Better World Challenge Ideation #1 – Good Health & Well-being

Better World Challenge

The Better World Challenge is a design competition challenging innovators, entrepreneurs, designers and students to explore creative and original ideas for a sustainable future. The challenge is focusing on social and environmental challenges with relevance to Hong Kong, but welcome entries from any location in the world. Inspired by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals for 2030, we are aiming to collect ideas responding to one of the following areas: Good Health and Well-being (SDG#3), Quality Education (SDG #4) , Sustainable Cities and Communities (SDG #11), Responsible Consumption and Production (SDG #12). The purpose of the competition is to inspire creativity and collaboration through community-driven innovation. Develop your concept idea and enter the competition today!

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Online Ideation Sessions

FabCafe Hong Kong is organizing four online ideation sessions which you can attend for free, if you want to gain more insights on the challenges or inspiration to help you develop ideas. You will connect with other social innovators who are all interested in the same challenge and explore solutions together. It is also an opportunity to learn more about the values of Design Thinking and how to apply them online. Please fill in Google Form below to register for one or more sessions. We will contact you with detailed instructions for attending the session(s) by email.

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SDG #3 Good Health and Well-being

Hong Kong is ranked among the healthiest places in the world, due to low infant mortality rate, long life expectancy and efficient healthcare system (Wong & Leung, 2019). However, the city fares much worse when it comes to mental health. Inside the densely populated city, there are many people suffering from anxiety, depression and other mental disorders. The low mental health is affected by factors such as long working hours, severe air pollution, unaffordable housing, strict schools and political conflict. In addition, the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have taken a severe toll on both public health and mental well-being.

To enter this category, please respond to the following challenge statement:
How might we improve public health and mental well-being?