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A food system is the link between agriculture, the food supply chain, and nutrition. It starts with healthy soils and ends with healthy bodies. Healthy soil produces more nutritious fruits, vegetables, and grains. When animal feed comes from healthy soil, the meat, milk, and eggs from those animals are more nutrient-rich as well. Thus, the health of our land and the sustainability of our food system determine the health of our bodies.

Our food system is often organised in a way that does not provide safety, sustainability, or health. We may not be aware of problems of our food system when the things we eat are produced far away. Still, we have to ask questions. Is agriculture sustainable? Does the farmer use compost or chemicals? Do the chickens live in small cages, or have enough room to move? It is difficult to answer such questions when food comes in packages from far away.

Through our ‘Healthy Food Campaign' we aim to show you that eating habits matter. Eating healthy food has benefits not only for you but in the larger scale as well. In our online campaign we encourage you to change some eating habits by giving examples of how you can eat in a more healthy way and thus positively influence your natural surrounding at the same time.

There are many ways how each of us can contribute to improvement of the environmental situation. Why not by paying more attention to what we eat?

You can make the change, start from your plate!

Autumn Edition of the YEE Newsletter is already here! It is packed full of interesting articles about the projects and events that have been taking place over recent months. You can read about topics as varied as environmental management, games for nature and rubbish clean-ups. We hope you feel inspired reading it!

The Newsletter is a place for Member Organisations to share their achievements and ideas, so please do get in touch by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Gemma Tracey) or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Gosia Zubowicz).

Don't forget to check out all the YEE publications in the section Publications.

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It is with great pleasure that we present the latest YEE publication: ‘Games for Nature. Environmental education through the eyes of young people'.

This is a follow-up publication to the youth exchange 'Learning from each other - games of environmental education' that took place in Poland in September and was organised by our Member Organisation OA PTTK from Poland and YEE. You can find out more about the youth exchange here: Youth Exchange 'Learning from Each Other'

The idea for this booklet was to gather together the games that were presented during the youth exchange, as well as some more sent in by member organisations, and create a toolkit where people can find inspiration for their work with children in nature.

We hope you find ‘Games for Nature' useful and fun!

Keep an eye out for the printed version and DVD of this booklet - it will be landing in all YEE Member Organizations' mailboxes soon!

If you want to receive the printed version of booklet 'Games for Nature' write to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and explain why you would like to have it.

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