YouthXchange – Training kit on responsible consumption
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The YouthXchange Initiative
UNEP and UNESCO started the YouthXchange (YXC) Initiative in 2001 to promote sustainable lifestyles among young people (aged 15-24) through education, dialogue, awareness raising and capacity-building. At the national and local level, YXC training activities are secured through a diverse network of partners, with the support of a printed training kit and a website www. youthxchange.net.
The YXC training kit on responsible consumption
The YXC training kit provides information, ideas, tips and good practices on topics such as sustainable consumption, lifestyles, mobility, waste reduction, energy and resource efficiency, smart and responsible shopping and so forth. Since 2001, the YouthXchange guide has been translated into over 20 languages, including: Arabic, Azeri, Basque, Catalan, Chinese, Filipino, Flemish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Slovenian, Spanish, Turkish. From China to Italy and from Dubai to Mexico City, UNEP and UNESCO estimate that the guide has been distributed to more than 400,000 people world–wide. It is downloadable from www.unep.org and www. unesco.org.
The YXC Network
YXC works with young people aged 15-24 as well as educators, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), trainers and youth leaders around the world. YXC reaches young people through a network of national partners in 45 countries. YXC has become a network of organizations that actively pursue education for sustainable consumption and lifestyles and work at the local level with the same materials and similar pedagogical approaches. Some YXC partners also have local versions of the YXC website.
The YXC partners
The YouthXchange partners all over the world have made the project a reality and are living proof of how complex sustainable lifestyle values can be transmitted to young people, while having fun and exchanging ideas and active experiences.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded on November 16, 1945. This specialized United Nations agency’s mission is to contribute to the building of peace, the eradication of poverty, sustainable development and intercultural dialogue through education, the sciences, culture, communication and information.
For more information:
UNESCO Division of Education for Peace and
Sustainable Development
7, place de Fontenoy
75732 Paris Cedex 07 France
Tel: (+33 1) 456 810 36
Fax: (+33 1) 456 856 44
Email: j.heiss@unesco.org www.unesco.org/education
United Nations Decade of Education for
Sustainable Development (DESD)
In December 2002, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted resolution 57/254 to put in place a United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD), spanning from
2005 to 2014, and designated UNESCO to lead the Decade. The United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development seeks to integrate the principles, values, and practices of sustainable development into all aspects of education and learning, in order to address the social, economic, cultural and environmental problems we face in the
21st century.
For more information:
http://www.unesco.org/education/desd
United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP)
The United Nations Environment Programme was created in 1972 as the voice for the environment within the UN system. Its mission is to provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.
For more information:
UNEP Division of Technology, Industry and Economics
15 rue de Milan
75441 Paris Cedex 09, France
Tel: (+33 1) 443 714 50
Fax: (+33 1) 443 714 74
Email: sc@unep.fr
For more information:
Email: rob.bowden@lifeworldslearning.co.uk