Green Cities of YOUth

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

 

 

       

 

  • Bike Bridge

    Free cycling lessons and bike repair

    "Bike Bridge" activities are focussed on giving free bike lessons and bike repair workshops for community members who do not have

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  • Building Insect Hotels

    Provide shelter and protect from predators

    Many wild bee species are threatened with extinction today due to industrial agriculture and destruction of natural habitats.

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  • Building Solar Cookers

    Use solar energy for preparing food

    Directly using solar power to cook food? Yes, you can! Simply save a lot of energy for your cooker by using a (self-made?!) solar oven

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  • Community Garden

    Intercultural Garden/ Intergenerational Garden

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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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  • Free Store

    Bring and take things for free

    In a free store, items can be handed in that you no longer need yourself, but which can still be of use to others. In addition, things that

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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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  • 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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  • Participatory Budget

    Citizens decide how the local budget is spent

    Participatory budgeting is a democratic process that allows citizens to have a say in how public funds are spent. It

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  • Regions in Transition

    Community based solutions

    Think globally - act locally. That is the idea behind the project "Regions in transition". During a guided process, the citzens in a region come

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  • Repair Café

    Repair instead of throwing away

    Repair Cafés (already over 2,200 worldwide) are openly accessible community places and they’re all about repairing things (together).

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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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  • Seed Swap

    Share seeds from heirloom plants

    Many crops are nowadays threatened with extinction or have already disappeared. At the same time old seeds are often much better adapted

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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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  • Tree Patrons

    Irrigating public trees during dry season

    Trees on the city streets are vulnerable to droughts in hot summers, and the ground near the tree may be compacted by cars,

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  • Urban Bee Keeping

    Support open pollination

    More than 80% of crops and flowering plants in Europe depend directly on bees for their pollination. Without bees, we risk losing significantly

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  • Walking Bus

    Safe way to school for young children

    The Walking Bus is designed to encourage people from a specific demographic in the community to walk together to a centralised

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  • Wheelmap

    City map of barrierfrei locations (for wheelchairs, shoppers, strollers)

    Wheelmap is an international organisation that provides an online map of barrier free and

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