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Urban Gardens, community spaces, and Intergenerational Collaboration: Green Cities for active youth

The availability of green spaces and urban gardens for active participation in plant food cultivation and/or gardening has been an integral support to young people, who may not had the opportunity to fully experience contact with nature.

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Green Gardens main goals are:


EU GREEN aims to create shared spaces where young people and older adults can collaborate, share knowledge and build meaningful relationships through the experience of growing an urban garden together.

Partners will encourage their communities to get involved in social interactions, fostering mutual learning, a sense of belonging, and equal respect for all citizens.

It promotes healthy habits and the well-being of all citizens while it educates about the benefits of sustainable urban agriculture and healthier community choices.

It provides youth workers with the tools, strategies and knowledge necessary to discuss environmental issues with young people.

EU GREEN will ensure the exchange and transfer of knowledge between EU countries and will set up a European network of urban gardens.


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October 2024

Second Transnational Meeting

The team met up for the second time in Shtip, North Macedonia. This was the chance to discuss the progress made so far and to identify new inputs, challenges, and objectives to implement the next steps and results in the best way possible.

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November 2024

Launch of Training materials for youth workers

Youth workers were able to sign up online for the EU Green's training course, followed dynamic and interactive modules prepared by expert partners, and got their certificates.

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April 2025

Exchange of knowledge and experiences in community gardens

The aim of the international exchange will be for the youth to get to know each other, discuss and debate their role in society and how they can work together to preserve the environment and combat climate change by building international networks together.

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July 2025

Implementation of garden

The youth will in this phase, with the help of youth workers and elderly experts in horticulture and environmental processes, create their own urban garden in a practical and collective way.

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October 2025

Sustainability Day

The Sustainability Day aims to make the local community aware of the importance of sustainability and the projects contribution in this direction.The event will give the project team the opportunity to engage with the local community, creating a network of project supporters.

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October 2025

Third Transnational Meeting

Partners will meet for the last time in Pianezza, Italy for a final partnership meeting. They will have the opportunity to talk about what has been achieved so far and how they plan to maximise project impact in the future.

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