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Ambasciatori per un futuro sostenibile /Ambassadors for a sustainable future

Funder: European CommissionProject code: 2016-2-IT03-KA105-008604
Funded under: ERASMUS+ | Learning Mobility of Individuals | Youth mobility Funder Contribution: 19,522.6 EUR

Ambasciatori per un futuro sostenibile /Ambassadors for a sustainable future

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"Four EVS volunteers, two Russians, one French and one German, the three youngerones at first volunteer experience, all for 6 months were engaged with ""Legambiente Trani"", Southof Italy, all four working together full time with a weekly calendar, improving their socio-cultural values spreading and sharing essential lifestyles to face environmental ongoing changes and to spread the use of alternative energy sources and the reuse of natural resources as a way for the mitigation and the adjustment of climate changes politics. The basic objective was to acquire and share environmental issues and then spread them through practical and informative activities with students, young people, prisoners, migrants and local communities. Trough awareness-raising and informational campaigns about recycling and through practical intervention of environmental safeguard, monitoring of green areas and urban vegetable gardens, coastal areas and rescue of sea turtles, detection of abusive landfills and discovering tours of the landscaping and cultural heritage the local community was actively involved, along the commitments of the local administration and local police, stimulated by the presence of european volunteers. A process of social and personal growth has been created by allowing volunteers to get specific knowledge about the organic and synergistic farming, techniques concerning the intercultural and forum-theatre, the environmental communication and “ecological reading” and the active listening moving them into ""communicators"" of a path of sustainable future. Green areas recovered through volunteers’ work become natural places for the citizens in order to meet and gather for social activities, strengthening social relationships as stimulate an educational community. The intimacy coming and the awareness-raising campaigns held in schools strengthed the participation of the local governance thanks to a greater bond of the general public, seen as an essential chance to appreciate more the multicultural diversity and to manage it with success and promoting social peace. The presence of volunteers EVS has allowed to establish agreements with schools, local administration and penitentiary administration for future volunteering activities in the defense of the environment. Plus, disseminating activity in local centers for migrants (in particular young girls) has aleft a sign of permanent cooperation agreement on intercultural issues. Three of the volunteer EVS have decided to come back to Italy and meet up during the summer and, with the support of Legambiente, develop an inter-associative way to continue the activities of spreading environmental issues."

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