We want to develop this project in order to address an URGENT NEED TO LEARN TO RESPECT THE PLANETARY BOUNDARIES. Every day we make decisions about how we live our present, which affect directly or indirectly the health of the planet, of other living beings and of ourselves, and which are COMPROMISING THE CAPACITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO SATISFY THEIR OWN BASIC NEEDS. We don’t live sustainably. With “Live Sustainably: how to live the present without compromising the future” we aim at RAISING AWARENESS on the participating youth workers of the importance of caring for our environment and most of all to DEVELOP COMPETENCES needed to live a sustainable life and to inspire and motivate the youth they work with. Our TARGET GROUP is youth workers and youth leaders, youth trainers and facilitators, interested in PROMOTING AND FACILITATING ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE. The idea is that they then act as multipliers, disseminating what they learn among the young people they work with on a daily basis. The OBJECTIVES of “Live Sustainably” are as follow: - PROVIDE participants with COMPETENCES (knowledge, attitudes and abilities) needed to LIVE A LIFE which is more respectful with the planetary boundaries (MORE SUSTAINABLE, that is) and to PROMOTE AND FACILITATE effectively a CHANGE OF HABITS TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY among the young people they work with; - ENCOURAGE CRITICAL THINKING to learn to unmask frequent phenomena such as “green washing” (or fake sustainability), fake perceptions of certain commodities as “cheap”, etc. - SHARE RESOURCES AND TOOLS TO INFORM AND RAISE AWARENESS on young people about the importance of caring for the environment, inspire and motivate them to modify their lifestyle towards more sustainable ones; - CREATE AN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK of youth workers interested in promoting sustainability among the youth they work with. With this project we want to contribute to more young people knowing, practising and promoting environmental sustainability, and this way improve the capacity of our planet to satisfy the needs of the future generations.