Smart School Garden

Discover how school gardens can become Living Labs, serving as collaborative, hands-on learning spaces where students, teachers, and the community co-create innovative solutions for a circular food system. This course introduces systems thinking to address complex food challenges and explores how technologies like big data, machine learning, and the Internet of Things (IoT) can enhance sustainability in school gardens and beyond. 

What you will learn: 

• The theory behind systems thinking and how it supports food circularity.
• Key characteristics and challenges of the current food system.
• Why systems mapping is valuable and how to use it to identify relationships within the food value chain.
• Real-life examples of school-based Living Labs advancing food circularity.
• How to use digital tools and implement a mobile application to support active student participation and innovation in food circularity.

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EUIPO