We wanted to achieve these goals: *Ensure participants, who are consumers, question their role in protecting the environment & guide them to make environmentally-friendly choices *Create behavioural change in participants for consumption habits & lifestyles that support sustainable development at an individual level *Increase the sensitivity of the participants to environmental problems *Change the 'disposable' philosophy of participants and support their creativity on 'recycling & upcycling' issues, and increase their knowledge/awareness on these issues *Increase the knowledge and awareness of participants about the 3 basic dimensions of Sustainable Development (Ecological, Social & Economic) *Ensure the participants adopt the ecological life philosophy and support them to be environment-friendly individuals *Increase interest of the participants in ecology and art *Support participants in the student group to participate in education more effectively *Integrate the theoretically oriented information about the environment with practice *Support the 2021-2027 EU strategic goal of 'making the EU green sustainable'
It is of great importance to understand 'Sustainable Development' so that natural and environmental resources meet today's needs without compromising the needs of future generations. We took this initiative to create an awareness about the importance of Sustainable Development and to ensure that individuals adopt environmentally-friendly and sustainability-friendly attitudes. Our project aimed to create awareness of participants between the ages of 16-26 in terms of ecological values by making them more critical and conscious about "environmental values and sustainable development". In them, we aimed to encourage behavioural changes for consumption habits and lifestyles that support sustainable development at an individual level. This project organised activities to achieve its goal by combining traditional approaches with modern approaches (art and creativity) and combining theory with practice. It encouraged participants to acquire knowledge, process it and adapt it to real life situations. Participants were involved in the subject as much as possible with an inquiry-based learning approach, question-answer, discussion, brainstorming, and applied methods.