Toolkit for Youth Eco-Activism

The project partners used design thinking methods to develop this toolkit. Design thinking involves placing the end user (in this case, youth eco-activists) at the heart of the design processes. To ensure the toolkit’s content would be relevant, appropriate, and effective, the Youth Action for Nature and Well-Being project hosted four international youth events in Ireland, Slovakia, Latvia and Catalonia. During these events, the project partners trialled and developed innovative new teaching and learning methods based on partners’ experience in the field. Youth engagement with the activities and formative feedback transformed the event activities into an exciting toolkit that provides an opportunity to rethink how we work, learn, and exist on our planet. As future custodians of the world, today’s youth can be accompanied and supported by this toolkit, to tackle social-ecological challenges, to grow into environmental stewards and to become regenerative practitioners.

The toolkit is aimed at young people aged 16-25 and features a huge variety of learning methods and topics. The core design concept was to support the youth in building resiliency within their eco-activism. It has been designed by young people, for young people. In this way, the toolkit can be engaged without the need for expert facilitators or youth workers. Some of the activities have templates which can be found in the Materials tab above, or downloaded directly from the ‘Topic’. There are also some references to websites that have hyperlinks throughout this toolkit. 

This toolkit is a culmination of the great work of many organisations and young people who took part in The Youth Action for Nature and Well-Being project. Expertise was shared from a range of stakeholders and co-designers. Particular thanks go to Cristina Castellana Tenedor, Erika Zárate, Jakub Dvorsky, Monika Slaninova, Òscar Gussinyer Galceran, Pedro Pedrosa, Renārs Manuilvos, Richard Hennery, Shirley Gleeson, and Yan Teixeira.

Graphic project by Particheli Studio
Creative direction by Bianca Particheli
Design and graphics by Barbara Bianco
Illustrations by Victoria Souza and Bianca Particheli
Cover image by Victoria Souza
Contact: bianca@particheli.com

Lead partner: ECO-UNESCO
Contact: info@ecounesco.ie

This art work in this toolkit is license under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License. Full details of the License can be found here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode 

Adrián Kopecký, Adrians Gabriels Alenčiks, Agnès Hernandez Berga, Agnese Rāte, Aida Font Martínez, Ailita Volkova, Aina Cortada Quintero, Aleksandra Maija Kļaveniece, Alexander Chrobák, Alise Salnāja, Andreas Grogan, Anjelica Foley, Anna Chovanová, Anna McWey, Anna Šņore, Ava Hagan, Barbora Stigova, Berta Batlle Mallol, Caoimhe McGrath, Carla Güell, Cèlia Colldecarrera Sunyer, Clàudia Jané Martínez de la Casa, Cora Coll Solà, Dagnis Timofejevs, Daniel Belian, Darens Adrians Vovks, Dominika Hammelová, Dorota Krátka, Edvīns Litčenko, Elmārs Ņērbulis, Ema Jarabekova, Ema Korbasova, Emma Cox, Grau Cifuentes Tremoleda, Isabelle Relyea, Jack Noonan, Jack Mulholland, Jēkabs Ozols, Jenny Salmon, Jessica Soares, Jiayue Laura Shao, Joana Parés Cornet, John Isaacs, Julen Vallès, Júlia Batlle, Julia Magallanes Campos, Karen Gill, Kārlis Ansons, Katarína Turanová, Katerina Poutchnine Costa, Kayleigh Harris, Kristers Dulevičs, Kristiāna Rupeika, Kristiāns Jakuška, Ksenija Jakovicka, Laia Canals Danés, Laura Afanasjeva, Lili-An Martin Montalvo, Lívia Zajaková, Lluc Girgas Tejon, Maia Beà Pascual, Mamma Ben Youssef Rahmouni, Marianna Jochlíková, Mario Gutiérrez Guardiola, Markuss Bruno Reisels, Markuss Mikus Puziņš, Matas Babrauskas, Matthew Murray, Mayu Inoue, Melānija Raimonda Alenčika, Michal Kisel, Nada Bellova, Nina Melicherová, Núria Altarriba, Oskars Sabo, Pau Vicenç Micó Gómez, Peter Belicak, Radia O’Gorman, Ralfs Beikmanis, Rebeka Melicharova, Renārs Strūve, Ríanna Carroll, Roland Fleischhacker, Roman Stefanik, Romana Jarabekova, Romāns Bažanovs, Ronalds Volodka, Rosangela Condori Chavez, Salim Ali Kajani, Samanta Marjeta Eglīte, Samuel Bratko, Samuel Sadlak, Sara Hana Slaninová, Sarah Rapple, Sidhanta Gupta, Simon Bahno, Sinéad O’Reilly, Sofia Keogh, Solvita Birīte, Sunna-Miwa Anderson Anderson, Veronika Kyselova, Yasmin Nabil Miftah Al Sadai, Zita Neurathová.

Without all of you, this toolkit would not have been possible. Thank you.