Examples of good practice
Examples of good practice
pate in constructing houses and preparing sites. Other actions during the camp include: • Listening and observing nocturnal raptors with specific techniques • Building a birdhouse • Building a low wall using drystone techniques • Building a house for bats • Renovating the bug hotel • Planting honey seeds.
One of Vaunières’ key aims is to reduce the environmental impact. The daily question is: What to do with waste? The youth exchange aims to allow participants to reflect on the five-R waste policy: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rot. Participants were invited to join activities around zero waste, namely the creation of natural products, meetings with local stakeholders (local producers, resource centres...), cooking workshops around this theme, and the construction of objects and furniture from recycled materials. Apart from its “zero waste” theme, this exchange was also an opportunity to meet people from different countries with varied backgrounds.
Contact information: Phone: +33 4 70 996035; e-mail: dr@creneausolidarites.com
Further information: Association Le Créneau
Contact information: Phone: +33 4 92572680; e-mail: chantiers.avj.coordination@gmail.com
I draw my green Europe / Je dessine mon Europe verte
Further information: Association Les Villages des jeunes
Project: Comic strip competition, event and web series
Let’s not WASTE the planet!
Countries: France
Project: International youth exchange
Organisations: CIDJ - Centre d'Information et de Documentation Jeunesse (France)
Countries: France, Germany, Poland
Description: “I draw my green Europe” is a programme launched by CIDJ in cooperation with the French Youth Information Network to raise awareness of and engage young people in a dialogue about citizenship and environmental issues in a fun and participatory way. It offers four activities: a comic strip competition for young people aged 15 to 25, an event on Europe Day on the commit- ment of young people to a green Europe, a web series with young people who talk about their commitment, give tips and inspire, and an exhibition. The programme was part of France’s Council Presidency in 2022 and the European Year of Youth. It was supported by the European Parliament. The comic strip competition drew high-quality contributions from participants nationwide. The four winners’ comic strips are shown in an online exhibition. The May Day event, which took place in the highly symbolic Paris Climate Academy, offered a series of online and face-to-face activities for young people and professionals. The round table and the Live Twitch session gave the floor to young activists as well as MEPS and professionals. In a fun web series, nine young people share their personal and collective commitment to a greener Europe.
Organisations: Centre Culturel Franco-Allemand, Nice (France); Kreisau-Initative (Germany); Fundacja EkoRozwoju, Wrocław (Poland)
Description: In three meetings between May 2022 and April 2023, young environmental activ- ists (aged 18-26) share their experiences in the fight for climate justice, sustainability and envi - ronmental protection. Together they learn more about the socio-ecological challenges in their regions, gain practical experience in workshops (e.g., permaculture gardening or wood work- shops). They pay special attention to waste prevention and resource overuse , embedded in larger socio-ecological contexts. The second part of the youth exchange, which takes place in Germany, will focus on creative forms of protest against the climate catastrophe.
Contact information: Agata Mazurkiewicz (PL), e-mail: a.mazurkiewicz@fer.org.pl Johannes Huth (GER), e-mail: huth@kreisau.de Marcel Saur (FR), e-mail: marcel.saur@ccfa-nice.fr
Contact information: Phone: +33 1 44 491200; e-mail: moneuropeverte@cidj.com
Further information: Je dessine mon Europe verte
Further information: Kreisau-Initiative: Let’s not WASTE the planet!
Les villages des jeunes
Let’s change before the climate
Project: International camp
Project: International youth exchange
Countries: France and volunteers from all over the world
Countries: Algeria, Bulgaria, France, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal
Organisations: Association Les Villages des jeunes - Solidarités Jeunesses (France); International Youth Association EstYES (Estonia)
Organisations: Association de Développement du Haut-Cabardes (France)
Description: “Let’s change before the climate” is a project that aims to raise awareness about the environment and how to deal with changes on our planet. Already during the exchange, care was taken to apply the new knowledge directly. Different steps and at the same time different approaches were taken to change participants’ level of commitment and attitude.
Description: In the heart of the Alps, the organisation “Les Villages des Jeunes” has been managing, livening up and renovating the reception centre of Vaunières since1964. It is an old mountain hamlet, now a “springboard” place for young people and adults experiencing family, health or professional difficulties, and who need to take some time to recharge, acquire new skills and reflect on their plans. The workcamps that are organised in Vaunières with volunteers from all over the world help to strengthen the cultural diversity of their activities and to make this site open to the world, a place where people of all ages and all social and cultural backgrounds can meet to work together and live as a community.
Contact information: E-mail: celine@lesjardiniersdelamobilite.fr
Further information: Echange de jeunes “ Let’s change before the climate “ - Les Jardiniers de la mobilité (lesjardiniersdelamobilite.fr)
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