During the educational cycle “Embrace the Best in You”, participants developed a Toolkit for Argumentation Strategies. This toolkit offers practical tools for navigating challenging statements in youth work, activism, and everyday life. The cards are grouped into four types: đź“– Theory cards to unpack key concepts đź“ť Method cards with short activities to try in […]
Tet, the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, was celebrated across Vietnam between late January and mid-February this year. To honor this important occasion, our e-volunteer Ellen curated a special selection of traditional Vietnamese plant-based recipes, which she generously shared with the IYNF community. “This flashcard set features six traditional Vietnamese dishes that are not only delicious […]
Some participants from the training course “Pact for Impact I: Communication and Action” have created a political art campaign designed to capture the attention of politicians, inspire action, and unite people through creative expression. The campaign seeks to re-energize democratic engagement at a time when democracy is under threat and many voices go unheard. Read […]
@decolonizingspaces is another of the campaigns that was presented during the training “Pact for Impact I: Communication & Action”, in Finland. Based on a real project carried out by one of the participants, it aims to give voice to non-European people living in Europe and by collecting their stories of (non-)inclusion. At the same time, […]
Another campaign created by two of the participants of the training course “Pact for Impact I: Communication & Action” consists in an environmental educational programme for school pupils. The programme includes workshops which aims to make children engage with nature in outdoor activities such as visiting a park to observe animals, planting seeds, building birdhouses, […]
“Building our housing Cooperative” is another campaign designed by some of the participants at the “Pact for Impact I: Communication & Action” Training course in Finland. This campaign aims at establishing a cooperative living space called “Solace”, where sustainability, creativity, and community come together. This space will work as a home, guesthouse and hub for […]
Two of our participants in the training “Pact for Impact I: Communication and Action”, who are particularly passionate about animal welfare, drafted a campaign to make dog shelters more attractive for volunteers, both on the local level and on a larger scale. Especially if involving international young volunteers, for instance European Solidarity Corps (ESC), […]
@RhythmOfFreedom is a social media campaign designed by two participants of the “Pact for Impact I: Communication and Action” training course. The campaign aims to reach young people and to raise their awareness regarding gender discrimination, abuse, or disrespect. To do so, the ideators took into account the potential of social media by regularly posting […]
As main outcome of our cycle of 2024 “Re:Generation – Climate Positivity towards a Just Future” we are very happy to present to you IYNF first ChatGPT “Go Beyond Green”. Developed by the IYNF Secretariat using all the outcomes and resources from this year’s cycle, the ChatGPT will provide you with all the information you […]
We take the opportunity of this year’s International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem to share with you “Mangrove Regeneration – Natural Heroes to Combat Climate Change”. This booklet has been one of the outcomes of the Greening International Youthwork 2022-2024. It was issued as a collaboration between IYNF, NFJD, ASAN, Asociacion BIODIVERSA, […]
During the training course, “Re-think. Travel! Leaving positive traces for a just and sustainable future,” a group of participants came up with a solution for how to travel (specifically accommodate) sustainably and created a couch-surfing network within each other. This can be very helpful, because: It gives travelers the opportunity to cut down unnecessary environmental […]
Here is a song, created by some of the participants from the training course “Are you ready to be (climate) positive?” through an artificial intelligence software. Lyrics: We arrived in Carlsberg, such a beautiful place Surrounded by mountains, giving everyone space Space for opinions, space for your thoughts So much excitement, so much joy […]
Another outcome created by some of the participants from the IYNF second activity of the year, “Are you ready to be (climate) positive?”: a Lego model! Lego models give the freedom and inspiration to create 3D scenarios that can help imagine the future desired and reflect upon the role, wishes, and responsibilities in shaping it. […]
During the training course, “Are you ready to be (climate) positive?”, some of the participants created mini projects of their own. Mara and Kruti shared a gift with the other participants: an invitation to take some time, walk in nature, and explore reflective questions. Nature can be very helpful for well-being in everyone’s daily life. […]
Some of the participants from IYNF training course, “Are you ready to be (climate) positive?” prepared a large map and drew the travel routes of all participants involved. It gives some perspective over what distances participants travel and how much effort most of them put in green traveling. Why not comparing the recent travel map […]
Would you like to inspire others to travel sustainably using an engaging method? Would you like to have fun while connecting to others? Then, why not get inspired from the sustainable spin and rally game, a real life game initiated by a group of participants during the training course “Re (don’t) think. Travel! Leaving positive traces for […]
Do you enjoy free walking tours in new cities learning about the history or culture? But what if, you were on a free walking tour to observe and to find out more about the sustainable actions or activities that a city has to offer? Maybe you could find how the traffic is limited or how […]
Do you want to travel sustainably but you don’t want to fly? Do you wonder where you can find the greenest transportations and local restaurants? Gogreen travel planner, the app designed by one of the participants from the training course “Re (don’t) think. Travel-Leaving traces for a just and sustainable future”, will help you find […]
Promoting Local Tourism is a 3-day-workshop designed by one of the participants of the training “Re(don’t) think. Travel! Leaving positive traces for a just and sustainable future”. The workshop aims to boost local tourism in the regions of Hessen and Bavaria in Germany by providing a training with both theoritical and practical sessions fostering a […]
As part of the training course “Re(don’t) think. Travel! Leaving positive traces for a just and sustainable future”, IYNF trainer Francesco Mangiarini delivered a session on carbon offsetting. The training focused on the understanding of the definitions of carbon offsetting and greenwashing, and it exposed South Pole, a company that is offsetting carbon emissions for […]