"Green Heroes" was a project that had been created by an idea of the volunteers of Akademiet Oslo as, and it promoted a more sustainable way of living for young people, by increasing their awareness on the issues of climate change and global warming and by giving them tools and knowledges to act in a eco-friendly way and recognize how to buy sustainable products in their daily routine. This intercept the needs of the local community of the volunteers, who had been facing daily serious problems with rubbish in their city and found a way to the local community in being more consistent on a green way of living. In addition, developing new ideas on how to minimize waste and recycle properly were another important part of the project, in order to promote the reduction of the use of single-plastic products, which are detrimental for our environment. "Green Heroes" tackled challenges related to global environmental issues, sustainable growth and, especially, the lack of social involvement and engagement of young people, and to strive to encourage them to take serious action at any level by increasing their environmental citizenship. Those aims were strictly connected with the aims of the European Union and its plans to reduce pollution and single plastic use, as settled in the EU-wide plastic strategy. The main goals of the project were: - to raise awareness of youngsters on environmental issues and climate change - to explain the causes and the effects of global warming to young participants - to establish functional actions and share best practices on how to become more environmentally-friendly in our daily practice - to develop new ideas and strategies for a plastic-free way of living - to inform youngsters on how to to avoid buying products which are detrimental for the environment https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=103283079276174&set=pcb.103283265942822
"Green Heroes" was a project that had been created by an idea of the volunteers of Akademiet Oslo as, and it promoted a more sustainable way of living for young people, by increasing their awareness on the issues of climate change and global warming and by giving them tools and knowledges to act in a eco-friendly way and recognize how to buy sustainable products in their daily routine. This intercept the needs of the local community of the volunteers, who had been facing daily serious problems with rubbish in their city and found a way to the local community in being more consistent on a green way of living. In addition, developing new ideas on how to minimize waste and recycle properly were another important part of the project, in order to promote the reduction of the use of single-plastic products, which are detrimental for our environment. "Green Heroes" tackled challenges related to global environmental issues, sustainable growth and, especially, the lack of social involvement and engagement of young people, and to strive to encourage them to take serious action at any level by increasing their environmental citizenship. Those aims were strictly connected with the aims of the European Union and its plans to reduce pollution and single plastic use, as settled in the EU-wide plastic strategy. The main goals of the project were: - to raise awareness of youngsters on environmental issues and climate change - to explain the causes and the effects of global warming to young participants - to establish functional actions and share best practices on how to become more environmentally-friendly in our daily practice - to develop new ideas and strategies for a plastic-free way of living - to inform youngsters on how to to avoid buying products which are detrimental for the environment https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=103283079276174&set=pcb.10328326594282