ACT BEFORE CLIMATE CHANGE, CHANGE OUR LIFES
2021-1-EL02-KA152-YOU-000003320
ACT
BEFORE CLIMATE CHANGE, CHANGE OUR
LIFES
The project`s theme has to do with facing the situation of environmental problems anywhere in the planet with our actions and its main objective is to enable young people and their leaders to work together and strengthen their European citizenship, promoting at the same time inclusion, environment, and European awareness. Our project emphasizes two major social issues, Climate Change, and Inclusion. What do we mean by that? We will analyze the previous mentioned themes so to understand our all interest in the theme.
.Climate change is here. As its impact intensifies over time, it is the children and young people of today who will face the worst effects. But far from being passive victims, young people all over the world have begun to fight back on a scale never seen before. Take Greta Thunberg. In 2018, the 15-year-old from Sweden sparked a global movement of school-age students demanding greater action from governments to fight climate change. Now millions are marching to demonstrate their support. Whether through education, technology, science or law ─ young people far and wide are tapping into their skills to speak up for climate action.
All over the world and especially in the participating countries we have a problem with the accumulation of garbage where several communities and places in our world have become vast landfills carrying all kinds of garbage and their waste underground but also in our environment which is constantly burdened with issues. Through their information and through their own initiatives we will try to organize the young people of our organizations in their own strategy plans and in their own involvement (always with the help of the participating organizations so that they can bring their own results in the consolidation of environmental policy and environmental protection
.The Project specific objectives are:
- empowering the participants European identity and, awareness of the need for social participation to reduce climate change among European citizens.
- Making young participants to get out of the box giving their own ideas in green entrepreneurship designing their own strategic plan for their places.
- encouraging the direct participation of young people from 6 countries and encouraging the adoption of a responsible attitude regarding the reduction of energy consumption and waste (EU countries generated 487kg of waste per person in 2017, according to Eurostat. That's only eight kilograms less than the 496kg generated in 1997, when the first statistical results that we have. As we can see from these results we haven't done a lot about wastes last year, especially in Cyprus and other countries of Europe).
- understanding the differences between nations, making them more united through the meeting between different cultures
- promoting the reduction of environmental pollution and understanding the importance of a healthy living environment among the members of the communities.
- Inclusion of all participants in the YE, giving emphasis to pax with fewer opportunities
Sustainable food, energy and generally keeping responsible attitude regarding reduction of energy and wastes 48 youngsters (ages 15 - 18) from 6 organizations and 12 leaders (Greece, Cyprus, Portugal, Poland, Croatia and Malta) will gather in a YE and with their own ideas will learn how to get out of the Box and to give their ideas so to be able to implement their plans and to be involved to decision centers for environmental politic. The aim of the project is to increase the level of environmental knowledge and awareness of the need to protect the environment through alternative methods according to the environmental realities in the local communities. Also we want through the project to give emphasis to inclusion of participants with fewer opportunities. It will be our effort to promote the ideas of our youngsters and the participants of our project. The project involves special activities which give the opportunity to the participants to collaborate and share ideas which can later turn into realistic action plans that can be implemented by creating Green business or projects. Such activities will develop the participants' entrepreneurship skills and at the same time encourage in reducing wastes and helping approving Climate Change in methods that can later be practiced in the participants' countries. During the training, democratic communication will also be promoted through discussion about environmental issues, group work and role-playing activities. The interaction, communication and cooperation between participants will raise awareness of the levels of environmental protection in different countries and discussions on how to prevent it.