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Are you ready to start your green business? Shape your ideas and your sustainable future.
Explore how to turn your passion for sustainability into a real business opportunity. The GRECO project completes its run with an event for young people, professionals, and anyone interested in sustainable entrepreneurship.
Meet industry experts, join the sewing workshop, and swap clothes.
We look forward to seeing you
Tuesday, September 23, 2025, at 16:30
at EPYC – European Palermo Youth Center
Via Pignatelli Aragona 42, Palermo
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16.30 – 17.50 | Talk Explore how the green economy could be your next business venture. 16.30 – 16.40 | Welcome and introduction to the GRECO project – Suzanne Ott, CESIE ETS 16.40 – 17.20 | Resto al Sud 2.0 – Federico Nuzzo, OPTA Consulting – How can young people start green businesses in Sicily with grants? Examples of green projects funded by Resto al Sud. – Project proposal drafting exercise 17.20 – 17.30 | Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs – Alice Salerno, CESIE ETS 17.30 – 17.40 | Beautiful Bees – Giorgia Marinelli, CESIE ETS 17.40 – 17.50 | Sustainable tourism and agriculture – Aurelia Schera, LAND Impresa Sociale 17.50 – 18.00 | Short break (if needed) |
18.00 – 19.30 | Sewing workshop Clothing makeover workshop, led by Sartoria Sociale. – Customization of jeans or T-shirts: cuts, stitching, patches, simple embroidery, stencils, fabric painting. – Crafting accessories: Tote bags made from old t-shirts or jeans, headbands made from recycled fabrics, bracelets or necklaces with woven fabrics, buttons, zippers. |
19.30 – 20.30 | Swap Party and reception Informal networking, featuring local food and a clothing swap. |
GRECO – GReen Economy Career Orienteering is a project funded by Erasmus+: Key Action 2, Cooperation Partnership in the field of youth.
Read more about the project. Visit the website https://greco-project.org/. Follow us on Linkedin and Instagram.
Contact Suzanne Ott: suzanne.ott@cesie.org.