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Introduction

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The RESCUE partnership following the EU goals for sustainable education aims to develop a comprehensive and collaborative approach to learning for environmental sustainability involving different bodies, organizations and participants in the education, youth work and training system. By raising awareness through theoretical knowledge and participatory activities, the project intends to build attitudes and behaviours on young people regarding climate change and sustainable consumption patterns of plastic, providing also stimuli to young people for creating green initiatives (campaign) with an impact on the environment and society.

About the project

What are the objectives of RESCUE?

RESCUE objectives include:

-To raise awareness among young people on the long-term impact of plastic on the environment and human health.

-To promote more sustainable consumption patterns of plastics for young people, to stimulate change.

-To build environmentally friendly behaviours and attitudes among young people.

-To provide youth workers with tools and methodologies to transfer knowledge to young people regarding the use of plastic and motivate them to the run of initiatives.

-To connect young people through green campaigns and give them the opportunity to learn, cooperate, volunteer, and disseminate their experiences to peers and the society.

-To equip the partners’ staff with the know-how to apply green, plastic-free practices inside their organizations.

Project results

RESCUE is 3 main results in 7 languages divided into several activities each.

Raise you voice against plastic, the RESCUE E-learning Platform.

An e-learning platform aiming to raise awareness through theory and practice regarding plastic usage and provide young people and youth workers with the theoretical background that will inspire them and give them the know-how to build a more sustainable and responsible plastic consumption behaviour.

How to run a green campaign, the RESCUE Guide.

A Guide addressed to youth workers on how they can educate young people to organize, run and disseminate an environmental campaign against plastic usage with social and environmental impact.

Become a Green Ambassador, the RESCUE Campaign.

A campaign addressed to young people and youth workers consisting of both online and offline activities, in order to increase participants’ engagement.

Target groups

RESCUE target groups are:

  • Young people (16-27 years old)
  • Youth workers
  • Youth organizations

RESCUE project results are also intended for:

  • Staff members of all partners involved in the project implementation.
  • Policy makers, local authorities, non-governmental organizations, youth centres, universities, municipalities and any other actor directly or indirectly involved in the fields of youth training and environmental protection and awareness industries.
  • Local and regional youth centres/organisations.
  • Educational institutes.