erasmus+ youth exchange:

Reducing Food Waste, Empowering Youth: Project Zero Plate

Ten days on food waste: young people from five countries cooked, composted and built campaigns together.

Zero Plate participants sitting in small groups at tables, working together
Project number
2024-1-DE04-KA152-YOU-000239108
Duration
01.06.2024 – 28.02.2025
EU grant
€37,505
Partner countries
DE, AT, FR, ES, TR
Status
Completed

about the project:

Less waste on the plate, more skills for youth

Hûman e.V. coordinated this Erasmus+ youth exchange (KA152). Five youth groups spent ten days at Burg Lohra and in Bleicherode (Thuringia) learning how food is produced, wasted and saved.

Themes: environment and climate change, digital skills, green skills.

  1. Online preparation

    Groups met online and prepared their national food cultures.

  2. 10-day programme

    Food recovery hierarchy, zero-waste recipes, composting at Burg Lohra and a visit to Too Good To Go in Bleicherode.

  3. Campaigns

    Participants created five social media campaigns, including the videos “Master Your Portions” and “Beauty Isn’t Everything”.

  4. Local events

    Back home, each partner held a ZeroPlate event. 41 people from Remscheid joined the events in Remscheid.

results:

What participants took home

95 %

improved their English

90 %

improved their teamwork

250

young people took part in pre/post tests

41

people from Remscheid at dissemination events

Figures from the Erasmus+ Project Results Platform

partners:

Five organisations, five countries

  • Hûman – Sufi Culture & Arts e.V.Remscheid, DE (coordinator)
  • Creative European YoungstersIstanbul, TR
  • help yourselfCoria del Río, ES
  • InterAktionTrofaiach, AT
  • ShuHaRi – Path of LearningÎle-de-France, FR

outputs:

Free to use

  • Toolkit with activities, tips and campaign posters
  • Five social media campaigns
  • Campaign videos “Master Your Portions” and “Beauty Isn’t Everything” (DE/EN)
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Co-funded by the European Union. Hûman – Sufi Culture & Arts e.V. is solely responsible for the content of this page. Project number 2024-1-DE04-KA152-YOU-000239108.