Eco – photography: environment through the eye of the lens

“Eco – photography: environment through the eye of the lens” is an international youth exchange that will be held in Cagliari, Italy, from 24 to 30 August 2017 focused on environmental protection and photography, which is a popular hobby among youth across Europe and thus opens up a connection between these individuals and the natural environment.

The main aim is to have an impact on each participant and will enable them to meet with people their age, discuss the environmental problems and also seek for creative and effective ways to resolve this issue.

Specific objectives of the project are:

- To stimulate young people's spirit of initiative using methods of creative photography raising their ability to create;

- To promote photography as a tool of protecting environment and a way to acquire knowledge and skills useful for persons' professional development;

- To foster mutual better understanding of ecological situation and culture in countries of participants and develop a sense of ecological awareness;

- To create a campaign against climate change and environmental degradation;

- To encourage youth to further influence media in the topic of ecology in their own countries;

- To promote Erasmus+ programme as a tool to stimulate creativity and youth active participation.

Giving a mandate to photography, and giving young people a stake in their rural environment and a reason to spend more time outdoors we hope to motivate them to protect the environment of their own countries and across Europe against both the ravages of climate change and also the encroachment of urban areas and issues such as littering or dumping of waste in areas of natural beauty. Photography can be a powerful tool for this as it provides young people with a sense of accomplishment in taking a good photograph, allows for easy sharing and therefore increase visibility of the issue and can inspire young people to protect their environment. By teaching young people the skills of landscape photography in the beautiful countryside of Sardinia, young people are given a stake in the environment and a solid reason to want to preserve it.

At the end of the youth exchange participants will create a photo book containing the most salient images captured during the project. This tool aims to raise awareness on the issue of respect for the environment and its equilibrium, the book will contain a section dedicated to the project and to the organizations who have promoted it.

Moreover, the selected photos will be part of a photographic exhibition that will be held the last day of the project.

Methods used are: non – formal education activities, role play, working groups, photography workshops.

If you are interested, please send us as soon as possible:

- partnership information form - please tell us especially if you have some of your staff experienced in photography
- word version of the signed mandate

Thank you for your attention.