Go Zero, Danube!

 After having postponed the last youth exchange in March 2020 due to COVID-19, we could finally implement our last meet-up online in April 2021.  It was not the same as meeting in person but it was clear that each one of us had a strong experience of learning and broadening our horizon. Anastasiia Martynenko managed to facilitate this online format in a most fun and interactive way. The week was full of exciting lessons, break-out sessions and engaging discussions, always focusing on the question:  What are the root causes of the waste issues around us and how can we tackle them in our own surrounding? Throughout the week, we got the chance to meet inspiring experts. Ribhu Vora from WasteLess India shared his story around how he became active in the field of waste reduction and how he decided to start his own organization. With the focus on educational content and behavioural learning, WasteLess has even reached the Indian government and collaborated with many schools across the countr

REGISTRATIONS OPEN!   "Go Zero, Danube!" is a youth exchange on waste reduction in the Danube region. This time, we will meet online! Together, we are going to find out more about the challenges of waste in our countries as well as about interesting solutions and sustainable alternatives. We are going to dig deep into our own consumption habits and get to know innovative entrepreneurs who can inspire us to make a change. The programme will be online with a mix of group discussions, input, guest speakers, digital field trips and explorations in your home town (offline). We will also create a toolkit together that you can use in the future. Don't worry, it won't be boring but very interactive with as little computer time as possible ;)  Believe us, we are so excited to get the chance to do this programme online (instead of not meeting due to Covid-19). WHO CAN PARTICIPATE? 20 youth between 18 and 25 years from Germany (preferably from Baden Württemberg), Croatia, Bulga

    Due to the spread of Covid-19, we had to move our last exchange from March 2020 to the next year. Stay tuned to find out the new date and call for participants! Or email to get notified: t.boulle@starkmacher.eu 

Invitation to our Clean Up in Mannheim, on the 26th of March in Mannheim: Clean the streets and rivers as you meet and greet other enthusiasts, green activitists and waste experts. The clean session is followed by a waste audit so we can all analyze and discuss the waste items together. WHERE & WHEN We will start at 3.30pm at Alter Messplatz in Mannheim. WHAT TO BRING Please bring some gloves and a trash bag. WHO This clean up is open to whoever wants to join. It is organized by Starkmacher e.V. in the framework of the project Go Zero, Danube . Over one week, 25 young adults from the Danube region come together in Mannheim to discuss challenges and opportunities around Zero Waste.

📣 Last chance to participate in "Go Zero, Danube!" (Register until 31.1.) Are you interested in waste reduction? Do you want to get to know more enthusiasts who want to make a change? Are you ready to learn more about Zero Waste? Join the last meeting of "Go Zero, Danube!" from the 23.3. to the 30.3.2020 in Germany! Sign up until the 31st of January. "Go Zero, Danube!" is a youth exchange on waste reduction in the Danube region. Together, we look at challenges of waste in our countries and find out interesting solutions and sustainable alternatives. We will also get to know innovative entrepreneurs who can inspire us to make a change. WHO CAN PARTICIPATE? 20 young people between 18 and 23 years from Baden Württemberg, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania and Ukraine. HOW MUCH DOES IT COST? 50€ for Germans, 30€ for other Danube citizens. The housing, food and travels will be covered by the project. You will travel together with you

In November 2019, 21 youth from the Danube region came together in Krizevci, Croatia, to find out more about waste reduction. It was an interactive and intercultural week full of new input, workshops and activities in the centre ‚Mariapoli Faro‘. The participants from Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Croatia and Germany were also raising awareness on Zero Waste practices in a public creative workshop day. Input, exchange and pracitcal experience The young people could exchange their experiences and ideas on waste avoidance and present the waste management systems of their own country. The exchange and the contributions of the group leaders and guest speakers showed alternative ways of consumption and motivated the participants to implement them in their own countries. The focus was on methods and ideas of plastic-free living. An excursion to a waste and recycling site gave insights into the waste management of the small town. The participants realized that the s