<< Objectives >>The GREEN MEME EFFECT project has three main objectives:[1] Foster and promote green thinking, lifestyle and attitudes in youth and marginalised youth.[2] Equip the actors in the physical and digital social space (youth workers, youth support, parents, peers, companies/NGOs/local authorities) to become green role models and inspire through micro-interventions.[3] Promote social responsibility, initiative and participation in eco-friendly and sustainable action in the local communities.<< Implementation >>In a 24-month project duration, 6 partner organisations from 6 EU countries (AT, PT, IE, IT, CY, SE) will produce an innovative methodology and a range of different practical, low-threshold materials to reach the project objectives. The target groups of youth and youth support workers will be engaged in various stages of the process and partners plan to meet F2F at critical stages for transnational meetings and learning activities. A transnational final conference will conclude the project.<< Results >>The project will produce these tangible main results:[1] GREEN INFO CARDS & VIDEOS & interactive online quizzes.[2] GUIDELINE on how to apply the GREEN MEME EFFECT methodology in informal settings.[3] COLLECTION of physical & digital materials to implement MEME micro-interventions in digital & physical social space of youth.[4] Educational GAME that can be played in typical youth work settings.[5] IDEA SET for theme days in youth centres to take eco-friendly actions in the local community.

<< Background >>The EC has been doing many efforts to encourage students’ mobility, diverse career paths and an approximation of the HE systems to the labor market. However, much work is still to be done in that context. The current pandemic made evident that many HE teachers, forced to adapt their daily work to online settings, lack ‘digital readiness’, which resulted in many frustrated attempts to adapt, work overload and stress. The pandemic revealed a lingering problem of HE systems: if the teachers are not digitally prepared, they are also not conveying important work-valuable digital skills to the students. HE students use ICT tools everyday, but not in a professional manner, and most students lack professional digital skills that would enhance their employability profile. This is particularly important taking into consideration that many companies are considering adopting a more digital work setting from now on.Additionally, many students lack basic notions of netiquette and online communication and politeness, which also contributes to diminishing their employability. Partners identified the following NEEDS related to digital transformation in the HE systems:-modernization and updating of teaching practice at HE, especially within less digitally-prompt teachers;-upskilling of students regarding work-valuable digital skills;-better fit between the market's needs and the skills developed at the HE pathway;-improvement of online security awareness;-better cooperation between HE systems and the labor market.<< Objectives >>Back2Basics (B2B) aims at addressing digital transformation in the HE system and bringing HE systems and labor markets closer together, working in the enhancement of digital skills in the HEI in order to train more digitally prepared teachers and graduates. Partners intend to demonstrate a potential approach to create an actual change in HE systems, turning them more modern and in-line the needs of the labor market. B2B will address the following OBJECTIVES:-contribute to developing a HE learning system that better responds to the demands of current market, by including digital tasks and tools in regular HE teaching/learning practice;-capacitate HE teachers with digital pedagogical skills and tools and improve their teaching efficiency;-train HE students in work-valuable digital skills;-create a pilot teaching/learning system more adjusted to current most-needed digital skills in the labor market;-train both teachers and students on online security and data protection. This project will have a core, main target audience: teachers and students from HE systems, from all disciplines; and a secondary audience of other stakeholders interested in developing digital skills.<< Implementation >>In order to reach the proposed objectives, the B2B consortium will implement the following ACTIVITIES:- 1 LTTA directed mainly at HE students, where they will acquire important digital skills that will enhance their employability profiles and be in direct contact with experts from several recruitment/training areas who will help them improve their netiquette, behavior, communication;- 1 LTTA directed mainly at HE teachers that will be trained on digital skills, so they can more easily enhance their classes with digital tools and assignments that will increase their contribution to train graduates with better employability profiles, regarding ICT skills;- Pilot Programme, a small-scale trial run on more digitally-based teaching techniques that will be implemented in both partner HEI. This pilot testing will allow partners to understand in practice how it is possible to include digital skills demanded by the labor market in a context of academic learning and what are the best ways to do it. In this pilot we intend to involve 10 teachers and around 300 HE students will benefit from these classes;- 3 Multiplier Events titled “Bridging the gap between HE and labor market: the importance of Digital Skills” in order to share and promote the project and its results, foster networking between HEI and the labor market, promote discussions on how digital transformation in HE systems (particularly classes) can be done;- International Final Conference, at the end of the project, in order to share and promote the project and its results, mainly the Pilot Programme. HE teachers and graduates directly involved in the Program will be able to share their experience, the challenges and opportunities it brought and their main conclusions about the effectiveness of this pilot testing. We intend that this event will encourage more HE teachers to digitally adapt their classes. During the lifecycle of the project, all partners will also promote talks, seminars and workshops about digital transformation and readiness in the HE system; the benefits of a closer proximity between HEI and the labor market; and necessities of the labor market in terms of digital skills and what the labor market expects from young adults.<< Results >>The main results and deliverables, regarding the material/tangible results, are:-A training course for HE teachers that will capacitate them to better prepare and deliver classes and assignments, using digital tools, and thus upskill their pedagogical practice;-A multi-media training package for HE students that will help them make a better use of a set of digital tools in working environments and turn them more market-valuable;-A guide for online communication and etiquette good practice;-A handbook addressing do’s and don'ts in online security and data protection;-A pilot HE teaching/learning programme undertook under several disciplines with the aim of bridging the gap between formal teaching and the labor-market’s digital needs;-A set of at least 10 scripts for digitally-enhanced classes from a set of subjects. The immaterial results will include:-A co-learning and training experience including 2 HE institutions, the business sector and the third sector jointly working to bring HE systems closer to the digital needs of the labor market;-A contribution to the modernization and the digital transformation of education and training HE systems across southern Europe, replicable in other regions;-A contribution to building a HE system that is more inclusive to teachers or students lacking digital skills;-The creation of a transnational cooperation network to inspire modern HE systems and to boost graduates’ employability and competitiveness. The project and its results are planned in a way to respond to both urgent needs made visible by the COVID19 crisis, but also to lingering fragilities in the HEI-labor market binomial. Therefore, the partners believe that the envisaged resources will be used for a long time after funding.

"<< Background >>As detailed in the EU's long-term strategy for 2023 and 2030, environment and climate changes are directly related to humans’ quality of life. Sustainability of climates is important in terms of ensuring that future generations can use and benefit from natural resources. All countries should pay special attention to the five sectors based on Green and Renewable Economy in the Field of Environmental Literacy. These are; renewable energy, sustainable transport, green construction, sustainable tourism, energy efficiency and management, etc. It is extremely important for our world and country to raise generations of entrepreneurs who think green for these sectors.The 2030 strategy of the EU is a binding set of legislation to ensure that it achieves its climate and energy targets. The progression of the EU towards a low-carbon economy and the implementation of the commitments within the Paris Agreement will be achieved by providing green growth and raising green-minded generations.Our project primarily includes innovative concepts and teaching / learning processes of youngster and institution staff in the field of environment and climate. Therefore, it will have a strong scientific basis with innovation for development of the latest applications in this field. Our aim is to raise green-thinking generations in our countries and to create awareness in the field of climate-environmental literacy. According to the environmental problems questionnaire results which we conducted in our region ,the most important problem related to environment and climate is seen as the insensitivity of the new generation and their lack of green entrepreneurship knowledge and vision.Studies for preventing environmental problems before they occur will only come true by raising generations that can think green with environmental literacy. Environmental awareness is a lifelong process that will be systematized. This process is very important for a livable world.Objectives;For youth;1- To increase the capacity of environmental literacy,2- By developing strategies about green economy sectors and employment opportunities, enable them to become entrepreneurs,3- To create opportunities for them to acquire and use integrated, basic, digital and language skills in their development.4- To ensure active participation in political decision-making processes by strengthening critical thinking and creativityFor staff;1- Learning information, experience and strategies about the project topic.2-EU awareness, cultural interaction3-Increasing language proficiency and entrepreneurshipFor the institutions;1-To improve the educational results of young people at risk of failure due to lack of skills, trust and commitment2-Adopting best practices to make the institutions (subject / private / NGO) green perspective more effective3- To be model institutions on environment and climate4-Transnational cooperation<< Objectives >>Combating climate change is among the main priorities of the EU. Germany is among the countries where the effects of climate change pose a high risk due to its geographical location and, moreover, its increasing urban population, energy-based economy and imported energy needs. Like the EU, which wants to have a high energy saving low carbon economy in 2025, Germany aims to reduce its primary energy intensity by 20% (based on 2008 values) by 2023.One of our special goals is to create environmental-climate awareness, which is very important for our region and country. In order to achieve the 2023 targets of our country, environmental literacy and green-thinking generations should be raised. Our institution continues its activities as one of the most active and innovative institutions in our region. It has participated in many projects with local actors and has been carried out as a support. Especially, within the scope of our local, national and transnational cooperation, separate meetings and studies are being carried out with all our stakeholders for the development of green thinking and raising awareness.According to the results of some surveys conducted by the members of the environmental team that we have formed within our organization with local NGOs; It is an important problem that the young generation is insensitive in the field of environment-climate. Another one of our works has been done with the regional enterprises. According to the interviews made with nearly 50 company officials in the region; It has been found that the use and awareness of renewable energy systems is very low. Generally, according to our surveys and interviews, it has been observed that environmental-climate awareness has lost its importance in the society, especially among the youth. In our region; metal waste, plastic waste, electronic waste, use of drinking water, energy, etc. are too high to ignore at present. The results of the study we have done as prEUnec GmbH have made it obligatory to increase the competencies related to environmental literacy and green entrepreneurship and to develop solution-oriented strategies.Within the scope of the activities for the development, testing and implementation of innovative applications with the project;To develop new, innovative and multidisciplinary approaches to teaching and learning,To encourage entrepreneurship, especially the green entrepreneurship skills of young people,To exchange information and work together on new solutions.To create awareness of tolerance to EU languages and cultureWe are focused on projects for Sustainable Europe. Our working team, which we have formed for EU applications and information sharing on these issues, continues to cooperate successfully with many domestic and foreign institutions.By developing a green awareness strategy with the project, it will enable a more effective and economic implementation in terms of the long-term strategic goals of the EU countries and our country.<< Implementation >>Short-term LTT activities have been planned for the staff and youth groups of institutions with our project.C1: Green entrepreneurship - (Staff) / GermanyC2: Green entrepreneurship Idea contest and events- (Youth) / RomaniaC3: Literacy of Environment- (staff) / TurkeyC4: Awareness of climate change STUDIES (Youth) / GermanyC5: Youths' context studies with short films that about environement and climate / PortugalAt the end of each LTT activity, it will be supported by local activities and studies. At the same time, local activities will be preliminary and complementary to develop activities in the following months.All educational activities to be organized will support and be part of the EU's project of inclusion in a multicultural society. With staff training, , throughout the entire project implementation, they are competent and experienced institutions to ensure the implementation of the already envisaged LTT activities for further development of best practices, with colleagues and experts from different sectors.Institutions with different good practices in the field of environment-climate will come together and carry out multi-faceted studies to focus on intellectual outputs. They will hold workshops about observation and development of innovative practices using brainstorming methods.In fact, LTT training activities will determine the working style of the ""green youth centers"" that we envision in the project. Stakeholders and youth target groups will ensure active coexistence and direct comparison between the various educational approaches represented.Indeed, it is certain that our GREENWORLD project will affect a change of mentality on the environment-climate, as it touches all of the educators / minorities / immigrants / refugees / social disadvantages and youth groups.We know that it is time to face climate changes that are getting worse every day. Therefore, the attitude of educators for schools and young people is stated as a determining factor in environmental-climate awareness. With the green entrepreneurship and environmental literacy handbooks to be published within the scope of the Project, our trainers will come together and hold trainings in green youth centers. The tendency of the educators to these activities, evaluation of learning and therefore adopting an accessible procedure is essential.It will provide practical experience that will be successful with the support and additional resources to be given by adopting a positive attitude in the cooperation with all institutions. Therefore, staff training of partner organizations represents key milestones for project outputs.When it comes to activities for young people, physical mobility is designed to complement the local activities performed in previous months.These activities have a significant added value for a number of reasons:1. First of all, in order to develop the inclusive dimension, different events and workshops with an intercultural dimension involving international groups. 2. Young people will be able to carry out numerous activities that foster their entrepreneurial aspect, self-confidence, curiosity and inclusiveness.3. Young people will be able to apply and live the environmental-climate gains learned during meetings and workshops in an international context.In addition ; With the joint work of young people from different languages and cultures, it makes a positive contribution to the participants in developing a sense of active European citizenship and enabling them to be a pioneer in environmental-climate issues. LTT mobility activities will also be beneficial, especially for the development of native and foreign language skills. Our young people who take part in the project may one day work together with the actors involved in the decision-making process in EU institutions, local and national institutions, and environment-climate commissions.<< Results >>The results of the projects will be published free of charge for everyone. While receiving Erasmus funds, we are committed to ensuring the sustainability of the results of our project.Therefore, all concrete results, including training documents and materials, will be presented in the form of Open Education Resources (OER) and to the project website (www.E-GREENWORLD.eu / or org.net.com) and also to the institutions websites. The results will also be published on Moodle, a free and open source distance education system.These materials can then be used and downloaded as text, images, e-books or videos, depending on their context. The project website and Moodle will be actively used and maintained at the end of the project and even afterwards. Thus, the results of our work and project outputs will be presented to an unlimited number of people at almost no cost. All partners will use the page during their activities and will be responsible for making sure the results are available at local and regional level.Thanks to the table of responsibilities assigned to each partner, the ""GREENWORLD"" website will remain active and up-to-date, just like social media sites and other promotional and communication tools. This will ensure that results are also available at European and international level.When a new staff member or student (young) joins partner institutions, they will be encouraged to participate in the project at different levels (attending conferences, seminars, mobility, reading, consulting websites, etc.). Thus, even if the ""green thinking center"" and Erasmus + financing ends, it will always live with new energy and enthusiasm.The success of the project depends on making sure our results are widely available, and good communication is essential to make this possible.There will be constant communication between all members of the target audience and partners to ensure the continued visibility of the project. New concepts will be combined with skills and thus capacity and competencies will be increased. Achievements and innovations will be continuously applied and tested so that all target groups can benefit from the results. In this way, the effect of the results will increase and its use will become widespread.With the ""Green Thinking Center"", which will bring together education staff / experts / academicians, young and non-governmental organizations and business owners, we will invest in humanity for a sustainable world / economy and long-lasting sustainability that new generations will benefit from. Thus, we will ensure that the results are used and continue to be used even after the Erasmus funding ends.As a result;Environmental degradation endangers the future of human beings. One of the factors that will contribute to stopping environmental degradation is green entrepreneurship. Green entrepreneurship has the potential to be a catalyst for positive change in both economic and environmental fields.Effects and long term benefits;Participants will improve their transversal skills such as ICT and multilingualism, adoption of environmental literacy and green entrepreneurship, EU citizenship democracy, awareness of business disciplines, and development of core competencies in the project will have an impact on the creation of innovative learning environments.Energy security and green economic growth, which are among the EU 2023 and 2030 strategy targets, will only be possible with generations of green entrepreneurs. The green thinking centers that we aim to develop with our project will contribute to the competitive advantage of our country and Europe in the field of green energy."

<< Background >>The ageing of population is a worldwide phenomenon with critical implications for all sectors of society. Due to low birth rates, high life expectancy and migration flow dynamics, worldwide population is “turning grey”, and Europe is not an exception. An ageing population brings social, health, economic, and other issues. Overall in the EU, the total public spending of ageing is expected to increase by 1.7% to 26.7% of GDP between 2016 and 2070. In all countries, measures to help older people remain active and participative are a necessity, not a luxury.The United Nations and the European Commission agree that quality ageing is a responsibility of all (private, public and civic actors), and can only be created and sustained through the participation of multiple sectors. People are thus encouraged to take the lead to implement programmes addressing quality and active ageing.On the other hand, environment and fight against climate change are a lingering issue that also needs urgent action, and the involvement of all societal actors to be addressed.This project attains to vast societal needs by addressing active ageing and environmental action, but also to specific needs from partner organizations and their target audiences, which will be addressed locally, but through international collaboration.The partners’ direct needs: to be capacitated to implement senior volunteering programmes, by training their staff and associated 3rd age personnel, and through co-learning and sharing of social and environmental expertise. Target audiences needs: .senior citizens — enroll in active ageing environmental programmes, develop interpersonal and technical skills to do so; .3rd age personnel — acquire key competences to implement efficient senior volunteering programmes for climate action;.policy and decision-makers — gather evidence and support for further developing sustainability programmes addressing environmental change keeping the ageing population included and active in the process.In short, GREY4GREEN responds to the urgency of developing competences in various sustainability-relevant sectors, developing green and sectorial (3rd age) skills strategies and methodologies, as well as future-oriented training schemes that meet the needs of individuals and organizations. We will also test innovative practices to prepare senios and 3rd age personnel become true agents of change. This rationale is fully aligned with this call’s sustainability priorities for this funding.<< Objectives >>GREY4GREEN aims at:-Promoting active ageing and contribute to climate action through the involvement of senior citizens in nature conservation volunteering programmes and through the capacitation of personnel working in the third age sector to develop and implement such programmes;-Valorising the elderly and all their potential as productive citizens and as agents of change;-Support adult learners (seniors + 3rd age personnel) by providing high-quality training and international exchanges, fostering key competences and skills;-Generating environmental awareness, and promote European citizenship values such as inclusion and fight of discrimination;-Promoting environmental, social, language, literacy, intercultural and interpersonal skills in senior citizens and in the third age personnel;-Producing high quality outputs to encourage the implementation of senior volunteering programmes across the EU. These outputs are multi-media and inclusive to relevant audiences, including paper deliverables, handbooks, an online platform and videos.-Promoting and advocating for social inclusion, active ageing and environmental policies;-Support the partners’ work and missions, boosting their international dimension and their staff’s competencies.<< Implementation >>GREY4GREEN is a robust programme which activities tie together under a carefully planned sequence of events, in an organized timetable and thread.Partners will undertake research to prepare the whole work, and develop a set of 9 INTELLECTUAL OUTPUTS that will guide and support the implementation of the project and further action to be implemented by partners and associated stakeholders. These outputs include learning resources, an interactive platform that will boost engagement and international collaboration, a policy paper and a report for the general public.With the majority of the intellectual outputs developed and available, international training activities will start. We will organize 2 TRAINING COURSES (in CY and FR) for partners’ staff members and associated 3rd age personnel, capacitating them with ageing and environmental knowledge and skills to implement senior environmental volunteering programmes. We will also organize 3 SENIOR EXCHANGES (DK, IS, PT), so that each country implementing volunteering programmes can understand the logistics and challenges of hosting such volunteering schemes and train on that organization, preparing for future activities with a real-life project pilot. Also, these exchanges will allow our project-senior-community to visit different cultures/environments and foment more international contact and enriching experiences among them.Participants in all LTTs will be selected following fair and transparent processes and be properly prepared and supported. Their learnings will be validated by adequate documents.We will enhance the project’s valorization and dissemination with 6 MULTIPLIER EVENTS: 5 locals, targeted at the project’s main audiences (seniors and 3rd age personnel) and a Final International Conferences, targeted at high-level policy institutions (besides the main target audiences and the general public), advocating for the 3rd age and environmental causes.In terms of project management, partners planned 5 face-to-face PARTNERS MEETINGS complemented with monthly follow-up online meetings. Partners will produce 4 internal reports, plus the interim and final reports for the National Agency. The following fundamental documents will be produced to help manage the project and keep on track regarding milestones, quality, dissemination and impact: project management handbook, learning matrix, communication and dissemination plan, sustainability plan, risk assessment and contingency plans, outreach and impact logs, quality assessment indicators, monitoring surveys and logs, template documents for dissemination, press releases, presentations and so forth.The project implementation will be in charge of partners’ implementation teams and will be closely monitored and guided by a Steering Committee.IMPACT will be fostered through active dissemination strategies including media coverage, dissemination via Erasmus+ platforms such as EPALE, social media, presentations in large events and demonstration activities with seniors.SUSTAINABILITY will be achieved through the incorporation of the learnings in the partners’ activities, the maintenance of senior volunteering programmes, valorization and distribution of intellectual outputs, usage of the projects digital platform, and engagement of key stakeholders.<< Results >>Partners will develop a series of high-quality outputs relevant to the active ageing and green action sectors: -A collection of best-practice that will be conducted internationally to benchmark the project’s innovation and to display high-quality project references and examples to follow in active ageing and green actions. -An online platform containing the project’s website and all relevant information, hosting a repository for outputs, as well as communication and dissemination features that will allow intercultural dialogue and collaborative work among seniors and staff from other countries. It will also feature an innovative observatory for best-practice in nature conservation programmes inclusive to seniors, a directory for such projects and the seniors and listing of placements and opportunities for 3rd age institutions and for seniors.-A handbook for seniors explaining rights and duties of volunteers, safety rules, and relevant information.-A step-by-step handbook and an executive package for institutions willing to implement senior volunteer/active ageing programmes.-A training course for 3rd age personnel and partners’ staff members working with 3rd age, available in 6 languages for independent implementation.-An audio-visual inclusive package raising awareness for the topics of the project.-A policy paper stating why a change of policy approach regarding active ageing and nature conservation, and their (inter)connection to educational systems is relevant and gathering support for sustainability changes. -Collating all lessons learned and key findings, a laymen report will be made available to continue the project’s dissemination, outreach, and usefulness, especially useful for raising awareness among the general public.Additionally, GREY4GREEN will train at least 48 professionals working with third age from DK, PT, FR, IS, CY and will directly involve at least 300 senior citizens in environmental activities in DK, PT and IS, 48 of them taking part in international exchanges to DK, PT and IS. Indirectly, we estimate over 1000 senior citizens will be involved in the project’s activities.We will implement 4 senior environmental volunteering programmes in 3 countries (DK, IS and 2 in PT), aiming at increasing local nature through activities such as litter gathering, seeds collection and sowing, trees plantations, fire vigilance, removal of invasive species, instalment of fauna shelters, among other activities taught and guided by nature experts from partner BioLiving; all while promoting active ageing and participation of seniors in sustainability actions.We will organize 5 local multiplier events plus a Final Conference, aiming at having at least 300 participants in total, which can highly boos the project’s multiplier effect and impact.Thanks to the diversity of the participating organizations and the high-level quality of their respective networks, the project’s results will be disseminated to relevant stakeholders, assuring the project’s uptake and continuity. Expected outcomes, besides the explained more tangible results and impact, is to achieving institutional buy-in to the proposed methodology, and that GREY4GREEN will support social inclusion and valorization of the elderly, the establishment of green active ageing programmes, and the development of high-quality skills and competences in both the elderly and the staff supporting them. Finally we also hope to gather support and evidence to allow to achieve improvements in environmental and 3rd age policies.GREY4GREEN is a cross-sectoral project that will achieve the abovementioned results and outcomes, but mainly long-lasting immaterial results in what concerns the social inclusion of the elderly and environmental action, supporting change towards sustainability.

"Nowadays, half of the world’s population lives in urban areas. This movement towards the cities raises some concerns about the implications of the younger population’s reduced contact with outdoor environments. This fact, added to the number of hours young people spent in sedentary activities involving electronic media, may contribute to their disconnection from nature and indifference towards environmental conservation and biodiversity preservation.As it is in the early years of the individual’s life that the motivation to be ecologically concerned arises and is expected to have a lifelong effect, the way young people understand and experience nature is related may have a deep impact in the development of a pro-environmental behaviour. Reconnecting with nature can play an important role in the adoption of sustainable environmental behaviours, and it is a process that can be established, amongst other dimensions, through the physical interaction with natural environments, and through the exposition and interaction with environmental-related knowledge or information. In what concerns environmental and biodiversity preservation education, new approaches include the use of digital games, which are increasingly being adopted to raise environmental awareness among youths. Digital games are part of young people's daily lives, and its potential to enhance motivation for learning and the positive impact of games in fostering biodiversity awareness has been recognized a few years to this part.Young people are also being challenged not just to play games but also to engage in the development of their own games. Being involved in the creation of games encourages to explore boundaries, increases collaboration and the exchange of ideas, raises awareness towards the addressed topic, leads to more responsibility and better attitude in group work and increases student’s sense of achievement, self-confidence and self-efficacy. Combined with the physical interaction with natural environments, and due to their interactive and immersive narrative, digital games emerge as an innovative approach in the promotion of knowledge about environmental preservation and biodiversity conservation. In this scope, the specific objectives of the ""Gamers4Naure – Reconnecting with Nature Through the Creation of Digital Games"" project are: - to raise young student’s awareness on the importance of environmental and biodiversity preservation, through the creation of digital games;- to provide opportunities of co-learning and knowledge share based on experiential learning in outdoor settings, through the organization of “reconnecting with nature” events;- to provide opportunities for the development of computational thinking and communication skills;- to disseminate and encourage participation of young students in EU coding events (such as the EU Code Week);- to organize a global game design competition, where teams from different countries will be challenged to develop a game addressing a local and/or a global environmental threat; - and to inspire participants to adopt more sustainable practices, to understand local problems and global threats to biodiversity preservations and to take action towards a more sustainable and more conscious environmental behaviour. With this project we want to bring together different stakeholders (upper-secondary schools’ teachers, students and environmental NGOs) to identify local environmental threats, to develop educational resources and digital games able to transmit to information about the importance to preserve local biodiversity and to adopt a pro-environmental behaviour. The main focus will be the development of innovative approaches to environmental education, through the implementation of actions that combine physical and digital nature-connection activities."