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Plastic is the new Green

2019-3-IT03-KA105-0172722019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: IT|RO|AT|ES|EL|MK|PT|TR · Grant: €30,546
Civic engagement / responsible citizenshipCreativity and cultureEnvironment and climate change

Objectives

The reason why we developed "Plastic is the new green" was for: - To sensitize 48 young people to reduce and renovate their knowledge about the recycling of plastic products; - To fight an international problem that soon will reach every corner of the world; - To develop a network of "plastic-free" activities made in Europe; From the information collected at the European, national and local levels, the actions made to reduce the use of dangerous plastic for the world are not enough. To produce a real change we have to start to educate young people on how to develop recycling activities using also arts skills. In fact, in this project, we assisted 48 young people from 8 communities to collect information about recycling and art recycling that increased their awareness as responsible citizens. Also, the project helps these profiles to develop innovative activities to realize activities for non-profit associations and communities with new educational events. In the project, we developed workshops to sensitize and inform the youth to find out more about the European Green deal and the main policies applied in EU countries. With the project, the 48 participants had the opportunity to find out more about the importance of recycling and also the resolution that are made to make our system more sustainable. The activity of the project test the young people to learn what it means to be a responsible citizen for an efficient recycling program and how they can recognize the values of these actions. With the project "Plastic is the new green" we achieved the following objectives: - Increase the knowledge of 48 participants about the environmental situation at the Local, National and European levels; - Stimulate and develop the handcraft ability of 48 participants through non-formal activities; - Encourage young people to be responsible in their actions and to be more aware of recycling; - Improve the self-esteem and sense of initiative among the participants; - Share the European value of collaboration and multiculturalism; With this project, we did support youth from 8 countries to learn about multicultural knowledge and how to make recycling campaigns in rural areas. The project was useful to promote a new lifestyle for the young people and to invite them to experience new values. Also with the activity, we help the youth to raise their awareness about recycling actions in rural areas and to let them find out new knowledge about sustainability.

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