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Green in Everyday Life
Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2016 PROJECT  FINISHED 

The project Green in Everyday Life arises from the interest of some of the participants of Spanish Green Homes Network (Columbares and CENEAM) to test the national Spanish program Green Homes (GH) on international level. The project follows the first such experience – a training course in the mark of Youth in Action program, which was highly successful, confirmed the interest of international partners in this topic and helped form the base for a good partnership. The main objectives of the project is to raise awareness on the issues of sustainability, educate people on the relation between their everyday choices and the state of the environment, produce a provable decrease in the ecological footprint of direct beneficiaries of the GH program and promote exchange of experiences and cooperation among environmental organizations on international level. The number of direct beneficiaries of the project will reach 510. Many different groups will be represented, as each country will work with different collectives. In case of Sweden the main beneficiaries will be young families, in case of Spain – people with disabilities and addiction problems, in case of UK – families with low income and criminality problems in past. Italy will work with classes from local schools, while Morocco will work with rural youth in schools and Jordan with urban youth and their families. The main activities of the project include organization of 5 mini Green Homes outside of Spain (in Sweden, Italy, UK, Morocco and Jordan) and one in Spain, analysis the experiences and the results obtained, as well as prepare GH guide for open use by other organizations interested in repeating the program and found an International Green Homes Network. The main methodology used during the project will be GH program – a methodology developed in Spain, which consists of environmental audits and a cycle of workshops with a group of persons on saving of water and energy, waste reduction, sustainable mobility and responsible consumption. Besides that the participants receive savings kits – tools for reduction of their ecological footprint. What differs this program from the general environmental education activities is its result oriented approach – the gas, electricity and water bills collected before and during the program and the questionnaires filled in before and after the cycle of the workshops are used to determine if the program has reached its objectives and demonstrate a clear reduction in the ecological footprint of the participants and monetary saving made. The main result of the project include the GH starters kit meant to be used by partner organizations and other organizations willing to implement the program during the project, A study “Lessons learned from implementing GH program in 6 countries” resuming the results and conclusions from all the participant countries, GH program guide – an extensive guide to GH program including all the activities implemented by partner organizations during the program, the website of the project with information on the activities and general development of the project, as well as International GH Network. The main impact of the project will be the decrease in the ecological footprint of the direct beneficiaries, which, when transmitted to their friends and family, can have an impact on their ecological footprint as well, thus increasing the general sustainability of the society. Besides that the project will promote cooperation and exchange of experiences between different entities and regions in field of environmental education and will serve as a source of documentation and educational materials for other entities. The main long term impact of the project will come through the International GH Network, which will unite organizations interested in implementing GH program in their societies and a common international educational space. This Network will provide space for exchange of experiences, information and plans for cooperation.
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