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Thinkathon - our Green Future

2022-1-EL02-KA152-YOU-0000703512022Mobility of young peoplefinalized
Countries: EL|HR|PL|BG|LT · Grant: €26,232
Digital youth workEnvironment and climate changeGreen skills

Objectives

In recent years, our organization has been working intensively to find solutions to the burning issue of reusing existing plastic on the planet. In every action we take we try to find the best ideas and solutions for the best possible use of materials and the improvement of processes. We often reject ideas and actions, due to the unclear relationship between the reduction of new material produced for the market and the production of excuses for not changing the mentality around the issue (greenwashing). Therefore, this project aimed to create the appropriate environment for cooperation, between young people with a common interest in the environment, in order to discover new solutions, mainly in the technological field, that will improve the efforts the civil society organizations are making in order to reduce single use plastic consumption. Our specific objectives were: - To bring together for 8 days 30 young people and 5 group leaders from 5 different countries in order to find solutions to reduce production and use of plastic - To create a learning environment that will allow the active participation of all young people in the development of ideas and solutions on the topic. - To introduce in youth work the methodology of Thinkathon for the brainstorming of new ideas for actions taken directly by young people but also for the development of digital youth working. - To create something concrete based on the ideas that young people will generate during the activity. - To have a strong impact and follow-up actions so the activity continues in the future in the countries of the participating organizations.

Project partners (5)