Wednesday 31 October 2012

YIA Training Course on Green Urban Living, UK

Deadline: 22 November 2012
Open to
: youth workers, youth leaders, project managers, coordinators, environmental activists, curious volunteers, and citizenship initiative enthusiasts living in an urban area of a Youth in Action program (countries including EFTA and EEA countries, and neighboring partner countries- South East Europe and Eastern Europe and Caucasus)
Venue
: 17-23 January 2013 in Manchester, United Kingdom


Description

The British Council is the UK National Agency for Youth in Action. It is also a cultural relations organisation that supports educational projects worldwide. The British Council invites applications for its Youth in Action training course “Green Urban Living – sustainable lifestyles in an urban environment” on 17-23 January 2013 in Manchester, United Kingdom.
Do you live in a city and are faced with these environmental challenges? It can be both challenging and de-motivating to keep your green habits and lobby for change to bring in new initiatives in the big urban cities. This training course will bring together people concerned about the environment in urban areas across Europe.
By 2030, 60 percent of the world’s population or 4.9 billion people are expected to live in cities/urban areas. It is argued that urbanism is fundamentally changing the condition of humanity and our relationship to the earth. (Cities, People, Planet, 2004). The environmental impact of urban areas is putting a huge strain on our Earth’s resources and creating additional issues for the inhabitants of these areas such as loss of biodiversity and urban heat island effect. The British Council believes it is possible that you can bring about a revolutionary change!
Young people across the globe are creating urban spaces where creativity, environmental and social action join together to inspire the local habitants, encourage municipalities and empower businesses to adapt greener practices. There are so many inspiring project ideas to tackle the environmental issues urban areas face, such as; creating urban gardens for growing food, leaving wilderness areas and creating spaces for interaction between humans and nature.
The British Council has designed this course to help inspire and connect you to exploring ways to support your city to be a more livable, green and an enjoyable place. Come, join and take part in sharing challenges and success stories of your local realities with like-minded individuals, and explore good practice case study projects in the city of Manchester.
This training course will give you a chance to:
  • Analyze your environmental impact on living in a city, discover possibilities to reduce your urban footprint and bring new initiatives to your own community
  • Explore ways how you can make a difference in your city using various activism tools, ranging from urban gardening to armchair activism using social media.
  • Visit diverse inspiring local projects which encourage urban communities to be part of environmental projects and activities.
  • Network among the like-minded individuals willing to transform their urban environments into more greener and sustainable places.
  • Hear inspiring case studies of environmental urban projects across the Europe brought by fellow participants.
  • Develop the concept of green urban citizenship.
  • Share your skills, talents and stories about your past and current projects that are connected with environmental and youth projects and activities.
  • Create project ideas for your local community in cooperation with other participant.
  • Be inspired, supported and empowered by fellow participants, trainers and organizers.
Costs:
This project is financed by the Youth in Action Programme. Being selected for this course, all costs (accommodation, travel, visa, etc.) relevant to participation in the course will be covered by the national agencies or SALTO involved in this project – except a participation fee which varies from call to call and country to country. Please contact your NA to learn more about the financial details, and how to arrange the booking of your travel tickets and the reimbursement of your travel expenses. If you come from a country other than Programme Countries, please contact the UK NA for further information about the financial details.

Eligibility

If you are a youth worker, youth leader, project manager, coordinator, environmental activist, curious volunteer, citizenship initiative enthusiast, are over 18 and living in an urban area of a Youth in Action program (countries including EFTA and EEA countries, neighboring partner countries- South East Europe and Eastern Europe and Caucasus), you are eligible!

Application

Online application is AVAILABLE HERE, and must be completed by 22 November 2012. The date of selection is 7 December 2012.
Before applying please contact the National agency of your residence country to check if it is involved in this concrete project and committed to cover travel costs. Learn about possible participation fee and other relevant rules.
Contact for questions:
Faryal Iqbal
E-Mail: faryal.iqbal@britishcouncil.org
Phone: +44 2073894028

For more information about the training course, see the original call for applications HERE.

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