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CHANGING 4 THE CLIMATE

Funder: European CommissionProject code: 2019-3-ES02-KA105-014111
Funded under: ERASMUS+ | Learning Mobility of Individuals | Youth mobility Funder Contribution: 21,666.9 EUR

CHANGING 4 THE CLIMATE

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<< Objectives >>The 'Changing for Climate' project was born from the concern of a group of young people linked to TACC projects and professionals in various activities and facilities, in addition to local Fridays for Future groups. In addition, some of the young participants of the exchange had attended the talks that the entity offers in secondary education centers about the Erasmus+ program, in order to publicize the range of possibilities and opportunities that the program offers. Thus, some of these young people considered the possibility of working together with the entity's team in the design and presentation of a project related to a common motivation: the defense of climate justice.The developed project has become a space where the participants have been able to share knowledge and put into practice the actions carried out in their countries of origin at an environmental level, in relation to climate change and its effects, analyzing them and proposing strategies to address them. In addition, it has allowed young environmental activists and members of local and regional Fridays For Future groups to come into contact with each other, and the actions have had an impact on organized and active groups in the territory, such as Environmentalists in Action or Transition Towns, thus ensuring that the content reaches beyond the exchange itself. Drawing, ecological crafts and corporal expression have been used as artistic tools.The objectives achieved during the project are detailed below:MAIN GOAL:1.0.Empower young people to be pioneers in initiatives to combat the climate change in their own countries, with a global perspective. SPECIFIC GOALS: 1.0. To build a critical opinion on climate change. 1.1. To identify the causes and consequences of climate change. 1.2. To get to know other projects and strategies carried out by other EU countries. 1.3. To develop and to create actions that can be done to improve the climate. 1.4. To work the emotional management in the spaces of intercultural coexistence. 1.5. To promote the Erasmus+ Program as a tool for working with young people and working on values for social transformationThe project has been carried out from April 11 to 17, 2022 (April 10 and 18 as travel days) in El Prat de Llobregat and included young Europeans from Spain, Greece, Italy, Latvia and Poland. During the programming, they worked around three different phases: activities to promote a critical spirit through debate, reflection and dialogue, an approach to reality through the exchange of experiences and practical workshops, and the realization of a protest and performance in a public act to the citizens, which in turn improved the local impact of the project.<< Implementation >>40 young people between the ages of 16 and 28 participated in the youth exchange. Each of the participating countries as parters of the project (Greece, Italy, Latvia and Poland) has participated with a group of 7 young people (1 leader and 6 participants), while the coordinating entity has involved a total of 10 young people (plus 2 figures with the role of leader).Being a project on the environment and climate change, most of the participants had already acquired some experience in this field and were concern to learn more about the subject, although environmental knowledge was not an exclusive requirement. The participatory and artistic methodology of the project, as well as the programmatic diversity of the partner entities, has made it possible to address the central theme of the project from different perspectives, where the skills and abilities of each participant have added up, giving a cohesive and multiplier result.Likewise, the participants involved have shown concern for the analysis and reflection on the collective and individual factors of the youth themselves in terms of the social co-responsibility necessary to address climate change.The activities carried out have responded to the following axes:1. Talks, discussions and group reflections led by each of the entities.2. Informal activities (intercultural nights, energizers, team buildings, etc.).3. Practical workshops on ecofeminism, natural cosmetics, etc.4. Exchange of experiences through the visit to Cardedeu as a Transition Town and to the natural area of the Delta del Llobregat.5. Final activity (protest and performance through dance) open to the entire population.Although all the activities have had climate change as their main theme, the objectives and priorities of the program have been taken into account with regard to the gender perspective, intercultural dialogue among young people, the promotion of healthy habits and the social inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities.In addition, all the activities carried out were aimed at providing tools so that young people can carry out initiatives for climate justice in their own countries, and new methods of organization and self-management of activities, events and conferences to the participants, the entities that have represented and the different collaborators of the project.<< Results >>The results achieved with respect to the youth exchange participants are detailed below:(1) Improvement of personal and social autonomy skills.The project participants acquired skills that allowed them to improve their personal and social autonomy skills through the different activities carried out during the project.(2) Improved ability to relate to other people.The participants related to each other and created links with participants from other countries through artistic tools and teamwork during the activities and the preparation and development of the final activity.(3) Improved knowledge of factors that cause climate change and possible actions to reduce environmental impact.The participants acquired and improved their skills by detecting and being aware of how lifestyle and consumption can create variations in the weather and how these affect their daily lives.(4) Improvement of knowledge about environmentalism and sustainability.The participants acquired and improved their ability to create everyday products using sustainable, recyclable and readily available materials.(5) Improved knowledge of new cultures and communication skills.The participants created affective ties with the rest of the participants from other countries and social realities, in addition to improving their communication in English and progressing in the construction of their own life itineraries through new concerns and goals.(6) Improvement in the interest of local youth in the Erasmus+ programme.Having encouraged the participation of young people from El Prat de Llobregat and other municipalities of Baix Llobregat, they have shown interest in the program and in participating and devising new exchange projects.The impact achieved with the development of the project, identified at three levels (local, national and European), is detailed below:LOCAL LEVEL:(1) Impact on the levels of collaboration with the Baix Llobregat County Council and the Prat de Llobregat City Council, specifically with the Youth Services and international mobility advice, as well as with different municipal facilities.Based on this link, they agree to initiate and promote new cooperation projects both on environmental issues and in other areas.(2) Impact on levels of social inclusion through multiculturalism.Promotion of social inclusion through multiculturalism as a positive value and as a fundamental pillar of our society through activities in the field of youth.(3) Impact on the youth of the municipality.The young people of the territory have learned new ways of living in a more sustainable and respectful way with the environment through contact with leading entities and agents of the municipality.(4) Impact on the knowledge and perception of the Erasmus+ program in the city.The program has been promoted in El Prat de Llobregat through the development of the project itself and the participation of young people, entities and local facilities in the exchange. Interest in it has been generated, perceiving it as a real and accessible tool in terms of international mobility and a tangible option in the construction of the personal life itinerary through learning in the European sphere and non-formal education.NATIONAL LEVEL:(1) Impact on the dissemination of the Erasmus+ programme, promoting the project as a real example of the possibilities it offers, through the main TACC dissemination channels, and the entities and agents that have collaborated in this multilateral project.(2) Impact on the reception of the project by the public through the social networks of the entities and institutions involved.(3) Acquisition of advertising through publications on the entity's websites, municipal institutions and the local media.EUROPEAN LEVEL:(1) Impact on the dissemination of the experiences of the young people who participate through the dissemination material (audiovisual, photography, texts, etc.) prepared during the exchange and available to each of the participating entities.(2) Impact on the learning of new sustainable lifestyles and alternative options to consumption that were made known in the different countries through presentations and talks by the participants themselves.(3) Impact on the awareness of the public of each participating country in the way of facing the reality of each culture.

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