‘Let's not WASTE the planet!’ is a trinational exchange project for young activists in the field of climate justice and environmental protection
The project ‘Let's not WASTE the planet!’ aims to encourage young activists in the field of climate and environmental protection to strengthen their commitment, improve their skills and connect them across borders. This happens by means of the topics waste avoidance, consumer behaviour and (over-)use of resources. This is not only closely linked to the life of young people, yet it is connected to the dramatic problems of waste, pollution and destruction of basic functions of our ecosystem - all embedded in the systemic context of the current climate crisis.
‘Let's not WASTE the planet!’ focuses not only on the level of individual behaviour, but also encourages participants to think and act responsibly beyond their own environment - including across national borders.
Based on an “Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)” and approach of transformative learning, the projects takes on the systemic level.
At the heart of the project are three one-week youth exchanges in Germany, Poland and France. The project weeks each have a methodological and thematic focus and build on each other.
Project goals
- Cross-border networking and encounter among young activists from Germany, France and Poland
- Empowering through acquisition and deepening of relevant competences for environmental and societal commitment
- Raising awareness of environmentally sound behaviour, especially in the context of waste prevention and resource protection
- Strengthening intercultural competence and awareness of diversity
- Contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, in particular goals 4 - quality education, 12 - responsible consumption and production and goal 13 - Climate action
