Green Cities of YOUth

Increasing the role of young people in the development of sustainable cities

 

 

       

 

  • Beyond One's Plate

    Intercultural exchange by joint cooking

    Cooking connects - across cultures! This is the idea of the organisation "Über den Tellerrand kochen". At joint cooking events,

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  • Bike Cinema or Disco

    Pedal-powered energy

    Bike cinema is a unique concept that involves using bicycles to power a mobile cinema. The idea behind bike cinema is to create an environmentally

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  • Carrot Mobs

    Buying campaign to promote climate protection

    A Carrotmob campaign is the opposite of a boycott: a group of people spends money to support a business, and in return the

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  • Clean-Up

    Joint collection of trash

    A clean-up day is an organized event in which volunteers gather to clean up and beautify a public space, such as a park, beach, river, or

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  • Climate Escape Game

    Educational Escape Rooms for Climate Change

    An escape game, also known as an escape room, is a type of puzzle-based game in which players are locked in a themed room or series of rooms

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  • Community Garden

    Intercultural Garden/ Intergenerational Garden

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  • Critical Mass

    Demonstration by bike to claim street space

    "Critical Mass" bike tours are a form of direct action, appealing to councils, governments and road planners to stop

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  • Disco Soup

    Joint cooking event with leftover ingredients

    "Disco Soup" is playful, joint, usually public cooking event, which is organised like a party around turning food waste into

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  • Edible City

    Urban vegetation for all

    In Germany, the City of Andernach was a front runner "Edible City" with their garden project started in 2010, but in the meantime the idea has

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  • Energy Saving Campaign in Schools

    Motivating youth to save electricity

    This project aims to promote energy savings in schools. The students are learning actively and applying ways to reduce their resource

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  • Green Mapping

    Citizens explore and share "green aspects"

    The making of the original Green Map in New York City was inspired by the United Nations Earth Summit in 1992. The purpose was

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  • Green Tourism

    Making the green areas near municipalities accessible in sustainable ways

    Green or sustainable tourism is a form of tourism that focuses on minimizing the impact on the

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  • Local Currency

    A local currency is a form of currency that is used in a specific geographic area or community, typically as an alternative to national currency. The purpose is to promote local economic

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  • Local Food Council

    Coalition for development and implementation of food strategy

    A food council is a group of individuals or organizations that come together to discuss and address issues

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  • Movie Festival

    Documentary film workshops, e.g. on food issues

    A film festival all about sustainable food and agriculture. The various short films and documentaries are made by children

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  • Nature Science Week for School Children

    Scientific and technical education for kids

    Children are taken for a week to nature where the learning is done through innate learning motivation of Children. The basic

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  • Reclaim The Streets

    Pop-up parties in public space

    "Reclaim the streets" is a slogan and movement that originated in the United Kingdom in the 1990s. The movement advocates for the use of

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  • Regional Food Challenge

    One month with only regional food

    The regional food challenge aims to motivate participants to base their daily meals on regional grown food only. This competition

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  • River Ranger

    Motivating youth for nature protection

    The Würm Rangers (Würm is a river in Germany) are the Children, Youth and Adults who are dedicated to take care of the Würm, a river in Munich.

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  • Solidary Restaurant

    Food from the community for the community

    Fair, regional and sustainable - that's what this restaurant is all about, too. The daily changing menu (vegan or vegetarian) is

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