Interviews with SHARED GREEN DEAL Experiment Participants - Preserving Biodiversity

The SHARED GREEN DEAL (Social sciences & Humanities for Achieving a Responsible, Equitable and Desirable GREEN DEAL) project aims to drive progress towards EU Green Deal targets. At the heart of this EU Horizon 2020 project are six streams of innovative, participatory social experiments focused on six Green Deal priority areas: Clean Energy, Circular Economy, Efficient Renovations, Sustainable Mobility, Sustainable Food, and Preserving Biodiversity. Experiments for each of the six streams were implemented in four locations across Europe between April 2023 and June 2024. The experiments were led by local partners (NGOs and local, regional, or national governments). Whilst the activities undertaken by each of the local partners differed across experiment streams, a core component of each experiment was that different stakeholders were involved. Upon the completion of the SHARED GREEN DEAL experiments, each local partner conducted 10 interviews with participants involved in their experiment (totalling 40 interviews in each stream, and 240 interviews across the project). The purpose of these interviews was to learn more individuals' experiences of participating in the local experiment. The interviews were carried out in spring 2024. Within the Preserving Biodiversity stream questions covered a range of topics including their general experience of the experiment, the impact of study circles on understanding/developing solutions for biodiversity preservation, the social dynamics and impacts of the experiment, and recommendations for policymakers/those interested in undertaking activities similar to those undertaken in the experiment. This Zenodo upload includes 1) the consent form and interview protocol used during the interviews and 2) the anonymised interview transcripts for the Preserving Biodiversity experiment stream. These interviews were conducted by the experiment stream's local partners: Pososki Razvojni Cent (Slovenia), Environment and Health (Sweden), Municipality of Amarous (Greece), and Ballyhoura Development (Ireland). There are 40 transcripts in total.