From Hair Care to Smart Gardens: Inside Portugal’s Eco-Digithon 2026
From 8 to 10 May 2026, Guimarães hosted Eco-Digithon Portugal, a social innovation and sustainability marathon organised within the European ENNEPlus project. Over three days, students, teachers, mentors and representatives of different organisations worked together to develop digital and technological solutions addressing concrete environmental and social challenges. The event took place mainly at Francisco de […]
Inside the International Eco-Digithon: what does the future of sustainability look like when students design it?
Across two Zoom sessions in June, eight international teams of students aged 15 to 19 pitched something they’d spent months building: real solutions to real environmental problems in their own communities. Water, energy, biodiversity, the circular economy: the topics were big, but the approach was hands-on, local, and entirely theirs. This was the International Eco-Digithon, […]
From Ideas to Action: Highlights of the 2nd Austrian Eco-Digithon
The second edition of the Austrian Eco-Digithon has successfully concluded in Graz. Over two inspiring days, students from different schools across Austria demonstrated how digital skills, creativity, and environmental awareness can be combined to address real-world sustainability challenges. Following intensive preparation phases, nine student teams developed innovative digital solutions tackling pressing environmental issues to showcase […]
Eco-Digithon Spain Wraps Up Its Second Edition with a Day Dedicated to Innovation and Sustainability
As part of the ENNE+ project (Erasmus+), Spain has once again brought together Vocational Education and Training (VET) students to compete, collaborate, and innovate around sustainability and digitalisation. On 17 and 18 March, the second edition of Eco-Digithon Spain took place in Madrid, organised by FPEmpresa and Innogestiona Ambiental, gathering VET students and educational centres […]
When an Eco-Digithon changes lives: a teacher’s story from Turkey
At ENNEPlus, we measure success in many ways. But sometimes the most meaningful measure arrives not in a score or a ranking. It arrives in a message from someone who was there. This is one of those messages. Nine months, two schools, one big leap Hatice Kırmacı, founder of Women Science Teachers (WST) and ENOVA […]
Eco-Digithon 2026: Empowering the next generation of Eco-Innovators from Italy
Hosted in Foligno from 18 to 20 March 2026, the Italian Eco-Digithon 2026 was remembered not simply as an event, but as a deeply meaningful journey — one that brought together ideas, emotions, and people in a way that truly resonated with everyone involved. It created a space where young participants could explore eco-innovation while growing in […]
Beyond the Partnership: External experts enrich Eco-Digithon 2026 through a special webinar series
As Eco-Digithon 2026 gains momentum, the learning journey extends beyond the ENNEPlus partnership itself. A group of external organisations and experts, not formally part of the ENNEPlus consortium, are contributing to the initiative with a dedicated series of five online webinars. Their involvement reflects the open and collaborative spirit of the ENNEPlus ecosystem: building bridges, […]
The Eco-Digithon Has Officially Started!
The ENNEPlus Eco-Digithon has officially kicked off! The journey dedicated to the prototyping of innovative digital and technological solutions designed to create a predefined social and environmental impact is now underway. The Eco-Digithon is a collaborative and experimental process where participating VET teams are invited to transform ideas and real needs into prototypes. To achieve […]
European VET Teams engaged in the ENNEPlus Eco-Digithons
The ENNEPlus project is preparing to bring together Vocational Education and Training (VET) teams from across Europe for this year’s Eco-Digithons. These educational marathons offer a shared, challenge-based learning experience that combines environmental sustainability with digital innovation and technological approaches, giving learners the opportunity to engage with real-life challenges with the collaboration of several European […]
Erasmus+ KA2 Training Course in Foligno: a week of collaboration and project development
From November 17 to 21, Foligno hosted an intensive Erasmus+ KA2 training course, bringing together teachers from schools that participated in the Eco-Digithon 2024-2025, along with other educators and stakeholders. In the weeks leading up to the in-person training, participants had already engaged in several online sessions, spending many hours in lectures and completing assignments. […]