Consume with Education


Seminar for trainers, youth leaders, politiciants and teachers from 13 European countries. The seminar would focus on youth consumption. We will deal with consumption of energies, eating but also with environmental and ethic awareness,  as well as with the impact of advertising on youth consumption.

(8. - 11. September 2005 in Paris / Frankreich)

 

 

 

Workshops and discussions would allow the participants to present and debate on their national habits in the field of consumption,  in order to compare the situation and the solutions in case of immoderate and irresponsible consumption in the participating countries.
After analysing different ways of consumption, practical workshops capitalizing the different experiences should allow to exchange and invent some pedagogical games and tools.

Aims :
The aim of the seminar is to educate young consumers by making them aware of the challenges of a responsible and sustainable consumption,  taking in account public health, conservation of the environment and fairness between producers and consumers. That means to go against advertising spots intended to young people.
The challenge is to make young people understand that ordinary and daily habits can contribute to a responsible consumption; and that on their own level they can be actor of this process.
The pedagogical tools created during the seminar could be used by youth leaders for youth exchanges, summer camps, youth centres, schools etc…

Participant:
Youth leaders, young people attending a youth leader training, whoever involved in youth activities and who thinks this seminar could help him in his work
Calendar :
What the planning could be: (feel free to make any proposition)

Day 1 :
- Short presentation of the Youth Program (focus on Actions 1 & 3).
- Presentation by an expert (Leo Lagrange Federation*) of the challenges of educational campaigns in the field of Youth consumption and of the 21 agenda  (agenda set up by some governments for the 21st Century on environmental issues)
- Workshop : impact of advertising spots towards young people : analyses of advertising spots (video,  paper etc.)

Day 2 :
- Introduction to Fair business and to biological products (origins, impact on environment, health and social protection of producers) :  presentation of the most important labels (Max Havelaar, NF, AB,  etc) tasting of biological products and Fair Business products
- presentation of  the way of consuming in the different participant countries (statistics, extreme cases, common practices)
- debate on the idea of a responsible youth consumption

Day 3 :
- presentation of the pedagogical tools already existing in your different youth organisations (if there are some), regarding for example saving energies, paper etc. Exchange of best practices.
- workshops in small multinational groups : realization of pedagogical tools on different issues (environment, health, advertising…) intended to our own youth activities
- free time in Paris and visit of an exhibition related to our issue (if there is one at that time)

Day 4:
- workshop : gathering of the different tools created during the seminar
- evaluation of the seminar

Partners invited :
Bulgaria : Art Forum
Finland : City of Nykarleby, International Centre Villa Elba
Germany : Interkultureller Jugendservice/Romanisches Büro e.V Berlin
Greece : Andreas Papandreou Foundation
Hungaria : Artemisszio Alapitvany, Istenkuti Kösö ssegert Egyesület, Logo Ifjusaji Szolgalat
Italy : Cooperativa Sociale Kara Bobowski
Island : Veraldarvinir
Norway : City of Bergen
Poland : Semper Avanti, STRIM
Romania : The Romanian federation of Speleology/The environmental initiative Centre
Slovakia : Oz Kultura, Truc Sphérique
Spain : Barcelona Voluntaria

*Inter Echanges is member of Leo Lagrange National Federation since 2003. On this project, we will work together with the “consumption” department of the federation.
For those who can read French, you can visit their web site : www.leolagrange-conso.org
We will provide you information in English later on.