There is a great GIFT under this Year's Christmas Tree

Dear ALL,

We are very happy to announce you that Italian National Agency gave us a

very nice present

for this Christmas:

OUR PROJECT IS APPROVED!!!

So we can wish you a very very Merry Christmas and a Happy 2008 full of love, peace and of course... European exchanges!

Have a nice holiday and see you in Firenze for the APV!!

The Italian team

French Team Presentation

Aline
25 years old
Work: Jeweller
Hobbies: I like partying, my work, the music, and mainly association “One hundred Crazy” (in French “Asso 100 fous”).
Conclusion: I want to take part in this exchange because I’m sensible to environmental issues


Sophie
27 years old
Work: Unemployed
Hobbies: Member of the association “One hundred Crazy”, and of 3 environmental associations (quiet active in the field!). Music (I play also fiddle), travel…
I want to take part in this exchange, because I want to discover different associations on sustainable development, and particularly on the topic of biodiversity (If you can bring me in Firenze some contacts of associations from your country working on this topic, you are more than welcome)

Agnès
27 years old
Work: employed in a municipality to develop projects in environmental education (so directly connected with the topic, personally and professionally)
Hobbies: cinema, books, and I renovate my house (it takes all my time)
I want to take part in this exchange in order to share our different point of views about sustainable development between our countries.

Anna
18 years old
This year is for me a discovering year (sabbatical year), in which I decided to do only what I want during 1 full year.
I like manual activities, music, party, travel, meeting other people… … …
I want to do this exchange because I like the earth where I live

Julien
19 years old
Student
Hobbies: cinema, news/information, socialI want to take part in this exchange because of my personal sensibility to the topic

French team: ready!

hello everybody!

we had a meeting with the french team and we had different ideas and questions concerning the program
The session that we are interested to lead:
1/ for the monday
morning mainly, we have thinking about a forum theatre (express explication: we will prepare some short sketch about environmental situation. After each group have played his sketch, they will play it again. The "public" will choice to see again some sketch. but at this stage, anybody can interact in the scene in order to change the situation, try to find solution... and place at the improvisation!!! is it clear?) and before we have thought about differents game of improvisation (hellish machine ...) to relax and prepare all of us to do theatre. We will not propose a workshop around the thematic of water only, but some issue about waste of water can be plaiyed in this theater forum. This session can enter on the monday morning (Role game on Environment and Sunstainable Development) or on the Tuesday afternoon. Up to you to give us feedback, and to place it where you want in the programme!

2/ also we are okay to prepare the first morning of discovering each other (names games and group building ...)

3/ concerning artistic recycling we thought that it will be very funny if one people of each country (not only one country) organise this activity (for example one artistic creation for one country and people can turn on differents activity or all the country for one creation ...) a great melting pot =) no ?! And it could be totally realistic to have this internationnal team, that can organise by herself during all the begining of the trainning... what do you think about this proposal?

Anna and the french team

Presentations

The italian organizing team shall present itself... Here we are so that now you can put us

IN A FRAME!!!

Name: Letizia
Age: 23, almost 24
City: Firenze (Italy)
Study: Public CommunicationsFavourite
Movie: Forrest Gump, Schlindler's List, Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain
Favourite Music: Franz Ferdinand, Alanis Morrissette, Oasis.
Sport: Basketball, Ultimate Frisbee, Soccer.
Things I like: travelling, make new friends, cooking, cloudy sunsets onthe beach.
Things I don't like: hypocrisy, extra-dark chocolate, waking up early.
Particularities: I wear glasses

Name: Mirko Cantini
Age: 21 years old
Profession: student
I like: movies, dance, table tennis, pizza and pasta!!, and everything funny
I don't like: study, nothing to do in the evening, olive and lemon
Movie: love actually, patch adams, casomai, and other 1000..maybe
Music: 883, and all the song that have a meaning for me..and all that we can dance in latin-american dance..

NAME: Elena
AGE: 23
CITY:i was born in grosseto but now i live in florence
STUDY/WORK: i study childhood science at the florence university
I LIKE...:children,animals,art,travel and read
I DON'T LIKE...:violence
FILM:"pulp fiction" and all tarantino's films
MUSIC:radiohead,prodigy and reggae music
CHARACTERISTICS MARKS: i'm always careless!!

NAME: Liila
AGE: 24
CITY: Florence
OCCUPATION: Student in philosophy
I LIKE: Travelling, Astrology and Music
I DON’T LIKE: Pigeons
FAVOURITE FILM: Match Point
FAVOURITE MUSIC: Franco Battiato
PARTICULAR SIGNS: Talking in sleep

Name: Giuseppe
Age: 26
City: Montevarchi (50km from Florence)
Occupation: Almost PhD student in Civil Engineering
Favourite movies: Star Wars, The Gladiator, Shrek
Music: Ligabue, Franz Ferdinand, Samuele Bersani
I like: travelling, swimming, riding my bike
I don't like: nervous people Particular signs: I have two younger brothers

From France!

Hi we are the group from France!

As we promised you, here is our answer about
PLAN T YOUR FUTURE

First we are very agree with the idea to do a city-hunt in Florence, like we are agree with the 10 simple rules but we know a woman who has done a DOSSIER with 50 propositions about sustainable development so we can bring it into Italy.
Then about the idea to clean Florence’s street we think that it could be more shocking to show the situation to people, and provocate some interaction with inhabitants.

We propose also the theme of Water say what do you think about it ?

Concerning the dates of the project we can be available between 11 an 2O April 2008 an we haven't got problem with APV 's date too.

Also we confirm that we are partners of the project , that our group is composed by Aline , Julien and probably Théo and Anna.

So we are engaged with you and we hope that you will partners into our project of seminary (Partnership Building activity) about environment in France. The main idea would be to discover different NGO’s that work around environmental issue, in order to create will to develop future projects in the future.
Let us know what you think about it

See you soon

Draft Youth Exchange Programme

Here is the draft programme we have for you.


Please take a look at it and comment comment comment... all the possible suggestions are very important for the YOUTH EXCHANGE in FIRENZE (see the picture here).


First of all:
- the daily schedule will be defined in the APV with all the partners, this is only a proposal!
- we will use public transport, buses and bicycles (if we find them for all of you!) for the transfers
- we ask you to think about organizing some of the activities (who wants to organize?)







You should then gather your teams and:

• Choose which sessions you would like to prepare and animate;
• Start to think about methods to use, in order to discuss concrete proposals during the APV. Tell us everykind of methodologic suggestion now, so that we can include it in the project. In particular if you can think of learning methods.
• Choose an International evening to be part. In the APV we will finalise food and materials;
• To post pictures and information about each other in the blog.

ARE YOU READY??? Here we go... !!!


Friday 11th April

Afternoon: Arrivals of the participants
Transfer to the country-side venue

Evening: Welcome Evening (who wants to organize?)


Saturday 12th April

Morning: Name games and Group building (who wants to organize?)
Lunch: Barbecue
Afternoon: Environment game in little group (to know each other and the venue)
Evening: International evening (3 countries)


Sunday 13th April

Morning: Decalouge (10 simple rules)
Afternoon: Outdoor walk
Evening: Camp Fire and Games (who wants to organize?)


Monday 14th April

Morning: Role Game on Environment and Sustainable Development (who wants to organize?)
Afternoon: Debate (EU Role and International Treaties)
Evening: International Evening (3 countries)

Tuesday 15th April

Morning: Transfer to the city venue (Firenze)
Afternoon: (who wants to organize?)
Evening: Bowling and pool evening


Wednesday 16th April

Morning: Cleaning activity in the city streets
Afternoon: Conference with an expert and debate + Solidal Brunch (with FairTrade Products)
Evening: (who wants to organize?)


Thursday 17th April

Morning: City Hunt
Afternoon: Free (visit to Firenze)
Evening: (who wants to organize?)


Friday 18th April

Morning: Media and Environment (who wants to organize?)
Afternoon: Artistic Recycling (who wants to organize?)
Evening: in the city centre


Saturday 19th April

Morning: (who wants to organize?)
Afternoon: evaluation and thinking about the future + preparation for the evening
Evening: closing party


Sunday 20th April

Departures of the participants (GOODBYE!!!)


That's all folks...

Youth Exchange in Italy: Let's Start!

Partners: Italy - Eurotrain (host organization), Greece - Cia on behalf of the group in Corfu, France - Luciole, Estonia - Academy of Childhood, Lithuania - LPR and Spain - Nexes.
We would like all of you partners to be involved in the organization of the exchange in all its parts. That's why we really need your contribution.

Title: We have a proposal for the name of the project:

PLAN-T YOUR FUTURE!

Dates: We were thinking about the activity dates. We would like to make it happen in late spring (so that you all can enjoy the beatiful italian weather better), preferably in mid-April (approximately 11-20 April 2008). The APV would then be in February.

Could you tell us what you think about it and/or if you have any problem with these dates?

Ideas: We've some ideas on the specific themes and activities of the project that we would like to share with you and you can give us your feedback on them.

1. We are planning to stay both in the countryside and in the city. This is made because we think that the rural and urban way of life are different and we would like to explore the different way of reacting to environment in these two. Also, speaking about nature, it can be nice to appreciate it for real and not in the middle of Florence!

2. General objects:

• analyze the situation of climate in the world and in particular in the EU through a comparison of our countries to raise awareness on this matters as the new threatens of our generation future;
• discuss about our ways of life (intercultural dialogue, tolerance);
• reflect on our behaviour, especially relating to the exploitation and waste of energy and elaborate new common strategies to find original ways of preventing this in our everyday life;
• discuss the role of the EU and of our governments on international agreements in environmental matters (es. Kyoto);
• analyze the way in which the media present the subject and reflect on alternative ways of communicating to our social networks these themes.

3. Specific objects and activities:

• vision of the Al Gore documentary film on environment "An Inconvenient Truth" or "Darwin’s nightmare" by Hubert Sauper and role-game on climate situation;
• intercultural evenings (focus on ways of life);
• production of a decalogue (10 simple rules) of good practices of consumption (to decrease waste of energy and to re-use, re-cycle our resourses) - transnational groups discuss on these and arrive at a conclusion all together. This document can be also released to our social networks;
• City-hunt in Florence to look for italian way of life in relation of sustainable development (es. see how much re-cycling facilities there are, pollution levels, alternative public transport, waste of energy in families and businesses);
• activity on how media picture environmental issues;
• volunteering to clean public areas with Legambiente or Greenpeace;
• discussion and debate with someone that is active in this field (responsible for environment-focused NGOs);
• activity on international treaties4.

We were also thinking of setting a time schedule of several themes to discuss (for example one per month) all together and thus arrive at the exchange with more ideas and a common platform to start from for our activities.