Stand Up for Nature

"<< Background >>We identified a lack of action and tools for advocacy and sustainable practices among our target groups, despite awareness of climate change and environmental degradation among European youth. Our project targeted this gap by enhancing environmental literacy and sustainable skills, focusing on Romania, Greece, and Bulgaria, where formal education on these topics was insufficient. We brought together three organizations—Impressum, PAC OLYMPIADA, and LOESJE—to provide new opportunities for EU-level cooperation. The project aligned with Impressum Association’s goal of protecting the environment and empowering youth for active citizenship, emphasizing environmental activism by providing skills and motivation. Building on its prior environmental projects, Impressum aimed to enhance its expertise and organizational capacity as a coordinator. For LOESJE, the project supported their mission to develop youth skills and promote community change, enriching non-formal learning methods and gaining operational experience. This boosted LOESJE's ability to initiate impactful Erasmus+ projects. PAC OLYMPIADA, a sports club, needed to develop and learn environmental literacy methods for its outdoor activities.<< Objectives >>To create a comprehensive study mapping environmental literacy skills of youth in the 3 communitiesTo increase the environmental literacy skills of 24 youth workers (8 per partner country) during a 4 day training courseTo stimulate a positive attitude and raise awareness among the 180 people (60 per country) towards sustainabledevelopment and environmental protectionTo increase the capacity of developing local events on environmental literacy for 3 the participating organisations<< Implementation >>The activities of the project, during the 18 months of implementation were split into 4 working packages:A1 - Project management and transnational project meetingsA2- Research on local challenges (environmental literacy skills of youth) and data interpretation for the training course formatA3 - ""Ambassadors of change"" - Training course for youth workers and local outdoor eventsA4 - Dissemination of project results<< Results >>1 study mapping the environmental literacy skills of youth in the 3 local communities1 report containing 15 good practices on environmental protection in local communities (5 GP/ partner)1 training course on the development of environmental literacy skills for 24 youth workers24 youth workers having their environmental literacy skills, attitudes and knowledge developed6 local events on environmental literacy (2 /partner) attended by 180 participants5000 people reached via dissemination"