Shifting to Low Carbon Lifestyles
Applicants for free Lifeshift Training Course for youth/student leaders - March 6 -14
We are organising a free training course on Sustainable Lifestyles at the Sustainability Centre, Petersfield, Hampshire from March 6th - 14th for youth/student leaders. It is funded by the EU Youth in Action programme and about 30 people from 6 EU countries are expected to attend. Please contact Adam Cade before 23rd Jan. (adamcade@studentforce.org.uk) if you are interested in applying.
Further details are attached.
Lifeshift: Training Course for Youth Leaders in Sustainable Lifestyles
The aim of the training course is to train youth leaders/trainers to plan, organise and run workshops and practical lifestyle activities at youth events (such as international workcamps, music/culture festivals, summer camps and fairs) that build on youth attitudes and action as sustainable consumers/citizens in response to climate change in their respective European countries. These workshops and activities will aim to positively engage, inform and enable behavioural and attitudinal shifts in young people which will develop further youth action towards sustainable lifestyles and consumption, incorporating citizenship, media, consumer and development education/training in a european context. This will link closely to the objectives of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development.
The project will train and equip youth leaders from 6 different European countries with the necessary tools and skills, using peer education by coordinators from European partner organisations from within these countries and using Youthpass/ Council of Europe Portfolio as an accreditation mechanism.
This training course is at a UK centre that practices and promotes sustainable living and lifestyles www.earthworks-trust.com.
Objectives
This training course will:
1. Learn about training at youth events. Train youth leaders/trainers to plan, organise and run workshops and practical activities at youth events (such as international workcamps, music/culture festivals, summer camps and fairs).
2. Learn about sustainable consumption and lifestyles. Enable participants to build on youth attitudes and action as sustainable consumers/citizens in response to climate change in their respective European countries.
3. Learn about and Practice training for sustainable development. Enable participants to experience and facilitate practical activities and discussions which will positively engage, inform and enable behavioural and attitudinal shifts in other young people. These activities and discussions will include citizenship, media, consumer and development education/training in a european context in order to develop further youth action towards sustainable lifestyles and consumption. This will link closely to the objectives of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development.
4. Understand different cultures and wellbeing. Foster better inter-cultural and inter-generational understanding by enabling participants to learn about youth culture, lifestyles, consumption and attitude-action responses to climate change in different countries.
5. Learn about competencies of a youth leader/trainer. Enable participants to assess their own competencies as youth leaders against the criteria of the European Portfolio for Youth Leaders and youth workers (http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/youth/Resources/Portfolio/Portfolio_en.asp) (based on Youthpass). This will provide the training context for the course and enable each participant to gain accreditation.
6. Experience sustainable living. Enable participants to practice, promote and reflect on sustainable living and lifestyles during the whole training course at The Sustainability Centre.
Outcomes
Youth leaders/ trainers are better able to engage and train young people at youth events so they can consider and change their own consumption and lifestyle in terms of its impact on climate change and other people affected by climate change (such as migrants due to climate-induced disasters).
Workshop/ event activities that can be used and modified at other training courses for youth leaders/ trainers in other partner countries. Workshop/ event activities that can be compild into a toolkit for youth leaders/ trainers.
An expanded network, communicating online, of youth leaders/ trainers accredited to run workshops and events that focus on sustainable lifestyles.
Further details are attached.
Lifeshift: Training Course for Youth Leaders in Sustainable Lifestyles
The aim of the training course is to train youth leaders/trainers to plan, organise and run workshops and practical lifestyle activities at youth events (such as international workcamps, music/culture festivals, summer camps and fairs) that build on youth attitudes and action as sustainable consumers/citizens in response to climate change in their respective European countries. These workshops and activities will aim to positively engage, inform and enable behavioural and attitudinal shifts in young people which will develop further youth action towards sustainable lifestyles and consumption, incorporating citizenship, media, consumer and development education/training in a european context. This will link closely to the objectives of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development.
The project will train and equip youth leaders from 6 different European countries with the necessary tools and skills, using peer education by coordinators from European partner organisations from within these countries and using Youthpass/ Council of Europe Portfolio as an accreditation mechanism.
This training course is at a UK centre that practices and promotes sustainable living and lifestyles www.earthworks-trust.com.
Objectives
This training course will:
1. Learn about training at youth events. Train youth leaders/trainers to plan, organise and run workshops and practical activities at youth events (such as international workcamps, music/culture festivals, summer camps and fairs).
2. Learn about sustainable consumption and lifestyles. Enable participants to build on youth attitudes and action as sustainable consumers/citizens in response to climate change in their respective European countries.
3. Learn about and Practice training for sustainable development. Enable participants to experience and facilitate practical activities and discussions which will positively engage, inform and enable behavioural and attitudinal shifts in other young people. These activities and discussions will include citizenship, media, consumer and development education/training in a european context in order to develop further youth action towards sustainable lifestyles and consumption. This will link closely to the objectives of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development.
4. Understand different cultures and wellbeing. Foster better inter-cultural and inter-generational understanding by enabling participants to learn about youth culture, lifestyles, consumption and attitude-action responses to climate change in different countries.
5. Learn about competencies of a youth leader/trainer. Enable participants to assess their own competencies as youth leaders against the criteria of the European Portfolio for Youth Leaders and youth workers (http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/youth/Resources/Portfolio/Portfolio_en.asp) (based on Youthpass). This will provide the training context for the course and enable each participant to gain accreditation.
6. Experience sustainable living. Enable participants to practice, promote and reflect on sustainable living and lifestyles during the whole training course at The Sustainability Centre.
Outcomes
Youth leaders/ trainers are better able to engage and train young people at youth events so they can consider and change their own consumption and lifestyle in terms of its impact on climate change and other people affected by climate change (such as migrants due to climate-induced disasters).
Workshop/ event activities that can be used and modified at other training courses for youth leaders/ trainers in other partner countries. Workshop/ event activities that can be compild into a toolkit for youth leaders/ trainers.
An expanded network, communicating online, of youth leaders/ trainers accredited to run workshops and events that focus on sustainable lifestyles.
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Permalink Reply by Abhishek Agarwal on -
I will definitely like to attend
Best regards
Abhi
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