The participants want to carry out the youth exchange "Stop Wasting" because waste food and resource is one the biggest problem of our time, especially in the West countries. A lot of people think that this issue doesn't belong to them, because industry, supermarket, restaurant are the responsible of this situation. But, these youngsters, following the results of European statistics (Eurobarometro), know that one third of the total food wasting depend of our home and our daily life. So, they have decided to get involved, putting them-selves in the game. During the activity, with the help of youth leaders, they will want to prove that it is possible to change our daily routine, respecting environment, reducing wasting food and plastic use. In the same time, they will live an experience abroad with people of other countries that they don't know. For many of them will be the first time outside their national border and for almost all of them will be the first time living an intercultural experience, in which they will be the main characters. They will get out of their comfort area, living one week with people that come from diverse countries, with diverse languages, mentalities, cultures and ideas. They will live the diversity like a value not an obstacle. There are some issues and needs that they want to address: - Solutions to avoid the food domestic waste using some tips (workshop), discussing about this problem (cineforum), seeing the local initiatives in Italy (visit in Bari) and talking about activities in partner community and countries. - Living the problem weighing the rubbish and avoiding the plastic use. - Create intercultural dialogue between the participants. They will live six days with people that will come from countries with diverse culture, tradition and languages. - Know more about Erasmus+ project, European Solidarity Corps and YouthPass. . - Participating to democratic decision. They will create their rules to respect during the exchange. So, they will be more interested to avoid if someone will not respect these rules, that are decided together by the same group of participants. - See the diversity not like an obstacle but opportunity to see diverse ways to live, to think, to talk and that is not necessary speaking the same languages or be born in same nation to be friends. In this way they will feel more European and citizens of the world and, maybe, they will participate to other European projects in the future. About the chosen topic of the activity the participants will learn that: - Waste of food and resource is not problem that is far away of our life and everyone can decide if he/she is part of the problem or part of the solution. - They can plan shopping for International night, respecting what they will have learnt during the exchange. - They will know more about local initiatives of each partner to fight or reduce this issue. - They will research and listen some tips, that everyone could use in own daily life, to avoid to domestic waste. The objectives of the youth exchange is that the participants will learn to: - Use non-formal learning method. During the main activity, the participants will learn by doing. There will not be anyone that will teach them, like a teacher, but they will be the main characters. Learning by doing and enjoy by doing will be the elements of an equation. So, they can learn enjoying. - Live an intercultural experience, making activities with youngsters that come from other countries with diverse cultures, traditions and languages. - Get out of their comfort area, sharing the same place for almost one week with people that they don't know personally. - Improve their knowledge about European and Erasmus+ projects. - Take notes of their learning process to evaluate themselves. - Improve their Knowledge about YouthPass certificate. - See the diversity like a value not something to get far away, having been part of intercultural and social dialogue and experience. - Acquire European feeling, sharing ideas and opinions with other youngsters that will become European friends in the end of the project. No more people with different culture, experience and society, but people like us that belong to huge European family. - Become more active like citizens. The youngsters will discover, during the exchange the local/national initiatives to fight food wasting. One of the goal's project is that the participants will organize, with their own local community, some initiatives to fight the problem of domestic food wasting and will sensitize as many people as possible to this issue.