Forest resilience and protection must be a priority to ensure their long-term maintenance. Continuous cover forestry (CCF), or close to nature foresty, is a proven solution to make forests more resilient, but it faces a strong resistance as well as a lack of skills and knowledge. ‘TraineeForChange’ aims to show forestry students an alternative forest…
The project partners agree on the fact that while most of the activities they carry out often reach an already sensitized audience, achieving the SDGs will only happen if as many people as possible get on board. So, how do we reach a wider young audience? To answer this question, the project partners decided to…
‘Greening Gratte’ deals with inclusion through sustainable leisure. The project brings together young people, both non-disabled and with mental disabilities, from different socio-cultural backgrounds and aged between 15 and 35 years old, on the topics of migration and climate change. The objective is to raise awareness of the SDGs through an “SDG course” composed of…
‘WE WIELS’ – a contraction between “we will see” and “we will” – highlights the link between the discovery by sight of new forms and things and the actions that we take for the future. Young people will explore contemporary art works together with elders. Do the art pieces stir up emotions or memories? What…
Nowadays, and especially since 2020, we have no choice but to learn how to cope with chaotic changes, be they climatic, economic or social. Knowing how to live with uncertainty would be an essential skill to get through our times. In response to this unprecedented situation, ‘Feu sur la banquise!’ invites 16 young people to…
‘Terre de diversité’ encourages young people, both Belgium-born and newcomers, to meet and work together on ecological transition by participating to environmental volunteering activities and training weeks. The project aims to actively involve dozens of young people who will be accompanied by professionals from the youth and environmental education sectors. It will also benefit from…
Migration is often framed in a stereotypical way by the media and in politics. This framing leaves too much room for the off-screen and makes it therefore difficult to form a complete and nuanced picture of the topic. Indeed, whether in communication, journalism or photography, framing limits the visual perception while translating the world around…
‘La jeunesse au micro pour un monde plus juste’ aims to provide young people with background, critical reading and technical tools to help them take ownership of their own engagement by producing a podcast on climate and migration justice. Participants from various CSOs in Wallonia will compose teams and make audio recordings based on their…
The City of Tournai has been working for several years on the topic of migration together with local associations. ‘Tournai le monde’ is further contributing by promoting better knowledge on the topic, the development of critical thinking among young people and their active participation in society. To achieve these objectives, young people will participate between…
Building on SDG n°11 (Sustainable cities and communities), the City of Belleville-en-Beaujolais has the ambition to become a European reference in terms of bioclimatic cities by 2035 and help create a replicable model of sustainable development for cities. As the starting point of this ambition, the Green team project aims at putting young people at…