“Sport and physical activity are seen as important drivers for social transformation and enablers of sustainable development, i.e., as important means of achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (WHO, 2018; United Nations, 2015). This is often concretized in relation to the special contribution of sport and physical activity to health (SDG 3), education (SDG 4), equal opportunities (SDG 5, 10), or environmental awareness (SDG 13, 14, 15). There is strong evidence for regular physical activity being an important factor of mental and physical health (Murray et al., 2020). In case of active travel as a way of being physically active, this relates not only to individual health, but also to social health and, moreover, to planetary health in terms of reducing greenhouse gases and particulate pollution (Brand et al., 2021). Sport and physical activity-related settings, for example, physical education, are rated as particularly suitable for educational projects in the sense of education for sustainable development, because learners can gain concrete reflective experiences with their physical and social environment. This provides special learning opportunities, for example, for intercultural learning, experiences of diversity and equality, or mindfulness of oneself, others and the environment (Bucht, Mess, Bachner, & Spengler, 2022; Geiger, Otto, & Schrader, 2018; Gieß-Stüber & Thiel, 2016; Lohmann, Brandl-Bredenbeck, & Wendeborn, 2023). Empirical findings indicate that outdoor sport in particular can develop potential in relation to physical and mental health and wellbeing, education and lifelong learning, environmental awareness, active citizenship, and reduction of crime or antisocial behavior (Eigenschenk et al., 2019)…….” read more