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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Yellow Ribbon Fruit Trees

    Free fruits for all

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