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ActNow Transnational Partners Meeting in Cyprus

During the days of 14th to 15th of March, the consortium of ActNow, had a fruitful and productive meeting in Cyprus. During the two days meeting, the partners discussed the process of the project, the next steps as well as the sustainability and exploitation of the ActNow project. Partners also attended the photography exhibition held during the 14th of March late afternoon, part of Cyprus Multiplier Event.

The Actnow E-Learning platform is active!

 PRESS RELEASE The Actnow E-Learning platform is active! The ActNow e-learning platform offers to the user a plethora of online and offline activities, case studies, role-play scenarios as well as a vast bibliographical research on the thematic of climate change issue, and tools to raise awareness for it. It allows learners to improve their knowledge on: The platform is available in the following link in English, Spanish, Italian, Hungarian, Greek and Bulgarian.

The Act Now Erasmus+ Project comes to an end

 PRESS RELEASE The Act Now Erasmus+ Project comes to an end On the 27th of March 2023, our colleagues from Acción Laboral organised their multiplier event in Seville. This event was envisioned as a practical workshop within an Environmental Educator course, that the organisation is currently implementing. In this event, participants not only had the chance to get to know the ActNow project, its aims and results, but also could take a closer look to all simulation scenarios, debating which ones could be more suitable for their future activities as environmental educators not only with youngsters but with adults too.…

Title: ActNow Photography Exhibition Winners

On the 14th of March, CARDET hosted the Multiplier Event of the ActNow project, where it was combined with a photography exhibition. More than 20 individual submited their photos with a total of 90 photos. The jury was consisted by three individuals, experts in their field. Jury no.1, Marios Iosifides, a professional photographer, evaluated the photos on the photography techniques and characteristiscs. Andreas Georgiou, Innovade manager, evaluated the photos on the aspect of link with sustainability. Ourania Kyriakou, Terra Cypria employee on climate change, evaluated the photos on the aspect of the message of the photo and impact. After the…

Photography Exchibition in Cyprus by CARDET, “Capture it, Act on it”

On the 14th of March 2023, CARDET, organised a photography exchibition on Climate Change in Nicosia, Cyprus. Photographers from all over the island had the opportunity to participate to the exchibition and share their photographs with the visitors. An honorary accolade was given to all the participants of the exhibition, 20 in total, and the best four photos were awarded during the day. More than 150 individuals, environmental experts, youth and youth workers visited the exhibition during the day.

MULTIPLIER EVENT IN SEVILLE!

On the 27th of March 2023, our colleagues from Acción Laboral organised their multiplier event in Seville. This event was envisioned as a practical workshop within an Environmental Educator course, that the organisation is currently implementing. In this event, participants not only had the chance to get to know the ActNow project, its aims and results, but also could take a closer look to all simulation scenarios, debating which ones could be more suitable for their future activities as environmental educators not only with youngsters but with adults too. Participants highlighted the usefulness of the MOOC, as it is a…

Multiplier Event – Bulgaria

On the 11th of March, 31 youth workers Teachers, educational experts, volunteers, students participated in the Multiplier Event in Bulgaria. A registration form was created and distributed among students. Apart from that, our team spread details and invitation about the event on all ITTIs’ channels, social and partner networks. Educational and youth experts participated in previous project activities were invited to join. Our team decided to organize this event at the newly established STEM educational Center at High School of mathematics, Plovdiv. It is a leading local school and works on quite a few projects, many of them on the…

Multiplier Event – Hungary

On the 2nd of March 2023 in Hungary, a Multiplier Event was organised by the consortium partner CROMO. Participants came from diverse fields, but mostly business sector with an open interest to environmental solutions and education.Participants were recruited as people who were already involved in the project at former stages, they had a sense of knowledge on ActNow, but were interested to get more information and involvement. There were some of them already participating in the simulation pilot, they found it very interesting to think about the different stakeholders roles. The invitation was sent out to a close group, who…

Young people in Europe and Greece are calling for a change in environmental policy

Young people seem to have gotten the message of the pandemic, as for young people at European level, climate change and issues such as droughts, floods, fires, and environmental degradation are the most serious problems in the world. their peers in Greece ranks third behind the economy and poverty. For Greek youth, however, it is important for politicians to prioritize tackling climate change and climate migration by expressing political intent in this context (75%), with 67% saying they would or have participated in a demonstration. on these issues. 72% believe that the absence of measures against the environmental crisis and…

The Smartkas Startup

And here we have another great Hungarian success, the Smartkas startup by Mészáros Dávid that changes the world at its roots and seeks to solve a very important problem. But what is this major issue? That is the population growth. World population has increased by two and a half times since the 1960s, while food production has increased by only thirty percent. The UN says that by 2050 we will be 10 billion people on Earth. In the past decades governments, economies were focusing on export, import and globalization, people forgot about producing products themselves in their own garden. By…