This project aims to create young civic bodies that are well informed and well equipped in order to express their environmental concerns and struggles efficiently. Through the creation of a cycle of empowerment, the overarching goal of this project is for the political and social relevance of the climate crisis to regain momentum. With young generations being more accustomed to digital and artistic ways of expression (especially when the two are combined), this project aims at enabling youth participants to engage artistically in order to bring about social, economic and political change. The main objectives of the project are: -Offer a pacific way of engaging power, playing with power, rather than replicating oppression patterns or power dynamics, and as a result produce new forms of social relations. -Serves as a means for community building around the topic of the European Green Deal at grassroots level, thus creating not only an external solution to problems, but communities of support. - Through its low threshold and entertaining nature, allows new participants into the discussions on the topic of the European Green Deal.
Since 2018, inspired by leaders like Greta Thunberg, the youth mobilized globally through movements like Fridays for Future and Extinction Rebellion, creating unprecedented momentum to address the climate crisis. In 2019, the European Commission adopted the European Green Deal, aspiring to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. However, the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted climate strikes. Recognizing the need for innovative methods, our project, initiated during this application, aims to reignite environmental efforts post-pandemic. The European Commission's January 2021 launch of the European Bauhaus initiative aligns with our goal, focusing on design, sustainability, accessibility, affordability, and investment to support the Green Deal. To sustain this shift, motivated, informed, trained, and connected activists are crucial. As tomorrow's leaders and innovators, young minds possess immense potential for transformative change. Our project seeks to empower them with digital artistic tools, fostering collaboration, community building, participation in democratic processes, literacy, and advocacy, contributing to a just, local, green, and economically viable transition.