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Green Habits Scorecard is a citizen-led initiative that empowers youth, students, and local communities to audit urban sustainability through the lens of the 6S Principles: Happiness, Well-being, Climate Action, Sustainable Education, Regenerative Practices, and Ecosystem Restoration.

Abstract

Identifying Sustainability Gaps and Green Habits Scorecard: A Citizen-Led Audit of 6S Principles for Urban Sustainability is a participatory research initiative designed to empower communities—especially youth, students, and neighbourhood groups—to actively shape the sustainability agenda of their cities. Anchored in the 6S Principles of Sustainalism (Happiness, Well-being, Climate Action, Sustainable Education, Regenerative Practices, and Ecosystem Restoration), the project mobilises citizen science to identify behavioural and systemic gaps in urban sustainability.

Through a mix of qualitative and digital methods—including interviews, short videos, narratives, and app-based data collection—participants co-create a Sustainable Lifestyle Scorecard (SLS) to assess personal and collective habits around energy use, mobility, consumption, and emotional well-being. GPS-enabled tools and a prototype Sustainalism Citizen App allow for real-time mapping of sustainability gaps across neighbourhoods. A live dashboard visualises these insights, enabling stakeholders to view sustainability indices by age, gender, income, and location.

The expected outcomes include:

Identification of sustainability gaps across urban zones.

Behaviour-based sustainability scorecards and indices.

Community-generated Sustainability Action Plans.

Insights into drivers and barriers to sustainable living across demographics.

A scalable, replicable model for citizen-led urban audits.

This project positions citizens not just as data providers but as co-creators of urban change—fostering bottom-up innovation, behavioural shifts, and inclusive sustainability planning. It offers a powerful framework for cities seeking to embed community agency into their climate and well-being strategies.