Climate experimentarium

The project implies a focus on climate care and environmental protection.

Activities to be undertaken in the project:

• a four-day study visit of Senifenco and LEVEL UP team in Rogaland Folk Academy in Norway with the aim of discovering the Norwegian educational model in the field of non-formal education;
• organization of five intergenerational workshops (seniors for youth, youth for seniors) during which knowledge and skills learned in Norway will be used. The workshops will refer to the so-called resourcefulness in life and transfer of knowledge to the younger generation in the following areas: a new life for old things, food preservation, saving skills and taking care of health. Elderly people as active leaders will pass on their everyday life knowledge to the younger generation;
• creation of 6 research teams;  each will involve 5 people (aged 13-18). The youth will develop 6 micro-projects based on the Norwegian educational model on the topic of ecology;
• the youth will be equipped with competences to work efficiently in a group, to achieve the micro-project goals they have set, and to develop and present the results. Including: working methods in the Norwegian educational model folkehøgskole; public speaking/pecha kucha/elevator pitch; group communication, leadership skills; 
• during seven months of work, teams will receive help in the form of so-called “umbrella” workshops (warsztaty “parasol”) to support the implementation of youth initiatives;
• the project is based on practical activities of the youth.

What are we doing during the project?

• we are creating an opportunity to carry out 6 macro-projects in the subject of ecology, taken up by the youth and using methods employed in the Norway educational model in so-called folkehøgskole, i.e. folk schools, with the aim of transferring them to Poland;
• we are teaching young people to acquire practical knowledge;
• we are taking care of the environment and ecology;
• we are activating senior citizens; we are using their potential and benefiting from their knowledge;
• we are motivating the young generation to use that knowledge.

The project involves: