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 […]
Could law make climate change illegal? Can we use existing environmental laws to slash greenhouse pollution and promote the sustainable transition?Join us for the webinar “Law and Climate Action” from the Lights on Aarhus series and find out! Tune in for the first webinar of the Lights on Aarhus series. Together with the panel of […]
From November 2020, our Armenian member organisation “Yeghvard -Youth Ecological NGO”, with the financial support from the European Youth Foundation (Council of Europe), has been implementing the “Time to Act ” youth project. What´s the project about and how is it going? The Time to Act project aims to raise awareness of climate change among […]
“If the bee disappeared off the face of the Earth, man would only have four years left to live.” You’ve probably seen this quote, usually attributed to Albert Einstein. Although there is no evidence the famous scientist actually said this, there is no doubt that the message is real and alarming. So what would happen […]
Another can´t-miss event is here! Don´t miss the Youth SDG Summit on 11 and 12 February 2021 – YEE will be there. The Youth SDG Summit is the world’s premiere Summit hosted 100% by young people, powered by UNITE 2030, delivering agenda that makes a true impact to echo the challenges that youth are facing. […]
Join the largest youth-led environmental event! Don’t forget to register for the online Youth Environmental Assembly (YEA) on February 12-13th and 18-20th, organised by the United Nations Environment Programme’s Major Group for Children and Youth (UNEP MGCY). The YEA is the largest youth-led environmental event in the world and the official youth forum for the […]
Travel with us to sunny Greece to chat with Lefteris Arapakis, winner of the 2020 Young Champion of the Earth award by the United Nations Environment Programme. Lefteris is a young entrepreneur who founded Enaleia – a startup focusing on training new fishermen. Pretty cool, right? That´s not all! He also came up with the […]
Cathal Swan, YEE’s Liaison Officer on Environmental Governance, has been selected as a Regional Facilitator for Europe in the United Nations Environment Programme’s Major Group for Children and Youth (UNEP MGCY). He will sit on the Steering Committee as one of the two Regional Facilitators for Europe until August 2021, and both Facilitators will oversee […]
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.
Financially supported by the European Youth Foundation of the Council of Europe. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect the official position of the Council of Europe.
