Challenge accepted!

Raise your climate protection level

We are all capable of contributing something towards environmental and climate protection. The possibilities are as diverse as our individual life situations. One-off actions achieve little when it comes to protecting our livelihoods. It is far more effective for us to change our habits in the long term. Visit our permanent exhibition Climate. Knowledge. Action! and take part in the Climate Challenge.

What do I have to do?

Visit our exhibition Climate. Knowledge. Action!, spin the wheel and take our Climate Challenge! The wheel will assign a category for you to commit to. All you have to do now is pick your difficulty level from the relevant cards. And accept the challenge!

If the challenge doesn’t suit you, no problem! Simply spin the wheel again or select the card with your favourite challenge.

Looking for inspiration?

Want to do even more for the environment? Then pick one or more challenges at the level that suits you. How many can you complete?

Level 1:

Over the next fortnight talk to at least three people about the climate crisis. How many people will you manage to talk to?

Level 2:

Join an environmental working group in your school, at work or in your neighbourhood. What will your first project be?

Level 3:

Organise a public event all about environmental protection. Will you screen an exciting film, invite people to a lecture or organise a rally?

Level 1:

This year, go on an environmental march. Will you be able to motivate your friends to join you?

Level 2:

Sign a petition on environmental protection. What project will you be supporting with your vote?

Level 3:

Over the next three months, write a letter to politicians about your concerns over environmental protection. Will you get a reply?

Level 1:

Eat vegetarian for a week. Or can you manage even longer?

Level 2:

Agree on one vegan day a week with your family or friends and support one another as you do so. What’s your favourite dish?

Level 3:

Join a sustainable food organisation such as a food co-op. What sort of schemes are available in your neighbourhood?

Level 1:

Invite others to take part in climate protection activities. Will it be a climate strike, a vegan cookery course – or will you opt to cycle rather than drive the next time you go anywhere?

Level 2:

Support people dedicated to environmental causes. Will you be donating money, your time or lending an open ear?

Level 3:

Join an environmental protection action group. At what level will you be getting involved: a neighbourhood project, a working group, a citizens’ initiative?

Level 1:

For a whole month, only buy essential goods, e.g. nothing except food, hygiene products, medicines and urgent work materials or replacements for things that are broken. How are you managing?

Level 2:

If you need something, choose to borrow, exchange or buy second-hand items; alternatively, repair what you already have. How many weeks can you manage?

Level 3:

Call out a company if it is acting in an environmentally harmful way or engaging in greenwashing. Are you able to get others to report on this company for the same reasons?

Level 1:

Use your creativity for environmental protection. Will it be a song, a picture or a design for climate-friendly urban development?

Level 2:

Imagine a positive future and find an idea at the exhibition that could lead us towards such a future. Will you let us know which one it is, for example by making a note of it in our visitor’s book at the information desk in the entrance lobby?

Level 3:

Together with others, think about a technical or systemic solution to an environmental problem. What sort of task have you set yourselves? Where might you present your results?

Level 1:

For a whole fortnight, only use public transport or your bicycle for all journeys of less than 5 km. Do you encounter missing infrastructure that needs to be remedied by the local council?

Level 2:

Choose not to fly anywhere this year. Is this challenge too easy or is it an impossible one?

Level 3:

If you use a car on a regular basis: start a carpool and never exceed 100 km/h. How much fuel do you save over a period of one month?

Level 1:

Go and pick up litter from the countryside at least once in the next 7 days. How much rubbish will you collect?

Level 2:

Grow your own food or turn a green space in your neighbourhood into a bee haven. Is the soil healthy enough? What are you able to grow?

Level 3:

If you use a car on a regular basis: start a carpool and never exceed 100 km/h. How much fuel do you save over a period of one month?

Level 1:

Clear out your email inbox. How many bytes have you managed to delete?

Level 2:

Switch to green electricity and stop leaving devices on standby. How has your electricity bill changed as a result, and therefore your ecological footprint?

Level 3:

If you need a new device, have an old one repaired instead or buy a second-hand product. Or maybe you fancy repairing it yourself? Which devices you have managed to give a longer service life to?

Share with us

The more people we involve, the greater the impact. Plus: it’s also much more fun to work together towards a cause. Individual changes in behaviour are important as part of the whole, but they alone will not allow us to get to grips with the climate crisis. To implement particularly effective measures, we need to think bigger, and take action together with friends, groups, organisations – and do so at a political level, too.

Share your commitment to the climate online with the hashtag #klimachallengeTMW. And inspire more people to join the challenge! We look forward to seeing your ideas and progress.



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