Greening International Youth Work
Greening International Youth Work
In particular, SDG 13 is the focus of the project. It is about taking immediate action to combat climate change and its impacts. In view of this task, international youth work faces major challenges. Solutions must be found for future climate-neutral work. In the coming years, the greenhouse gas emissions caused by international youth work must be massively reduced. For this, concepts must be developed that can be transferred to as many measures and organizations as possible. This is to happen in two ways in the project: The fight against climate change becomes the subject of international encounters and voluntary activities and practical knowledge is conveyed. However, the individual measures should also be assessed and optimized with regard to their ecological effects.
Aims
- Reducing CO2 emissions in Youth Work mobilities
- Finding possibilities to calculate the CO2 handprint in youth mobilities
- Empowering young people to aim for reducing the CO2 handprint
- Developing a Social Media Campaign to promote sustainable youth mobilities
- Developing Tools to support youth leaders to implement sustainable youth activities
Activities
- Youth Meeting for Climate Justice, St. Louis & Dakar, Senegal, September 2022
- To the Solvay and Back: climATES on (e)action, Cecina, Italy, May 2023
- Greening International Youth Mobilities, Asturias, Spain, October 2023
Main outcome
- The Greening International Youth Work Manual: a guide empowering youth workers to drive socio-ecological transformation in their everyday work
- CliMATES app: an app comparing emissions generated from youth exchange travels to inform users on the most favourable sustainable route
- Greening International Work Training Curriculum: a training guide for trainers to embed green strategies within their work
- Mangrove Regeneration - Natural Heroes to Combat Climate Change: a manual emphasising the important role of mangrove in ecosystem restoration, and offers alternatives to carbon offsetting
Questions?
If you have any questions related to this past project, please contact us at iynf@iynf.org
This project was kindly funded by:

