Collective Innovation to Fight Climate Change

Throughout 2022 to date, the FCC Project Consortium has been involved in various activities. Together with our partners, we continue to advance in the practices to fight climate change. We have recently published the 'Climate Change & Sustainable You' Handbook, an extensive climate change and sustainability guide aimed at educating and informing business, employers and their employees about the importance of fair practices for the climate and planet conservation. We also held the fourth meeting of the Collective Innovation for the Fight against Climate Change Project, held in Piraeus (Greece) which was attended by all representatives of all the organizations participating in the project.

The fourth edition of our newsletter compiles the latest projects and initiatives which the project partners have been involved in, as well as key climate change news and upcoming events.
 

 The 'Climate Change & Sustainable You Handbook' has been published


The Fight Climate Change & Sustainable You handbook developed by the FCC project provides a well structured and easy-to-digest systematic guidance tailored to educators working with entrepreneurs and SMEs, and presents information about climate change and sustainable development goals in order to transfer this knowledge to businesses and people they work with.

The Handbook aims to improve awareness of climate change, but also strengthen the capacities of educators to integrate this knowledge into their coaching/tutoring sessions. Moreover, the handbook builds on the work of a variety of organisations in the fields of climate change, UN SDGs and sustainability around the world that have already shared their research and understanding about these topics through various initiatives. 

Read and download the handbook here and share it with other educators!

Fight Climate Change Project meeting held in Greece


On September 16th, the fourth meeting of the EU Erasmus+ project Collective Innovation for the fight against climate change was held at the IDEC headquarters in Piraeus (Greece). The meeting was attended by representatives of all the organisations participating in the project: EPN Consulting Limited (UK), KISMC (Bulgaria), CEED Bulgaria, IDEC (Greece), CreaD (Belgium), WIP (UK) and IASP (Spain). 

The discussion was primarily centered on the analysis of participant satisfaction of the first project training course, held in Brussels earlier this year, as well as on the progress of the project main outputs: the Climate Change and Sustainable You Handbook; Innovating for Climate Change & Sustainability Toolkit; the Climate Change Manual; and the Fight Climate Change Platform.

Currently, the consortium is working on the preparation of the second project training course to be held in Sofia (Bulgaria).
Find out more here

The project consortium members are very active in the fight against climate change. Below is a brief summary of some of the activities they have been involved in recently: 

Worldwide Impact Foundation have been working on a project that allows Impact Explorers to directly contribute to restoring damaged ecosystems and offsetting their travel emissions by taking part in field based learning on how to plant native food crops and tree species in the mountain ecosystems of the Himalayan foothills. 

WIF has also been working on the project Supporting Agroforestry System in Meghalaya, (India). Their local team in India also made a start on planting 20,000 trees in just three months.
Find out more about the projects here 

Creative District and IDEC form part of the INPAD project, an Erasmus+ programme that aims to test the design and practice of an innovative methodology for participatory design in and around schools. The project will involve students, teachers and communities in the process of making more enjoyable and eco-friendly place to be. Find out more here.

CEED are involved in a newly launched Erasmus+ project called GreenVETnet that aims to further mainstream the integration of sustainability aspects in vocational education and training. This will be achieved by establishing a methodology for educators’ skills training that support sustainable development. Find out more here.
 

CEED Bulgaria also participate in the events organised by the Cluster Sofia Knowledge City (CSKC) in the framework of the Towards Green Transition Facility (TGTF). CSKC is one of 25 European clusters selected to promote green transition skills amongst their members and stakeholders through technical advisory support by highly qualified advisors.

 IASP is participating in The Arch; a European project to accelerate ecological transition. In 2023,100 green solutions will be toured around Europe on a sailboat. The tour aims to promote innovative concepts and startups that are environmentally friendly to head to Copenhagen – headquarters of the European Environment Agency – for a grand presentation. 
Deadline 30th November, click here to apply

IASP has also recently finished a project that involves the creation of an International Hub for Sustainable Development in Brazil. The area in Campinas has a big focus on health, education, and the environment. Find out more here

IDEC, EPN, and KISMC and other FCC consortium partners, worked on the i2SustainIT project which aims to nurture a sustainable approach to support social entrepreneurs to make a high-scale impact in a sustainable way. IDEC was responsible for hosting the project’s first training course in Greece, which was a resounding success.

Find out more about the project here