"The Youth Initiative project actively involves young people from the less-developed region at age of 14-24 and supports their civic engagement in environmental protection and sustainable living. The Slovak NGO Protect work and the Polish partner Fundacja Zielony Slon are cooperating on the project, which implements activities at the transnational level. The project is a response to environmental problems that are global and affect us all. It is necessary not only to educate young people about the need to protect environment, but also to create opportunities for them to actively participate in activities aimed at its protection and the sustainability of resources, which we all draw often uneconomically and irresponsibly. The project aims to teach youth to think ecologically and live a sustainable lifestyle. The international dimension of the project will allow the youth to see the problems of over-consumption of resources, energy, food, high waste overproduction and the effects of climate change on a global level. Nonformal education is aimed not only at raising environmental awareness, but also at improving literacy and developing critical thinking so that youth can recognize what Greenwashing is, for example, as green products are modern, but are often just a marketing tool, meaning packaging-free waste, to reuse things for another purpose or give things a second chance in a new design. The intention is to develop skilled young people that they can live sustainably and become advocates of LOHAS - a healthy and sustainable lifestyle and follow its principles in everyday life and ""infect"" their surroundings with this green style.Young people will create a series of comic stories that will include examples of how to live a healthy and sustainable life, which means creating a lifestyle without packaging, excessive waste, shopping and consumption, tips on how to save money, time and resources, without necessarily limiting our own comfort. . At the same time, comic stories will draw attention to current environmental problems, inappropriate consumer behavior, the consequences of climate change or the non-environmental awareness of the current and past generation. Part of the activities is SWAP, where unnecessary clothes, toys, books or other things get a second chance.The output of the project is the creation of herb-beds, which young people will use in organic cooking, through nonformal education and eco-workshops young people will learn ecological behavior that they can transfer to their families and peer environment. Young people will develop innovation and sustainability, how to cook without waste, respectively. eliminate consumption, separate waste and how to buy and use environmentally friendly materials. Households produce a lot of waste when cooking, so young people will learn how to cook sustainably and ecologically. When cooking, they use the own herbs instead of paper spices from shops. The output of the project will be the organization of community activities with a socially positive impact, where we combine waste collection with eco-educational activities for the public - Polish and Slovak organizations regularly carry out waste collection and cleaning of public spaces, as we have many illegal landfills in the region, which irresponsible people create in forests, in parks, near lakes. Young people will show how to properly separate waste and raising their awareness so that they start to care about the impact of their behavior on the environment. One of the best ways to teach children about the environment is to involve the whole family in various activities. If there is a street, stream or forest cleaning somewhere in the area, the whole family should be involved, which is also the goal of this community activity. There is no better example for children than when they see for themselves how much waste is in nature and how big the problem is. Children will certainly become more conscious people who will be more considerate and appreciate nature more.The output of the project will be the Sustainability Market BE IN ECO - aims to present steps towards a sustainable lifestyle that everyone can take from day to day, you can easy apply them in everyday life and have a great positive impact not only on the environment but also the family budget. The market will be connected with an exhibition of photographs, through which participants will present the ecological problems and ecological thinking of the modern age. The market, open to the public, will present tips for a LOHAS involving NGOs and local public, including ecogames, ecoworkshops chill out zone and discussions.If human begins to think ecologically, one's attitude towards nature, towards shopping and consumption, towards the excessive accumulation of things also begins to change. It is about changing attitudes, lifestyle and prefering LOHAS-sustainability."

"<< Objectives >>The general objective - to provide welcoming services to the Ukrainian refugees, based in the Latvian/Polish language, culture and nature.The specific objectives: - to provide Ukrainian refugees an opportunity to learn Latvian/Polish language through available language courses; - to provide Ukrainian refugees an opportunity to get to know Latvian/Polish culture and nature; - to create spaces for Latvian/Polish people and the Ukrainian refugees to meet and get to know each other.<< Implementation >>Activity 1: Project management and administration includes the coordination of project activities, executing the project budget, monitoring the project achievements, communication with the National Agency, networking with relevant stakeholders and promotion of the project.Activity 2: Welcoming programme ""United in Culture"" includes Latvian/Polish language courses, creative workshops to introduce Latvian/Polish culture, outdoor activities to explore Latvian/Polish nature, visits to museums etc.<< Results >>Activity 1: Contract with the National Agency and project partners signed; interim and final project reports produced (according to the requirements of National Agency); 1 transnational project meeting organised in Latvia; at least 8 online meetings organised.Activity 2: Welcoming programme ""United in culture"" implemented in Latvia and Poland; 2 local language courses provided; in total 400 hours of activities organised; at least 200 persons involved in the welcoming programme."

<< Objectives >>Our main goal: is to introduce ecological lessons to 800 Ukrainian young refugees from Germany and Poland while using the 3D eco printing technologies and promote sustainable practices with the help of new 3D technologies.Objectives:to bring the understanding of the recycling importance and the usage of recycling practices among refugees from Ukraine (youngsters)introduce 3D printing as a part of learning new technologies to the refugees << Implementation >>We are going to implement a series of the workshops (recycling, 3d printing, printing on recycled products) for 80 refugees (mostly young people aged 13-19), we will have two working meetings of the partners and will issue the publication on the topic of recycling and 3d printing in education of the refugees and organise the webinar on 3d printing and recycling, we will also organise the webinar as a part of dissemination activities<< Results >>improvement of ecological education among refugees (80 people) the improvement of tech knowledge and raising chances of job opportunities for 80 refugees participating in the trainingsAcquirement or development the basic knowledge of using additive technologies like 3D-Printers among the target audiences . upcycling clothes and some recycled products on 3D printing (boxes, toys) which can be used as promotional material for the social campaign in support of Ukrainian people or raising awarene

In this project 3 NGOs from Latvia, Greece and Poland representing north, east and south of the Europe joined forces to improve youth work in business education for rural youth. The project included short-term training for youth workers and experts to exchange best practices, share methods and ideas to promote creative start-ups in rural areas, as well as local and international training for youth in order to test approaches developed during the project. The project lasted 12 months and included 2 transnational project meetings, 2 short term staff trainings and 1 blended mobility for youth. 20 youth workers increased their knowledge and skills during the staff training, 45 youngsters participated in the local training and 15 youngsters from Latvia, Poland and Greece took part in the blended mobility for youth in Greece, including 13 young people from regions facing socioeconomic obstacles. The mobility of youth included a set of workshops and mentoring that allowed youngsters to shape and develop their innovative business ideas based on the local intangible heritage and the use of ICT. The best practise collection and workshop scenarios were published in the partner web sites, EPALE and the Erasmus+ platform for dissemination and exploitation of project results. At least 250 people not directly involved in the project benefited from the project - youth organisations, rural NGOs, education and training institutions, as well as other persons interested in the topic. The development of training methods on creative start-ups will encourage youth to start their own business in rural areas thus improving rural job creation, decreasing the youth unemployment and preserving the main features of living and working in rural areas. Moreover, the transnational approach of the project will lead to a deeper mutual understanding and cooperation in Europe.

"<< Objectives >>The fundamental objective of the project is to create an open European network, formed by young aspiring farmers, for the promotion of circular agriculture, through cooperation with local institutions, media, associations and training centers; the will is also to keep this network active even after the end of the project activities, thanks to targeted fundraising campaigns and crowdsourcing platforms on the web.<< Implementation >>The activities consist of 4 phases: 1) planning and preparation activities; 2) implementation of local activities and transnational mobility (within which there will be 3 mobility to be held in Lublin, Drama and Rome); 3) implementation of measures to ensure the management, effectiveness and quality of the project; 4) activities to evaluate and share the final results of the project.<< Results >>The expected results are: A) a manual of good practices for aspiring circular farmers called ""The Green Circle"" to be made available as an open educational resource; B) creation of a motivational story video on the web to spread the principles of circular agriculture and encourage young people to undertake this profession, through a collection of short video tutorials, demonstrative of some sustainable agricultural practices, entitled ""How to be a circular farmer""."