The Active8-Planet project featured in the most popular Slovenian TV news show!
“How to motivate and activate young people to become engaged in future-oriented climate and sustainability actions? We strongly believe we have an answer to this question!” were the introductory words of Dr Dan Podjed from the Institute for Innovation and Development of the University of Ljubljana (IRI UL) featuring as a guest speaker on one of the most popular Slovenian TV news show “24 hours”. In his 6-minute one-on-one discussion with the TV show host, Dan presented the main concept of the Active8-Planet project on how to engage young students to use their knowledge acquired in higher education to tackle real-life sustainability challenges in cooperation with non-academic partners. In addition, he showcased the Active8-Planet card game: “The PLANETEERS need you to activate yourself, become a PLANETEER and help save the planet!” Not by performing heroics, but by changing your daily habits. Buying a new car? Think again!” More than 150.000 people from Slovenia watched the TV show that was broadcasted in the evening of the 15th of February which raised the general awareness about our Active8-Planet mission and contributed to a public discussion on how to improve the Slovenian higher education system.