The first meeting of the Shaping Sustainable Lifestyles Among European Citizens – SHAPE project (from 1st till 5th December – Athens, Greece) was composed of presentations of partners’ activities from Greece, Italy, Bulgaria, Belgium, France, Cyprus, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania. There have been addressed themes such as: critical consumption through education, sustainable agro- food production and consumption, social aspects of consumption, the role of bicycles in European cities, water consumption in Europe, recycling arts, promotion of sustainable lifestyles in immigrant communities, etc..
The project leader is Mediterranean SOS Network from Athens. CESIE participated in the meeting together with Centro Astalli of Palermo. The Italian group has promoted the activity that was focused on sustainable agro-food consumption and sustainable lifestyles in immigrant communities.
The event ended in one of the famous squares of Athens, Monastiraki, where the participants prepared a show inspired by the consumer society of today and how to react to these trends. There was also organized a game for children who were playing and learning at the same time more about European countries and environmental sustainability. The show ended with an invitation to the citizens, accompanied by the rhythms of brasilian drums, to visit the site of the workshop and learn more about the project and its outcomes.
The main objective of SHAPE (Europe for Citizens Programme – Action 2 – Active Civil Society in Europe)
is to share and establish common European values on issues such as consumption and lifestyles in order to contribute to sustainable environmental development.
In addition, the project aims to provide support to intercultural dialogue and sustainable lifestyles through 10 European countries. In this sense, the project will strengthen transnational cooperation of civil society organizations that are part of the partnership. All this will happen through the exchange of best practices on sustainable lifestyles for the purpose of its dissemination in local communities. The aim of the project is to make a strong impact on local communities throughout Europe with the aim of making citizens responsible consumers.
For more information please contact Maja Brkusanin maja.brkusanin@cesie.org
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