Start your environmental advocacy journey with YEE! Youth and Environment Europe is looking for participants for the online international training course “Advocates for a Green Future” between 09 April – 18 April 2021. The online training course “Advocates for a Green Future” will gather youth workers, climate activists,sustainability professionals and volunteers active in environmental NGOs and/or informal […]
Are you passionate about climate action and technology? Do you want to have a long term impact on climate policies and contribute to research on youth priorities for climate action? Now is your chance! We are looking for participants to join a series of online workshops about geoengineering. Apply now and learn about the potential […]
We´ve got exciting news from our member “Common Sense Youth Organisation“! On 22nd February 2021 ‘’National Alliance for Sustainable Azerbaijan’’ was established. What it is and why should you care? A newly formed National Alliance for Sustainable Azerbaijan unites environmental organisations and eco-activists throughout the country with a single mission – to bring a sustainable […]
Our interns and volunteers play an essential role in supporting the work of YEE. Each member of the YEE team gets real-life, hands-on experience in the field of project management, communications and climate action. Curious about what our interns thought of their work with us? Who better to tell you about it than the interns […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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