SWEET TALES OF A RESILIENT YOUTH

It relies on non-formal education and peer-to-peer learning methods, both in presence and online, to create the best conditions for a qualitative learning experience. Throughout the project activities, participants will gain knowledge and exchange good practices related to sustainable lifestyle, with a specific focus on sustainable travel habits. They will learn to use the tools of storytelling in order to share meaningful stories and become role models for their peers across the EU, in a way to inspire them to step into positive change.

This will be achieved through the organization of a series of webinars where young speakers will be invited to share their knowledge on these topics and then facilitate a collective reflection through online round tables. Each webinar will gather young people from all over Europe and international young speakers selected for their involvement in the field of environmental sustainability and their ability to involve their peers in a collaborative learning process.

The “fil rouge” of the project is to sensibilize young people to the power of storytelling and contribute to improve their related skills, using it as a tool for capacity building in the field of environmental sustainability. The project activities include the organization of webinars focussing on storytelling and trainings which will take place in Bologna, in which groups of selected Italian participants will be invited for three different weekends to participate to workshops in which they will learn new methods that can be used both as individuals and as a group – such as collaborative writing or storytelling with an activist purpose.

Through newly acquired knowledge and skills, the project aims to empower young participants in a way to shape their own ideas of what it is to shift our habits in a sustainable way, and to advocate for it collectively. The final event will be marked by the launch of a digital platform which will have the purpose to collect, gather and share the different materials produced in the workshops and seminars: personal and collective texts, stories, videos, podcasts and research in the field of environmental sustainability. This platform aims to build a continuity of the project in the long term and to represent the voice of the European youth, striving to promote the values of sustainability across their continent.

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