Youth councils for democracy and climate
01.01.2022 - 30.04.2023
, completed project
project targeted at
Youth Councils
Climate action
The aim of the project was to strengthen the involvement of young people in shaping local and school climate policies and to increase the effectiveness of municipal youth councils and student councils in this regard.
As part of the project, the youth councils received training and facilitation support.
During the project, participants:
Youth Council of Mikołów - placing waste segregation bins in every room in Mikołów schools and conducting educational classes to raise students' environmental awareness;
Youth Council of Myslowice - creating flower meadows in the city of Myslowice;
Youth Council of Ostrołęka - exemption from charges in paid parking zones for owners of hydrogen-powered cars;
Youth Council of Pawłowice Municipality - placement of solar benches in Pawłowice and Pielgrzymowice;
Youth Council of Wolomin - regular cleaning of the Grabicz Nature Reserve.
As part of the project, the youth councils received training and facilitation support.
During the project, participants:
- conducted school climate audits and assemblies in cooperation with student councils, which resulted in the development of recommendations for pro-climate interventions to be implemented in schools,
- organised intergenerational community climate consultations with local residents, with the participation of local officials and experts,
- created resolutions to take the legislative initiative, which included the following:
Youth Council of Mikołów - placing waste segregation bins in every room in Mikołów schools and conducting educational classes to raise students' environmental awareness;
Youth Council of Myslowice - creating flower meadows in the city of Myslowice;
Youth Council of Ostrołęka - exemption from charges in paid parking zones for owners of hydrogen-powered cars;
Youth Council of Pawłowice Municipality - placement of solar benches in Pawłowice and Pielgrzymowice;
Youth Council of Wolomin - regular cleaning of the Grabicz Nature Reserve.
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Project results
- Project kick-off conference
- Academy of Young Leaders - training for youth councillors
- School Climate Agendas
The next step was to organise, in cooperation with the student councils, school climate meetings in 25 schools. These resulted in the development of recommendations for environmentally friendly solutions for each school. The meetings were attended by 512 people.
The implementation of the audits contributed to raising students‘ and teachers’ awareness of climate change at school level and gave young people a sense of real influence in making changes to their environment.
- Community climate meetings
The youth councils were keen to hear the voices of residents of different ages. The collected proposals concern the lack of green areas, recreation areas, bus lanes, sufficient cycle paths, as well as problems such as littered forests, smog and low environmental awareness among residents.
The jointly developed proposals formed the basis for the youth councils' resolution initiatives, which were drafted and submitted in 2023. The meetings were attended by 247 people.
- Website
- Publication ‘Good practices of youth councils’
- The closing conference of the project ‘Youth councils for climate. Proven ways to green change.’
Impact of the project
0
students
who have participated in school climate assemblies
0
climate audits
conducted in schools
0
participants of the climate meetings
in 6 municipalities in Poland
Video materials
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Publikacja „Dobre praktyki młodzieżowych rad"
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Opis metody szkolnego audytu klimatycznego
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Formularz do audytu klimatycznego - Woda
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Formularz do audytu klimatycznego - Energia
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Formularz do audytu klimatycznego - Odpady
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Formularz do audytu klimatycznego - Jedzenie
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Formularz do audytu klimatycznego - Pomoce naukowe
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Formularz do audytu klimatycznego - Transport
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Gminna narada klimatyczna - instrukcja
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Inicjatywa uchwałodawcza - instrukcja
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Program konferencji "Młodzieżowe rady dla klimatu. Sprawdzone sposoby na zieloną zmianę."
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