One of the objectives of the European Youth Strategy is to “achieve a society in which all young people are environmentally active, educated and able to make a difference in their everyday lives.”
While the current climate movements show that young people are a great asset in moving towards environmental and sustainable development, many current educational practices reveal gaps in this area.
This is particularly true of European internships or exchanges, which often involve air travel, a meat-based diet and a lot of wasted printed material.
Youth organisations across Europe therefore need to review their practices and strengthen their use of environmental principles at work.
At the same time, in the age of ‘social distancing’, many educators are forced to think about how to create effective and entertaining blended or online learning programmes.
In this context, Ecorasmus aims to train and empower young people and youth leaders to improve the quality, innovation and recognition of their work, and to move towards a “sustainable green Europe“.
Activities*
- four two-day working meetings in Spain (Barcelona, April 2022, one participant), France (June 2022, two participants), Germany (Berlin, November 2022, two participants), Holland (Amsterdam, February 2024, two participants)
- a local working group throughout the project
- two training courses in Spain (February 2023) and Hungary (March 2023)
- an event to be organised in France to bring together forty national participants (November 2023)
Profiles requested
- mix of young active citizens and youth leaders, social workers, educational project leaders
- interested in environmental education, European politics and social media…
- English level B1 (possibility of linguistic support)
Partners
- European Intercultural Forum e. V. (Germany, coordinator)
- Stichting the Tree Party (Netherland)
- Fundacio Catalunya Volontaria (SPain)
- Graphistes de l’Ombre (France)
- Én Kint Egyesület a Békéért és Fejlődésért (Hungary)
*dates indicatives sujettes à modification
Project n°2021-1-DE04-KA220-YOU-000028643 funded by the European Union’s Erasmus program