Students develop innovative solutions using the design thinking process.
Students develop innovative solutions using the design thinking process. Students from ETH and the Ghanaian university KNUST came up with some creative solutions for sustainable waste management at the Rethinking Waste summer school, where knowledge sharing and intercultural exchange topped the agenda. No constraints on the end product . The students spent lots of time figuring out how to encourage changes in behaviour. "I now realise people have all sorts of reasons for sorting waste," says Nöthiger. "That's something we should bear in mind." Robin Renggli's group even composed a song called "Separate your Biowaste", which they hope will inspire people to participate in their "Green Gold Challenge", a scheme that would give users points in return for supplying pure organic waste for compost. Renggli, a Master's degree student majoring in Environmental Systems and Policy at ETH, coached the group through the project.
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