Research · Cluster 4.1
Environmental Action & Cleanup
How do communities mobilise for environmental protection, and what does their action achieve? Cluster 4.1 studies citizen-led environmental action, from neighbourhood cleanups to World Cleanup Day.
Outcomes of cleanups
Which ecological and social effects organised cleanups have, measured with waste data and participant surveys.
Behaviour change
Whether taking part in a cleanup changes environmental attitudes and everyday behaviour over time.
Mobilisation
How large action days such as World Cleanup Day are organised, communicated and sustained across countries.
Citizen science
How data collected by volunteers can become reliable enough for research and for reporting.
Field of practice
World Cleanup Day Germany and the We Create Future initiative are the cluster’s main fields of practice. Data from these actions feeds the research, and the findings go back into how the actions are designed.