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Reducing Food Waste, Empowering Youth: Project Zero Plate

2024-1-DE04-KA152-YOU-0002391082024Mobility of young peoplefinalized
Countries: DE|AT|FR|TR|ES · Grant: €37,505
Environment and climate changeDigital skills and competencesGreen skills

Objectives

Hûman - Sufi Culture & Arts e.V, in response to the pressing issue of food waste, has embarked on a mission to raise awareness and effect change through a collaborative Youth Exchange project. In response to these challenges, Sufi Culture and Arts, in collaboration with organizations from France, Turkey, Austria, and Spain, has undertaken the Youth Exchange project. This initiative aims to engage young people, who are both consumers and potential food producers, in changing their consumption habits and catalyzing societal transformation. Leveraging digital media as a powerful tool, the project seeks to raise awareness and drive international collaboration to combat food waste *To increase young participants' knowledge of other cultures' food customs, *To increase young participants' knowledge of the causes and effects of food waste, the hierarchy of food recovery for sustainable food management, safe food consumption practices, portion control and zero-waste cooking, shelf life, conscious food consumption, food donation, and food recycling, *To broaden the understanding of youth participants on the issues and remedies related to food waste in the nations of partner organizations, * To empower people to actively participate in society's battle against food waste and to improve the capacity of young participants to utilize digital campaign as a tool to minimize food waste in their community and across Europe. * To raise young participants' awareness of Erasmus+ and its Key Actions in order to promote future collaboration and project participation

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