lights and fans in classrooms.

Classrooms are often left with lights and fans running through empty periods and breaks.

4 recognitionsDesign Thinking

Sustainability

intermediate

35 min

Design a community program that reduces household food waste in urban neighborhoods.

A third of food bought in cities is thrown away.

6 recognitionsSystems Thinking

Sustainability

intermediate

35 min

Create a system that helps apartment residents separate recyclable and non-recyclable waste correctly.

Recycling only works when waste is sorted correctly, but apartment dwellers face confusing rules, shared bins, and no feedback on whether they got it right — so contamination ruins entire batches..

6 recognitionsSystems Thinking

Sustainability

advanced

50 min

Design a circular economy model that converts textile waste into useful consumer products.

The fashion industry produces mountains of discarded clothing and offcuts.

8 recognitionsSystems Thinking

Sustainability

advanced

50 min

Create a scalable solution to reduce carbon emissions from daily commuting in a medium-sized city.

Daily commutes in private cars are a major source of urban carbon emissions.

8 recognitionsSystems Thinking