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 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Community Garden

    Intercultural Garden/ Intergenerational Garden

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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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  • 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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  • Energy Saving Campaign in Schools

    Motivating youth to save electricity

    This project aims to promote energy savings in schools. The students are learning actively and applying ways to reduce their resource

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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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  • Green Mapping

    Citizens explore and share "green aspects"

    The making of the original Green Map in New York City was inspired by the United Nations Earth Summit in 1992. The purpose was

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  • Local Currency

    A local currency is a form of currency that is used in a specific geographic area or community, typically as an alternative to national currency. The purpose is to promote local economic

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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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