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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Fashion Swap

    Find new favourite clothes

    Call it clothing swap party, fashion exchange party or similar - the basic idea is the same: to clear off your wardrobe of those clothes,

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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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  • Mobile Tree Alley

    Mobile trees on the street

    Where streets are grey with concrete, and quickly heating up in summers, Mobile Tree Alleys can be a good solution to provide green and shade, to filter dust

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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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  • Parking Day

    Small parks in parking lots

    Parking lots in cities take up far more of the available open space than do parks and places allocated for people. Park(ing) day is an annual

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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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  • 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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