Need, Goal, and Purpose
Have you ever wondered which actors in Luxembourg and the Greater Region are working to make our common life more sustainable? Have you ever thought about how to address the problems and challenges of sustainable transformation in our society? If so, Sustainlux (formerly Aktioun Nohaltegkeet) is your gateway to a diverse community of active and successful drivers of sustainability in Luxembourg.
Sustainlux is a website created by the University of Luxembourg and the Ministry of the Environment, Climate, and Sustainable Development, committed to improving the networking of sustainability initiatives. It offers visitors an introduction to sustainable transition projects from all areas of Luxembourg society.
Whether you are interested in sustainability, want to get involved in an initiative, are seeking funding, expertise, or partners for your project, or wish to share your project with a sustainability-focused community, Sustainlux is the right place for you.
Our commitment to the United Nations Sustainability Goals (SDGs)
In addition to the aforementioned benefits for visitors to the platform, the Sustainlux database also contributes to sustainability reporting for the country of Luxembourg within the framework of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). All entries on the website can be searched in terms of their contribution to achieving the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. More information about the function of Sustainlux and how we keep our website free of greenwashing and misinformation can be found here.
The research project
The development of Sustainlux is accompanied by a PhD research project at the University of Luxembourg.
The second decade of the 21st century has been marked by both an accelerating environmental crisis and a continued rise in digital information technologies. These technologies have transformed the way we live and learn by providing us with new learning mechanisms, allowing everyone to participate in informal learning on the Internet and contribute to the vast amounts of user-generated content on Web 2.0 platforms such as Sustainlux.
While the environmental crisis requires a fundamental shift in how we live and view the complex sustainability challenges we face, Web 2.0 applications offer easy access to location-based knowledge about these issues.
Our research project aims to investigate how real-life sustainability projects in a small country like Luxembourg can be presented online, so they can be used for learning about sustainability.
The central questions to be answered in our research project are how to structure the presentation of this complex and localised knowledge about sustainability so that: a) learning about the systemic interplay of private, social, virtual, and material spheres can take place, b) a negotiation of different perspectives is possible, and c) sustainable action is encouraged among learners.
Using a design-based research approach, we will develop an interface for the Sustainlux website that enables users to gain a more systemic understanding of the sustainability issues they engage with and allows visitors to participate in collaborative meaning-making. This design artifact will be developed in collaboration with various stakeholders involved in the management and use of the website.
