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Me+ Environmental Activists

2019-2-PT02-KA105-0061342019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: PT|AM|IT|RO|ES|CZ · Grant: €22,626
Environment and climate changeCivic engagement / responsible citizenshipSocial/environmental responsibility of educational institutions

Objectives

Since the 1980s, there has been an environmental concern in Portugal, despite the fact that in the last decade there has been a greater awareness of this problem through the implementation of environmental policies by the authorities (government and local authorities) and also by the environmental activist sector. have a large component of environmental awareness online. In spite of this, we also observed large entities with an impact on society such as Quercus, Zero, Green Peace Portugal and the National Geographic conferences on these themes in Lisbon and Porto. Youth generations, within these groups of environmental activists, should become increasingly important because it is through environmental awareness among the younger age groups that we will achieve an effective change in the current world situation. In this way we think that the leaders of the European Union should take this opportunity to improve Europe and the policies related to this subject, where we highlight the Cohesion Policy that defined 11 thematic objectives of support for growth for the period 2014-2020 and within this theme the objectives: 5. Promotion of risk management and prevention and adaptation to climate change; and 6. Preservation and protection of the environment and promotion of resource efficiency. In this sense, the Me + project proposes something innovative, inspiring and different where we want young activists to have a future of hope in the area of ​​non-formal education, considered as an area of ​​capacity development, skills, innovation and, the domain of environmental activism. With the project "Me + - Environmental Activists" we plan to give young people different opportunities that, for reasons related to their social and economic condition, life events and other issues, would not be possible. Considering the methodology of non-formal education and the use of methods that promote reflection on these moments of learning we aim to help young people to know the skills they are gifted and what are the forms (tools, instruments, contexts) that they can use to empower and value them. In this way, the project will promote activities based on non-formal education in order to reinforce skills and provide new tools to the participants so that, in this way, they achieve the appreciation of the young European generation and the personal valorization that will give them a wide range of options in the present and future. In this way, the partner network of this project is made up of 6 partner organizations, which, due to their experience and due to a relationship of cooperation and transparency, are the ideal partners for the successful development of Me + Environmental Activists.

Project partners (6)