Our main objective was to allow young people to develop committed and low-carbon travel projects by strengthening their skills, their understanding of environmental issues, and their ability to produce responsible content. The program aimed to provide them with solid knowledge on the SDGs, in particular SDG 12, 13 and 16, project management tools and ethical audiovisual practices to enhance their approaches. The experience in Frankfurt allowed participants to meet actors of an ecological and solidarity transition, to understand ground realities and create, in groups, between five and six videos or podcasts directly related to the SDGs. This mobility should be a concrete space for experimenting with low-carbon travel and putting learning into practice, while giving a European dimension to their projects ; which has promoted interculturality. We also wanted to encourage the emergence of committed media and strengthen the civic engagement of young people.
We applied for this project to speak about travel as an act of eco-citizenship and open-mindedness, far from its consumerist dimension. For us, travel is a concrete way to understand environmental and societal realities, encounter diversity, and foster inner growth. These learnings need to be prepared, accompanied and shared, in order to anchor the skills and allow their diffusion. The project meets a growing need among young people: to have a framework to learn about SDGs, develop a critical eye, mature their projects, acquire audiovisual and organizational skills, and be part of a green mobility dynamic. Our approach, based on upstream support, has already shown its impact on the commitment of many travel projects. The Vaya Campus 2023-2024 experience confirmed the interest of a collective journey. The European mobility proposed this year aimed to go further by offering an additional opening and encouraging sustainable and accessible tourism.