C/ Queralt 18, 08017 Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona
Spain
- Youth and education
Vision:
Individuals and organisations have the skills, knowledge and motivation to act as change agents in the transition to a more resilient future.
Mission:
Design and deliver innovative communication and transformation tools processes and experiences to empower individuals and organisations to be the change they want to see in the world.
Objectives:
• Train the trainers; build capacity amongst educators to integrate ecological, social, economic and spiritual dimensions into their learning processes.
• Develop innovative resources and tools; design user friendly, attractive resources and tools to help change agents make sustainability more accessible and widespread.
• Design experiential learning for young people; provide young people with the skills, freedom and experience to lead their journey to resilience.
• Disseminate knowledge, resources and case studies; share inspiring stories and practical resources in learning for sustainability from around the world.
• Provide cutting edge research on social innovation; identify good practice and develop analytical tools to better understand social innovation and entrepreneurship.
Transformation:
- Education and Sustainability – we publish a magazine for teachers on how to integrate environmental and social issues into learning in Catalan and Swedish (see latest issue attached)
- Ethica – we have developed a board game with 5 other European organisations for young people and adults on ethical finance available in 5 languages. We are currently developing an online training programme for facilitators of the game
- Sustainability training - we train young people, educators, entrepreneurs and other professionals in various dimensions of sustainability, including ethical finance, green events, corporate responsibility and communication for sustainability.
- RCE Barcelona – we coordinate the Regional Center for Expertise in Education for Sustainable Development, a local network of local private, public and civil organizations
- Sustainable Summer School - we are developing experiential, multi-cultural learning programmes for teenagers to immerse themselves in sustainability, English and Art in a Natural Park Setting in partnership with an outdoor education organisation.
Communication
- Water, Rivers and People – we facilitated the social agenda (cinema forum, debates, street theatre, concerts, school programmes) for this itinerant exhibition, involving over 30 activities in a month long period
- Sustainable Events – we have helped organisations organise more sustainable events, run training for event organisers and have developed a toolkit for events organisers in the Mediterranean
Research
- Social Innovation Antenna – we are currently developing a publication on best practice social innovation in partnership with a local business school
- Social Entrepreneurship and Green Employment – we developed a strategy to promote green entrepreneurship in the Mediterranean with key partners
- Solar energy in Catalonia – we led research on the evolving SME solar sector and the role of government in CSR with business schools
We can help to promote the Network through our multiple partnerships and connections with organisations of different sectors, as well as act as a node in Barcelona for activities and events. We also have a magazine in 3 languages which we would like to translate into other Mediterranean languages to be able to extend knowledge, good practice and resources to other parts of the region.
We are interested in extending our work to other Mediterranean countries, through partnerships with other social enterprises, civil society actors and learning centres. We are a multilingual, and multicultural team and are seeking to use our competencies to help build innovative learning for sustainability partnerships across the Mediterranean as well as scale up initiatives which have already proved successful in one country. We are also particularly interested in creating experiences for young people from different Mediterranean countries to be empowered through learning and friendship across Mediterranean borders - and specifically would like to find mechanisms for teenagers to travel from the Mediterranean to our sustainability summer school.