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In the City of Vantaa, a hackathon event is organised for the pupils of upper comprehensive schools once a year. The event in 2024 is already the fourth of its kinds. In 2024, there were pupils from five different schools deliberating about how to handle environmental matters in the school. The idea of the hackathon is to give space and time for the pupils so that creative ideas can come into being. The length of the event is one school week. The working methods used were story-telling, drawing, dialoguing, drama, group work and above all presence and listening. The organisers of the event were the tutor-teachers of the theme “Sustainable Future”. This year, the week was organised in collaboration with the Vilke-project, which aims to further the Climate and Sustainability Acts in comprehensive schools in Vantaa. According to the results of the hackathon, the pupils are part of the solution in environmental matters. The adults in the schools should listen to the pupils, pay heed to the problems raised by the young people and actively try to solve those together with the children and young people. More information about the event and its results are available in Finnish on the City Vantaa webpages ‘Hope and solutions were produced at the Sustainable Future hackathon for young people’ (available in Finnish).