Presentation GREEN

Learning to live sustainable

Who is GREEN?

since 1997

Children, teenagers and adults

75.000 kids and teenagers and 10.000 adults per year.

GREEN Belgium has 43 employees NL + FR

What does GREEN do?

Mission: education for sustainable development

– Information: (Mundo Bib, campaigns)– Sensibilisation (workshops, dossiers)– Activation (trajects)– Participation (parliaments)– Developing cooperation (Marocco projects)– (research, lobby,expert role on ESD)

Youth participation Projects

Flanders Youth against climate change Youth Climate Fund Mission 21

Brussels: Childrens council Anderlecht Brussels Youth Eco parliament Youth against climate change

Wallonia Effet de jeunesWallon eco youth parliament

EuropeInternational water messengers daysYouth Scald parliament

Flanders, Wallonia, Brussels

Belgian projects

Youth against climate change

Goal: trough action reducing CO2 together– Primary and secondary schools– 100 schools in Brussels, 30 in flanders 240 in Wallonia– 5 action days

october: local fruits day november: second hand day february: big sweaters day march: world water day april: mobility day

Youth Climate Fund

Children’s participation on energy-use at school

Private corporations want to reduce their CO2 caused by their carpark through the Youth Climate Fund and pay for one or more climate trajects.

Four sessions per class– Energy-use and climate change – Energy triangle and energydetectives– Class climate parliament– School climate parliament

Mission 21

Sustainable development: here and in Marocco underprivileged teenagers Flanders, Brussels and Wallon region 2004-2006-2009 End: plenary session in the Belgian Senate Recommandations on food, waste, interhuman

relations, education, health

Brussels Capital Region

Brussels Youth Eco Parliament

11- 18y youngsters from schools, youthclubs,... debate on different themes:

Water, consumption, nature, nutrition 4 preparatory meetings Mai 2011: Parliament with Brussels Ministers and experts 3 propositions per theme:

– Campaign– Commitment– Political recommendation

Children’s council Anderlecht

• community council

• 11 y olds from 14 dutch speeking schools in Anderlecht

• 2 sessions about democracy

• 4 sessions about an environmental theme

• Children’s day

Wallonia

Wallon Youth Eco Parliament

Same as Brussels, but different themes Plenery session in Wallon Parliament

International participation projects

International watermessengersdays

24/25/26 novembre 2010 Brussels Children and Youngsters from all over Europe

– Greece, Italy, Slovenia, France, Belgium... International debate on water as human right Flash mob with 5000 kids and teenagers on 26/11 under

Atomium

Youth Scald Parliament

• Water solidarity and respect for surface water

• Water quality of all streams in the Scald

basin• French, Belgian and

Dutch teenagers• Young international

spokespersons• Economic, ecological and

social aspects of the river

Thank you very much for your attention!

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