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“Umgedacht” – Wrapped in Plastic
Plastic is everywhere! Three awesome poeple tell us more about their important work on the reduction of plastic.
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“Umgedacht” – Art activism and rivers
How can art be used to drive change? What are the possibilities and what is the real impact? Neni, Franzi and Magdalena were on the trail of this question.
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“Umgedacht” – Critical questions about the ecological footprint
Can we save the world by saving plastic bags? What really drives us to ruin? And how do we get out of this mess? Wolfgang Pekny and Julie Stöllinger discuss these and many other exciting questions.
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“Umgedacht” – Experience wilderness! Back to real nature
This show is all about wilderness. We are talking to wilderness expert Bernd Pfleger. He survived a month in the wilderness only with a knife.
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Workshop: Global Goal 13 – Climate Action
From February to June 2018, members of Generation Earth and Ecognize travelled to Viennese schools to raise awareness of the climate crisis among young people and motivate them to act against it.
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Sustainability in IBG Workcamps – Evaluation and Outlook
The international voluntary workcamps, which are organised by the German association Internationale Begegnung in Gemeinschaftsdiensten e.V. (IBG) focus on gathering and incorporating ideas and activities on the topic of sustainability.
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Ukrainian project: How does your footprint look like?
A team of Ukrainian volunteers joined the youth workers training “Crossing Paths – Driving Change” from Generation Earth in August 2018. There they started to develop their own youth training programme. They targeted young, active people in their country and offered them workshops about sustainable living and leadership.
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Action Leader Training 2018/19 – First Group – Part 1
A new Action Leader Training year has started! In the kick-off meeting the participants got to know each other and formed a strong, connected group. Moreover, they digged deeper into the topic of leaderhip and into this year’s topic: plastic!
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Getting active for EU water protection
Around 100 activists joined our flash mob to stand up for Europe’s rivers and waterbodies! We danced to send a strong message to European decision-makers: “We do not inherit water from our ancestors, but borrow it from future generations.”
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Hike for the Soul of the Alps
From 2 to 5 September 2018, a team of eleven young people hiked through the Tyrolean Verwall. They got an idea of the intensively frequented tourist areas and supported the preservation of the last untouched alpine spaces.
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2nd WWF Youth Summit 2018
A group of Generation Earth members traveled to Germany and kicked-off international projects to tackle the plastic problem. To get an idea about how recycling works, we even visited a recycling facility.
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(Un)touched Nature
For two days the team of (Un)touched Nature hiked through the Vienna Woods and collected the rubbish lying beside the track. Besides the full garbage bags, the highlights were cooking outdoors and sleeping under the stars.
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