Costa Rica has been known to overcome sustainability challenges throughout the years with support, inspiration, and engagement from community members to find new ways to decrease their carbon footprint. The organization Quantum Leap is looking to motivate sustainable lifestyle habits for the communities in San José, Costa Rica. Quantum Leap sponsors Change Clubs, a new organization looking to create community groups that collaborate to improve their sustainability habits. We worked with the Quantum Leap team and were able to help modify the content of the Change Club app for Costa Rican and tropical culture. More specifically, we were able to verify the four climate solution topics we focused on: energy, diet, mobility, and waste with our field studies. In addition, we provided psychological recommendations on group dynamics through research and doing field studies.

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Creator

• Corcoran, Aisling
• Hallal, Isabel
• Grandmaison, Rachel
• Galvan Sanchez, Daniela

Subject

• Community
• Sustainability
• Environment

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 90531
• E-project-030223-124731

Keyword

• Habits
• Costa Rica
• Climate Change
• Sustainability

Advisor

• Chiarelli, James A.
• Eddy, Bethel L.

Year

• 2023

Center

• San Jose, Costa Rica Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Quantum Leap
• Change Clubs

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
• 13 - Climate Action

Date created

• 2023-03-02

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-030223-124731

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-05-02