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Green Summer Power
Start date: Jul 3, 2014, End date: Oct 16, 2014 PROJECT  FINISHED 

"Green Summer Power" is a youth exchange project between 12 youth from Slovenia and 12 youth from Croatia, aimed to bring unity in diversity through this project where the theme will be healthy lifestyles, survival in the nature and grassroots sport through non-formal learning, experience sharing and outdoor activities. The venue for the youth exchange activity will be the Ecological Tourism Retreat centre at Površje, (Dolenjska, Slovenia), where we will use 6 wooden houses for accommodation. The project will last for 11 days where youth participants will share their experience/skills with peers and through various practical and theoretical activities like workshops, seminars, games and competitions. Participants will improve on their core skills and learn how to develop as individuals. The theme of the youth exchange is how a strong foundation through higher values and principles can be used to unite one another and learn how we can be happy and healthy by addressing our true needs. Young people can be particularly inspired and reach their potentials if they have a focus for what they want, so we want them to achieve their full potential through experiencing this international project. The objectives of the project are: 1. To promote healthy lifestyles through open-air activities as daily practice of grassroots sports, survival in the nature and yoga. Our daily schedule has also been designed with this in mind - where activities of such a nature are scheduled daily. 2. Intercultural learning for participants about sustainable ways of living, especially in the long term. This is one of the reasons we chose the retreat centre in Površje, since the ethos of the centre is focussed on sustainable living and ecology. 3. To help youth realise their full potential and open their minds to the great impact they can have on world, and help them become active individuals and European citizens. 4. To create an awareness and appreciation of different cultures. "Green Summer Power" is designed in such a way to help participants learn about the different cultures and the similarities that exist amongst different type of people. The long term effect will be how the youth can give back to the community. After the exchange activities, all 4 partner groups will hold a public event in their respective countries where the results of project will be shown (photo and video diary of the project, presentations by leaders and participants on subjects learned at exchange, presentations of physical and character improvement of participants etc.). On this events local stakeholders (youth NGO's and other educational and youth-working organisations, local municipality) and media will be invited for purpose of further dissemination of the project. The project presents an opportunity for the youth of both countries to learn about healthy lifestyles, other cultures and languages as well as how we can come together to serve as a community.
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