EUnvironmental emergency in simple words

Program: Erasmus+, KA2 – Partnerships Cooperation in the field of youth
Project leader: Municipality of Salamina – GREECE
Timeframe of the project: January 2023 – January 2025
Partners:

Poland – Association Reflections on Europe
Portugal – DYPALL Network
Cyprus – Center for Social Innovations
Greece – Change Your Life Now CYLN
Greece – AFOI KOUTSANTONI EE RDC
Greece – Municipality of Salamina

Project Summary: The project was created to get young people interested in climate change and environmental challenges, and to increase their abilities to take action and further influence their communities toward a more sustainable lifestyle.

Objectives of the project:

Comprehend the meaning of terms used in policy papers, articles, news and
discussions about environment and climate change
Enhance knowledge about terms such as sustainability, resilience, renewable sources
etc.
Raise awareness about environmental and climate change issues
Raise awareness on policies being developed at EU and national level on combatting
climate and environment alienation.
Motivate beneficiaries to be part of a sustainable lifestyle
Enhance beneficiaries’ competences, active citizenship and social engagement
Raise awareness of exaggerated “consumerism”
Educate the participants on circular economy concept
promote environmentally friendly way of living
gain new experiences in the field of international projects
promote the idea of the Erasmus plus program

Summary of the project: The ultimate goal of “EUnvironmental emergency in simple words” project is to advance youth’ attention on the subject so as they will be inspired to act as influencers and opinion-leaders challenging their communities under the same aim of the conservation of our planet. Communities need peers to act as leaders in taking initiatives under a common force. Citizens are keen on identifying personalities other than politicians to get influenced and inspired by and young people can successfully serve that role. Therefore, a concrete aim of this project is to raise awareness on the communities by motivating young people to convey the message of a sustainable life. As the Project Results will be of access by any interest stakeholder, the project aims to leave its mark in the youth sector by allowing youth to take advantage and make use of the guides, the online interactive courses, the comics and the games and help people increase their awareness towards the climate change.

Project progress:

1.Greece (Salamina) – 28.02.2023 – 2.03.2023

Representatives of our association took part in the meeting along with partners: Association DYPALL Network from Portugal, Association Center for Social Innovation – CSI from Cyprus, Association CYLN from Greece, and AFOI KOUTSANTONI EE RDC Company from Greece. Delegates from each of the mentioned organizations cooperatively planned and discussed the activities which will take place within the framework of this project. It was also agreed that during future meetings, the participants will create interesting initiatives to encourage young people to take an interest in the environment in an innovative way.

2.Cyprus – 07.11.2023 – 12.11.2023

This time, representatives of ROE, together with their partners met in the sunny capital of Cyprus – Nicosia.
Behind them were days filled with numerous discussions and planning the next project steps, as well as summarizing the activities that have already been implemented. And there is much to boast about, as the first stage of creating the “Envictionary” publication has already took place.

The participants were also busy working on the next project result, namely an Educational Guide for teachers and youth workers on non-formal learning approaches concerning the environment.

They also set goals for the next meetings, namely the development of online courses on environmental terminology, comic books and board games made from recycled materials. Stay tuned because there are lots of exciting updates coming up!

Results of the project:

“Envictionary” – publication is a dictionary of basic terms related to climate change and sustainable development. As the global community faces unprecedented environmental challenges, it is critical to understand the concepts and terminology that shape our collective response to these issues.

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