The Youth and Sustainable Development Strategies course provides strategies for Youth Sustainable Development Projects. It is also explores the need to raise awareness about sustainable development for young generations, addressing the importance of the balance between development process and environmental protection. In this program, we present the key role that young people can play towards the sustainable development. As stated in Rio Declaration on Environment and Development 1992: “Principle 21: The creativity, ideals and courage of the youth of the world should be mobilised to forge a global partnership in order to achieve sustainable development and ensure a better future for all.”
Course Outcomes
When you successfully complete this program, you should be able to:
- Increase your knowledge of the sustainable development and environmental issues that affect youth around the world.
- Provide you with the skills that will enable you to contribute to positive change in the present state of the environment.
- Work with a youth group to design and undertake an environmental/ sustainable development-related project.
- Enable you to lead and support group activities that will help to promote environmentally sustainable development.
- Design a project that gives clear expression to the principles of sustainable development.
- Evaluate projects in terms of their contribution to sustainable development.
Course Outlines
Youth and sustainable development
- Opportunities for young people
- International Youth Federation (IYF)
- The Caribbean Youth Environment Network (CYEN)
- Youth as initiators
- Youth as activists
The social environment
- The relationship between the environment and development
- Youth concerns and Responses
Sustainable Development Project Elements
- Environmental
- Economic
- Socio-cultural
- Technological
Sustainable Development Strategies
- The World Resources Institute model
- Environmental and technological objectives
- Economic and socio-cultural objectives
- Socio-economic and cultural objectives
- Ecological objectives
The World Bank approach
- The sustainability matrix
- Sustainability as opportunity
Youth and Sustainable development Practical Case Studies
- Young Conservationists Club (YCC), Thailand
- Fiji National Youth Council (FNYC)
- Association of Friends of Nature Clubs (ACAN), Cameroon JEMS, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.