Challenge based learning and sustainability: practical case study applied to the university

Abstract

Challenge-Based Learning (CBL) is a fully collaborative framework, which impacts on learning processes, while attempting to solve real-world problems and challenges in which students find themselves. The approach is collaborative and hands-on with students working with other students, their teachers, and experts in their communities and around the world to develop deeper knowledge of the topics, to take on and solve challenges, to take action, to share their experiences, and to engage in a global discussion about important issues. Based on the problem that we produce twice as much plastic waste as two decades ago, almost half of which comes from OECD countries, and considering that only 9% is successfully recycled, we propose a programme called "Zero Waste”. The aim of the programme is to know and analyse the problem of recycling within the University of the Basque Country UPV-EHU, specifically within the Faculty of Business and Economics. The first results show a lack of recycling among students and teachers, a lack of organisation of waste containers, as well as a lack of specific containers for recycling.