Green Footprint

Outward Round Romania owns the Erasmus+ Accreditation in the field of Youth since 2020. We created an action plan for the period 2021-2027 for the following target groups: disadvantaged and mainstream young persons, youth workers and youth NGOs.

During the 7 years we are going to:

  • create a strong local and international network of youth NGOs in order to share best practices and working methods.
  • develop the soft and hard skills of the youth workers, enlarge their toolkits and theoretical/practical knowledge about working with groups using non-formal methods
  • develop the key competences, raise the awareness of the young persons about environmental sustainability and contribute to their inclusion

During the second year we implemented the following Mobilities in order to contribute to the set objectives:

  1. Winter Refresher: 2023.01.24-02.04.
  2. White Pathfinder: 2023.02.7-16.
  3. Green Footprint: 2023.03.19-30.
  4. Trick and Tips in youth work- Experience Sharing Conference: 2023.06.18-22.
  5. Diversity and Inclusion- Youth Exchange: 2023.07.1-12.
  6. Winter Refresher Extra: 04-15.03.2024
  7. Reconnection with Nature: 11-22.03.2024

All the Mobilities are co-financed by the Erasmus+ program of the European Union

Youth Exchange period:19-30.04.2023

Location: Sovata -Outward Bound Romania Youth Center, Gurghiului Mountains and Bezid Lake

Participants: 22 young people with different backgrounds and 6 group leaders

Participating countries: Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Romania.

Partner organizations:

  • Novo Mundo-P
  • Legambiente Leco-IT
  • Roes Cooperativa-GR
  • Careterra-GR
  • Associació L’Alzina-ESP
  • Outward Bound Romania -RO

Info letter:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1apI33wEOHX-H1CGQNrmsZX2xjLnwnkYf/view?usp=sharing

Our main goal: was to practice recycling techniques and leave no trace principles in order to contribute to a positive change in the everyday life of the participants regarding environmental awareness and a sustainable lifestyle

Specific objectives of the project are:

  • to share practical knowledge about how to recycle, how to reuse already existing things and not to buy new ones
  • to raise the awareness of the youngsters about the natural surroundings
  • to develop skills and competencies on how to live in nature in an eco-friendly mode
  • to develop social and personal skills and the team spirit of the youngsters

The elements of the program: icebreakers, energizers, knowing each other and team building activities, water activities, ropes course, hiking expedition, eco workshops, observation of the nature, Mureş river cleaning, recycling

Results of the project:

  • more aware young people of their natural surroundings
  • practical knowledge about how to recycle or reuse some parts of their waste (clothes, curtains, jars, plastic bottles or cans)
  • they learned how to paint t-shirts with natural colors (onion, spinach, beetroot) and designed-painted a project t-shirt
  • they learned how to sew by hand and created reusable shopping bags
  • developing their orientation skills in nature, outdoor cooking skills
  • developed social skills: communication, decision making in groups, leadership
  • developed personal skills: self-confidence, openness, positiveness and active participation

Feedback of the participants:

-„I discovered that in the world there are a lot of beautiful people, places and cultures.”

-„ How important a Youth Exchange like this one can be in your life. Since we are still young people  and we are in development of creating our life, an experience like this one can show to us new ways of living, thinking or doing. It allows us to grow as a person and become better.”

-„ A great experience to learn more about yourself, the EU, other cultures and people.”

-„ I will adopt many of our green habits from here in my everyday life and practice what I learned.”

-One of my best experience in my life. I learned so many things, getting out of my comfort zone but always feeling safe.”

Photos about the program: 

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