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Cleanovci

2020-1-HR01-KA105-0775432020Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: HR|RO|BG|MK|CZ|HU · Grant: €20,220
Research and innovationEnvironment and climate changeYouth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)

Objectives

Youth exchange Clenovci has gathered 36 young people from 6 EU countries who were eager to see and to become the change when it comes to the conversation of climate change. Youth all over the world is using their voices to raise more awareness of the striking issue of air pollution, ice caps melting, and wildlife protection, which was caused by nonother than humankind and our greediness. The modern-day world is quickly moving and the young generations, besides the everyday problems that the youth brings, face one of the biggest problems of all time, which is the security of the world that we know and the planet that we love. The complexity of global warming is something these young people take seriously, therefore having open conversations and workshops about us as individuals and how we could tackle this wicked problem one small step at a time was the biggest objective of this project. To be able to fully emerge ourselves in this topic, we chose one of the most polluting industries in the world and dissected it day by day. The chosen industry is one that recently started getting a lot of attention for its horrible ways of production, its high amounts of freshwater usage, toxic chemical dyes, pesticide usage, and unethical working environment - the fashion industry. With a series of interconnected workshops, the focus was not only on learning about the negative aspects of this industry but also on learning about sustainable practices that they as individuals can apply on a daily basis. Due to the topic of fashion, the main objectives were for participants to improve their understanding of fast fashion in daily life and ways how can we reduce it through learning what it means to upcycle or downcycle, how to properly recycle clothes and old garments, and removing the bad reputation that thrifting has. The last and main activity was the creation of our own eco label where participants remade new garments of old ones and showed/gifted them at the local flea market.

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