YOUCLE - Youth Climate Empowerment

Final Manual/ebook
With this Manual we want to help and motivate youth and others to fight against climate change!

The good practices presented here are examples of incentives, activities, workshops, resources and campaigns that can contribute to fight against climate change, to raise awareness to the problem and to promote environmental protection at local level.

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YOUCLE – Youth Climate Empowerment
EU Programme: Erasmus+ KA2: Strategic Partnerships for Youth
Reference: 2020-2-ES02-KA205-015470
Start: 01/03/2021
End: 28/02/2023

The project aims to bring together different non-profit youth organisations in Europe, working on environmental issues, in order to improve international cooperation, increase knowledge about nature, raise awareness about environmental problems and strengthen the participation of young people in environmental activities and decisions.

Objectives

To provide youth organisations with tools and methods to involve young people and promote active citizenship and care for the environment.
To train youth workers with efficient tools and resources to involve young people in environmental education in the community.
To empower and support young people to participate in decision making related to climate change

Activities

Workshop at local level, aimed at young people in which they will learn ICT tools, and how to develop an environmental activity from 0 to raise awareness in the communities.
Local activities focused on raising awareness and motivating the community about the importance of environmental protection and climate change.

Resources

E-book containing good practices on activities, workshops, resources, campaigns to fight climate change and raise awareness at the local level in different countries.
Theoretical-practical training course (ICT tools, development of activities, leadership) for the youth workers of the organizations on how to support, teach and guide the local youth to create activities at local level to raise awareness of the community on the project’s issues.

Results

Promoted commitment of young people to the principles of environmental conservation.
Encouraged local actions by organizations and youth for the protection of the environment and the rational use of the Earth’s resources.
Shared and discussed ideas, practices and methods with other European organisations on environmental protection.
Supported NGOs in raising awareness of environmental and climate change issues.

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