The Challenge is for all HBO students in Netherlands, and starts 13th September 2022 with a LIVE Kick-off “The World of Food waste” by Stichting Samen Tegen Voedselverspilling, at HAS Hogeschool.
There are two options for participating:
1) Participation in 7 ONLINE evening masterclasses organised by several Universities of Applied Sciences, and work on 5 SMALL 8 hour challenges in multidisciplinary groups: you will receive a certificate, proof of participation (SILVER)
2) Participation in 7 ONLINE evening masterclasses, work on the 5 SMALL 8 hour challenges in multidisciplinary groups AND you work on a real life BIG challenge, which you pitch in februari: you will receive a certificate, proof of participation (GOLD). By pitching your BIG project, you will compete for the ZERO Food Waste Award in March 2023.
7 Masterclasses in 6 months
The 7 evening masterclasses (partly live/ partly online) will all be held on Tuesday evenings from 19.00-21.30.
The dates and the topics of the masterclasses:
13 sept 2022 - LIVE: The world of Food waste (inspiration and formation of groups, presentation and matching of BIG challenges) - Location: HAS, onderwijsboulevard 221, 's-Hertogenbosch
4 okt 2022 - ONLINE: How tomeasure food waste?
11 oktober 2022 - ONLINE: How to analyse the system thatcreates food waste?
8 nov 2022 - ONLINE: How toprevent food waste byanalysing human behaviour?
29 nov 2022 - ONLINE: How toprevent food waste with design thinking interventions?
13 dec 2022 - ONLINE: How tocreate new valuewith food waste?
10 jan 2023 - ONLINE: How to pitch your food waste project?
Deadline submission of pitches end January 2023
Working on SMALL and BIG challenges
5 SMALL 8 hour challenges
5 SMALL 8 hour challenges will be started during each masterclass. You will start working during the masterclass in your group en hand in the results online within 2 days. The SMALL challenges can be finished within the scope of 8 hours.
BIG Challenges
BIG Challenges: a choice of several challenges will be presented on september 13th. BIG challenges can be done in several weeks up to 6 months, depending on the amount of time you can spend within your module.
We will provide for several generic BIG challenges that can be performed within your own education course in groups or alone. A few examples:
Analyse the current food waste streams in your school, present an infographic of the waste streams and discuss possible solutions for these waste streams
Choose a specific food waste hotspot (a spot where food waste is created), measure the food waste, discuss with stakeholders the reason behing the food waste, make an iceberg model analysis, create a food waste intervention and test the results. Did the intervention have an influence on the food waste?
We will also provide several specific BIG challenges from third parties such as food/ food service companies / other companies from which you can choose.
HAS Hogeschool heeft zich ten doel gesteld dat de voedselverspilling binnen haar eigen organisatie uiterlijk in 2030 met 50% verminderd is. 5 studenten deden onderzoek naar waar binnen de HAS de meeste voedselverspilling ontstaat. En dat betekende dat ze letterlijk het vuilnis indoken… Ook kwamen ze met mogelijke oplossingen.