Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Youth Future Conference, Bonn, Germany

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Application deadlines: 15 August 2013.
The European Youth Future Conference aims to discuss issues related to sustainability. The conference is organised around 10 workshops and participants are asked to select those they wish to attend. A maximum of 15 participants will be selected for each workshop and a facilitator-expert in the field will guide the discussion. Another pool of experts will be present during the conference and visit the workshops to meet the participants and discuss their ideas. By the end of the conference, participants, regardless of the workshop they have attended, will be able to account for the issue they have explored from 4 point of views; the economic, the ecological, the social, and the cultural perspective. The workshops will explore the following themes:
  •     Our soil and common ground
  •     Experience post growth! For a better economy and society
  •     Water – should it be a common resource or be privatised?
  •     Renewable energies between centralism and autonomy
  •     Food consumption – throwing away society – organic labels and beyond
  •     Environmental lobbying
  •     Fracking – the never ending story of fossil fuel
  •     Education and its role in saving earth’s eco-systems
  •     Photography as a means to promote social change
  •     The web of live – why and how connections matter (in German only)
For more information regarding the contents of each workshop, look here. Workshops will be accompanied by lectures and discussions with activists in the field of sustainability to better understand the challenges of environmental problems.
Venue: International Youth Hostel, Bonn (Germany)
Dates: 1-7 September 2013
Eligibility: Young people from all over Europe aged 18-28
Fees: The minimum contribution fee is Euro 145 although participants can choose to donate more thus enabling individuals in financial difficulties to be helped and join the conference as well. Consider that the total cost would be around Euro 1,000 per participant. Thanks to generous donations, participants are requested only a small contribution towards the costs of the conference.
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