Get to know Swop Shop, the first bartering shop in Sweden. Through a system of fictive money – green hearts – you can exchange clothes! How amazing right? With the pandemic of Covid19, this sustainable business came up with even greener ideas such as swopping online and pick up the clothes at the store. Keep […]
What is the Aarhus Convention and how is it different from the Aarhus Regulation? Is the EU living up to its obligations under the Convention or is it breaking international law? Why is the Regulation currently viewed as Kafkaesque and how can the EU’s revision process improve it? These were the kinds of questions that […]
Spreading pollen Empowering youth to engage in the conservation of pollinators Call for preparatory project team members! Length of engagement: March 2021 – June 2021 Timeline of engagement: March 2021 – June 2021: Regular online meetings and independent work, approximately 3 hours/ week (the weekly time commitment is an estimation and might be distributed unevenly […]
Youth and Environment Europe’s Advocacy Working Group (AWG) is looking for two motivated, passionate volunteers to join the team! We are currently opening two positions – a Biodiversity Liaison Officer and an Advocacy Support Officer. Are you the perfect match? The Advocacy Working Group is an essential team of YEE working towards stronger and closer […]
On the 12-13th and 18-20th of February, the United Nations Environment Programme’s Major Group for Children and Youth (UNEP MGCY) held a Youth Environment Assembly (YEA), preceding the virtual fifth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA 5.1) itself which took place over the 22nd-23rd February. The YEA had over 5000 registrations and virtually gathered youth from […]
In November 2020, our Italian member organisation Worldrise launched campaign 30×30 Italia – a national challenge, part of an international effort, with the ultimate goal of protecting 30% of the Italian territorial sea by 2030. Worldrise is a non-profit organisation created by young professionals that develops projects to conserve and protect the marine environment through […]
Another success story! We have completed the online training course “Building the Vision – Youth Environmental Organisations of the Future”. Together with 28 amazing young people coming from all over the world we discovered and discussed the importance of mission and vision statements, values, aims and objectives both in our organisations but also in our […]
Our European Solidarity Corps Volunteer, Juanan, participated in the Council of Europe’s consultative meeting “The climate crisis, young people and democracy”, which took place from February 16th to 18th 2021. This event brought together different stakeholders and experts on youth and the climate crisis to reflect on how youth policy should incorporate this crisis and […]
Why writing for an ecologist movement and talk about nuclear energy? Don’t worry. First of all, I am quite sane, and I won’t be long. Secondly, since nuclear power doesn’t have very good press at home, I won’t ask you to be convinced either, but just to read. Listening to a divergent opinion is always beneficial, […]
Quelle idée de rejoindre un mouvement écologique en écrivant pour le nucléaire ! Rassurez-vous. D’abord, je suis bien saine d’esprit, et je ne serai pas longue. Ensuite, le nucléaire n’ayant pas très bonne presse par chez nous, je ne vous demanderai pas non plus d’être convaincu, mais juste de lire. Ecouter une opinion divergente est toujours […]
YEE aims to unite environmental youth non-profit organisations in Europe in order to enhance international cooperation, increase knowledge about the climate crisis, raise awareness of environmental problems and to strengthen participation of youth in environmental decision-making.
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