We have been facing a global challenge climate change in our society that needed to be addressed. Every year temperatures have been increasing, with a detrimental impact on our planet: sea levels are rising, wildfires have been becoming more and more frequent, with an increased possibility of flooding or bushfires. According to the European Union, the impact of climate change has “subsequent wide-ranging effects on ecosystems, the economy, society and human health.” (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/climate-change). It was crucial, in this situation, to make people more aware about climate change to provided possible tools to fight it by changing our daily habits by helping the planet and reducing pollution in order to prevent further disasters and more negative effects on our economy and lives. Climate change has been only one of the problems, which have been affecting our planet's ecosystem: single-use plastic is another big issue that the European Union is also facing. The strategy of the European Union to reduce the use of plastic is based on the concept of a circular economy: life-cycle of the products need to be increased in order to avoid rubbish and waste. The project “Young People for a Green Future, YPGF” had the aim to promote environmental awareness on those issues related to climate change and single-use plastic, in order to find solutions for decreasing the footprint of the local communities of the partner organizations of the project. The local communities of the partner organizations were in fact facing both those problems in their local areas. The project provided participants from the organizations with tools and competences to act in a more environmentally friendly way and spread environmental awareness in their local communities, with a positive impact on the local areas from where the participants were from. This caught the demands of the volunteers' in local areas and the local communities of the project's participating partners, who faced severe difficulties with garbage in their towns on a daily basis and try to seek a method to help the local community be more reliable in living a sustainable lifestyle. Furthermore, creating innovative ideas for reducing trash and recycling effectively were an essential component of the project. To encourage the decrease of single-use plastic items, which were damaging to the environment. The goals of “YPGF: Young People for a Green Future” were to address global environmental impacts, sustained development, and, in particular, the absence of community involvement and engagement among young people. And to make every effort to urge people, they took real action at any stage by growing their green awareness. These goals were inextricably linked to the European Union's goals and efforts to minimize pollution and single-use plastics, as outlined in the EU-wide plastic policy. “YPGF: Young People for a Green Future” involved 40 participants coming from 7 different countries of 8 different organisations: Host Organisation: Proutist Universal Malta, 1. Lithuania, 2. Spain, 3. Bulgaria, 4. Slovakia, 5. Greece, 6. Italy The main objectives of the YPGF youth exchange were: -to educate teenagers about environmental impacts and climate change; -to educate young participants about the origins and impacts of global warming; -to develop useful behaviours and exchange best practices for becoming more environmentally aware in our everyday routines; -to create innovative thinking and tactics for a plastic-free lifestyle; -to educate youth on how to prevent purchasing environmentally harmful items; -to instill in youth a sense of ownership for their everyday environment; -to motivate participants to promote the ideals they gained via the youth exchange among their peers and to seek positive responses to environmental challenges in their towns and regions; -to equip participants with non-formal educational tools regarding environmental interactive strategies.