24/10/2018
The participants of SustainABILITY II youth exchange, that took place in Viseu, Portugal from 27Aug-4 Sept 2018 wrote :
This project was a youth exchange for young people from seven different European countries. The main point of this exchange was the participants to cooperate and participate in workshops and activities related to sustainability. The first thing we were taught was about the 8 key competences that Erasmus plus programs promote. Also, we had the chance to organize with our national groups some activities related to our topic and present them to the others. It was really nice the feeling when everybody was satisfied with our exercises. The most important thing was that every morning we had to be divided into groups and prepare daily reports, morning news, the sustainable action of the day and dissemination activities.
Furthermore, we had the chance to discuss about action plans that we will fulfill in our country. Especially the Greek team discussed about floods and fires in the forests and how we can prevent it and inform the people from our country. Initially, the main plan is this specific action to take place in local and then in international level.
All the activities were promoted by non-formal education methods. Especially most of them took place in outdoor places and this helped us to be more relaxed and more energetic. We also discussed about climate change, we had a zero-waste workshop, cooking workshop and fire prevention workshop.
One of the main reasons of the project was to raise the multicultural awareness and empower young people to communicate, exchange ideas and discuss about the concept of sustainability. After this project the participants were sensitized and be aware of nature. They understood that it is important to respect the nature and that each one can make a significant contribution. We realized that one of the ways to achieve this is the 3R’s of waste management, which means reduce, reuse & recycle our garbage.
In conclusion, it was a great project and we gain nice memories that we will keep in our minds. We would like to thank 100Portas and Votsis Youth in Action Club that gave us this opportunity to participate in this youth exchange.
