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Youth Green Skills Upgrade

2022-3-PL01-KA152-YOU-0001015802022Mobility of young peoplefinalized
Countries: PL|TR|EE|UA|GE|BG · Grant: €26,018
Digital skills and competencesGreen skillsEnvironment and climate change

Objectives

The EU is committed to becoming climate-neutral by 2050, with zero emissions. The modern person living in the age of digitalization already now needs to think about it and be aware concept of ecological intelligence and digital tools for fostering EU Green Deal Youth activists’ participation in democratic life through civic engagement. Our innovative youth project "Youth Green Skills Upgrade" was concentrating at active and motivated youth, activists of public and national levels, students, including people with fewer opportunities in order to create conditions for a friendly exchange of initiatives, innovative ideas, cultural traditions and national visions on methods of ecological education (zero-waste management, no plastic, saving water etc) and developing skills on ecological literacy using modern digital tools between youth of Poland, Ukraine, Georgia, Bulgaria, Turkey and Estonia. The YGSU project objectives were: 1.Bringing together young people from 6 EU and Partner countries in Poland and providing them with space for the open, friendly and active communication on the topic of digital ecological intelligence and EU Green Deal. 2.Understanding the Concept of zero-waste management and acquisition of knowledge in this approach. 3.Understanding the problems of transforming modern people into smart "consumers". 4.Getting knowledge on how to implement the zero-waste management approach into real life using modern digital tools, how you can and how you can change the community to which the participants belong. 5.Identifying the issue of social acceptance of ecological intelligence idea in local communities 6.The system approach of zero-waste management concept at different levels of the organization of society (local, state, national and global). 7.Providing space and a platform for participants to rethink their own values regarding the culture of consumption and the importance of quality human impact on our planet.

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