In continuity with some previous youth exchanges and a local project promoted by Uniamoci Onlus.

 

Youth for GREEN CITIES wants to promote the active engagement of young people in making more Green their city, both in terms of proposition of ideas and events and of concrete action to improve their urban environment.

 

The youth exchange took  place in Palermo from 23rd to 30th March 2018 and it involved 20 youths (5 per Country), aged between 22 and 30 years old, and 4 group leaders from Italy, Romania, Estonia and Portugal.

 

The mixed group of youth, composed by young able bodied and disabled people with different cultures and different socio-economical backgrounds, cooperated in a supportive and inclusive atmosphere though a path of thematic deepening on the possibilities of integration of the urban areas with the natural environment; this path was mediated by peer education through group discussions, case analysis, round tables and practical activities of street sweeping, urban gardening and creative activities for the planning and realization of 3D models of Green cities, visit to a community garden and activities in the open air, with the following planning and implementation of some raising social awareness activities interms of a graphic communication campaign, participatory activities for children, organization of aswap party, participation to a web-radio programme.