The global environmental crisis has been brought to society's attention in the last two years by movements such as "Fridays for Future" or "1 Million Women". All over Europe, all over the world, people are thinking about how to stop the climate collapse or the littering of our oceans. Different people in different countries come to different points where they want to start. Some try to consume less animal products, some avoid plastic packaging when shopping, some use the bicycle instead of the car. But there is also great uncertainty among many people: is it really so much more harmful to fly 1000 km than to drive a car? Does an e-mail really cause less CO2 than a letter? How much and what plastic can be recycled well? Which foods really have a good carbon footprint? Many families are insecure or feel that they cannot make a difference themselves. The partner organisations have experienced this in their daily work from families they work with. At the same time, there are attempts to tackle the problem from the institutional side: The EU is calling on its member states to draw up and update their "Waste Management Plans" and is trying to raise public awareness of the issue, and many EU-funded projects are tackling the issue from various angles. There are already good solutions to many problems and questions, and some of them already existed at the time of today's grandparent generation, they have just been forgotten. And some of them have to be sought beyond the borders of one's own country. So we want to search in a consortium of DE, AT, BE, ES and BG for practicable solutions, traditional skills and answers to urgent questions. To this end, we will collect and answer some of the detailed questions that families ask themselves when trying to live more sustainably. We will also learn about practices and behaviours that were common in today's grandparent generation and are now gaining importance again in terms of a more environmentally friendly lifestyle. The results of our exchange will be made available to the families in the network of the partner organisations and through social media to the widest possible audience.
The global environmental crisis has been brought to society's attention in the last two years by movements such as "Fridays for Future" or "1 Million Women". All over Europe, all over the world, people are thinking about how to stop the climate collapse or the littering of our oceans. Different people in different countries come to different points where they want to start. Some try to consume less animal products, some avoid plastic packaging when shopping, some use the bicycle instead of the car. But there is also great uncertainty among many people: is it really so much more harmful to fly 1000 km than to drive a car? Does an e-mail really cause less CO2 than a letter? How much and what plastic can be recycled well? Which foods really have a good carbon footprint? Many families are insecure or feel that they cannot make a difference themselves. The partner organisations have experienced this in their daily work from families they work with. At the same time, there are attempts to tackle the problem from the institutional side: The EU is calling on its member states to draw up and update their "Waste Management Plans" and is trying to raise public awareness of the issue, and many EU-funded projects are tackling the issue from various angles. There are already good solutions to many problems and questions, and some of them already existed at the time of today's grandparent generation, they have just been forgotten. And some of them have to be sought beyond the borders of one's own country. So we want to search in a consortium of DE, AT, BE, ES and BG for practicable solutions, traditional skills and answers to urgent questions. To this end, we will collect and answer some of the detailed questions that families ask themselves when trying to live more sustainably. We will also learn about practices and behaviours that were common in today's grandparent generation and are now gaining importance again in terms of a more environmentally friendly lifestyle. The results of our exchange will be made available to the families in the network of the partner organisations and through social media to the widest possible audience.