The project responded to the need to use youth volunteering in nature conservation as an effective tool not only for nature management, but also for informal environmental education and awareness-raising on current topics closely related to climate change. The aim was to demonstrate that even small local activities matter and bring long-term and valuable results – for nature, for society, and for the young volunteers themselves. The activities targeted youth with fewer opportunities, focusing on sharing experiences in reaching out to young people who had not been previously involved. The goal was to foster mutual learning from the good practices of organizations with a shared historical foundation, developing their work in different contexts. An important part of the project was also to strengthen awareness of youth volunteering in nature and landscape conservation and to enhance its social recognition. Another essential part of the project was to create simple set of instruction for different voluntary activities able to be used locally for voluntary events with youth.
We´ve applied the project to develop and thematically update the volunteer activities of youth that we implement in partner organizations so that they better respond to the issues of climate change and reducing biodiversity. The aim was to share experience and good practices of organizations that were established in the common state, but for over 30 years develop their activities separately. The common goal of the organizations was to support young people's interest in volunteering in nature conservation, increase the prestige of these activities, and improve and expand the range of high-quality volunteer events which we connect with environmental and non-formal education.