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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Rainwater Harvesting

    Collecting rainwater from rooftops

    Installation of simple systems to harvest and store rainwater from the roof on a household level. The water can be used for irrigation.

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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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  • Tree Planting

    Reforestation and promotion of biodiversity

    Reforestation as the process of planting trees in an area where forest once existed but was removed or destroyed.

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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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