Our way of working
Solving our environmental challenges is a major and complex task that requires many actors to work together to succeed.
Research and collaboration
No one actor has the knowledge, capacity or resources to understand and implement the necessary changes. Taking on an environmental challenge requires deep collaboration between different worlds of knowledge.
We have therefore chosen to co-create knowledge and solutions with research, organisations, authorities and companies in four steps:
Step 1. We identify challenges together
The first step is to jointly identify challenges and propose actors for six learning groups. Researchers from our six themes have worked together with representatives of The Swedish Sports Confederation, The Swedish Association for Outdoor Organizations, The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, The Scandinavian Outdoor Group. This step was implemented in 2021.
Step 2. We generate knowledge and solutions together
The second step is to jointly generate knowledge and solutions. At this stage, it is important that different actors and knowledge are involved in order to find solutions to the identified challenges. The learning groups work in a facilitated process based on learning. Step 2 began in November 2020 and runs until March 2024.
Step 3. We communicate and start a movement together
The third step is to visualise and communicate the solutions that have emerged during the process. Here we communicate together with many parties so that many actors can learn about the results and use them. We also start the process of scaling up the results so that more people can use the solutions. The movement for sustainable development in sport and outdoor recreation starts.
A working group has been working since 2021 to find ways to start a movement for sustainable development in sport and outdoor recreation.
Step 4. We implement on a large scale
After the first four years, the task becomes one of interacting with more and more people who use knowledge and solutions, and the movement for sustainability grows stronger.