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The Green Teams initiative has been involved in a myriad of activities to equip communities with knowledge and skills to address climate change in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Senegal
Stoc In 2016, the Green Teams Initiative in collaboration with the Swedish Institute in Stockholm and the Swedish Embassy in Kenya, co-created the 7 day Smart Living Challenge in which about 10 Kenyans and 10 Swedes participated in the 7 day Smart Living Challenge.
This was an open innovation designed to inspire sustainable lifestyles in urban environments. The Participants committed to Live, Eat and Move sustainably for seven days in their respective daily lives.
The purpose of the challenge was to raise awareness of what small changes we can all make in our daily lives to contribute to a more sustainable movement, consumption and lifestyle. The 10 Kenyan participants were chosen based on their large social networks and sphere of influence.
They engaged on social media through blogs, tweets, WhatsApp messaging about their choices and lifestyle changes. The 7 day challenge fulfilled the purpose of spreading knowledge to a wider group beyond the participants. All the participants were convinced to adopt various components of new lifestyle to a large extend as a value addition and saved time and money. See the Smart Living Challenge 2016 4 Min Film.
In 2017 and 2018 are expanding the sustainability challenge by extending number of days and increase the number and diversity of participants.