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Take the challenge and start the 3R's: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Promoting zero-waste lifestyle among adults

2020-1-PL01-KA204-0819522020Strategic Partnerships for adult educationfinalized
Countries: PL|LT|ES|CZ|HU · Grant: €222,200
Environment and climate changeHealth and wellbeingEnergy and resources

Project summary

The project aims to develop tools based on the 3R's approach to allow the empowerment of the non-informed people. The project addresses the main problem of our society now namely climate change and shows the activities which can be taken now by the people in European countries. This training content will let the target group achieve new knowledge and skills. Moreover the project will improve the awareness of the importance of the clean environment and encourage target's group participants to develop their competences. We want to empower local communities to rethink their relationship with resources by supporting them with independent knowledge and streamlined tools to drive change more efficiently

Objectives

Through the project, we wanted to impart new knowledge and skills to the audience in an attractive way. In addition, the project was intended to raise awareness of the importance of a clean environment and aimed to encourage the target group participants to develop their competencies. We wanted to show that it is possible to live a maximally waste-free life (in the 3R style: reduce-reuse-recycle). We also wanted to enable local communities to rethink their attitude toward resources by supporting them with independent knowledge and streamlined tools so they can more effectively make changes in their habits.

Background

With the creation of tools based on the 3Rs approach, we wanted to show the real steps that everyone can take to care for the environment and thus give agency to the previously uninformed,. The project currently addressed a major issue in our society, namely climate change and shows the steps that people in European countries can take here and now. The project addressed the following areas: HORIZONTAL: Environmental and climate goals ADULT EDUCATION: Improving and extending the supply of high-quality learning opportunities for adults HORIZONTAL: Common values, civic engagement and participation

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