We’re excited to share a new project “Sustainably yours”. Through a combination of social media campaigns, seminars, an eco-festival, and cooperation with decision-makers, this project aims to promote sustainability and eco-friendliness and encourage constructive community change. Encouraging youth to participate actively in environmental projects and fostering enduring communication between young people and important decision-makers are the objectives.
The project begins with the Eco Leaders Bootcamp – Youth Exchange in Lithuania, where 20 young people aged 15-18, representing the core team, will gather for a 6-day intensive experience. This event will provide them with the tools and knowledge to become eco-leaders, preparing them to engage their communities in environmental action
Event 1: Activity Eco Leaders bootcamp
Besides the first activity – a mobility in Lithuania, the project has a lot to cover in the future!
With the help of different activites, the project hopes to have a big local impact in both Lithuania and Bulgaria, where more than 80 young people will gain knowledge about sustainability in informal settings. By giving these young people the confidence to voice their opinions and concerns, the project will increase the number of engaged and driven young people. Youth perspectives will continue to play a key role in the creation of regional environmental policy if decision-makers are engaged. More than 120 youth will have taken an active part in community sustainability projects by the project’s conclusion, and the impact will go beyond the events’ brief duration.
On a national level, the project aims to influence decision-makers and leaders, encouraging them to consider youth perspectives in policy changes and environmental initiatives. By disseminating the project’s methods to at least 30 organizations, the project will ensure that its impact and lessons learned will inspire broader, long-term change across the region, helping to build a greener future.
Event 2. Inspired to act Green in Lithuania and Bulgaria
The “Inspired to Act Green” events were a key part of our Erasmus+ project, Sustainably Yours, and rolled out in both Bulgaria and Lithuania. We designed them as interactive forums to get young people, teachers, and local decision-makers in the same room, talking honestly about the environment and figuring out how to spark real action locally.
Over in Bulgaria, the event kicked off with deep dives into everyday green challenges and the solutions youth can actually lead. We talked about things like mindful consumption, cutting down waste, saving energy, green transport, and better food choices. People teamed up to brainstorm what was going wrong in their own towns and came up with projects to fix it.
In Lithuania, we held the forum at the Vilnius Lazdynai School. The students jumped into a seminar about why sustainability matters so much right now, and then we broke into group debates on the exact same themes: daily habits, waste, transport, energy, and food. The best part? They wrapped up with a practical challenge focused entirely on making their own school a lot greener.
Both events mixed expert tips with open discussions and hands-on work, giving everyone a chance to think critically and trade ideas. When it was all over, the “Inspired to Act Green” forums didn’t just raise awareness; they gave these young people the confidence to step up and actually change their communities for the better.
Event 3. What's up in the community?
The “What’s Up in the Community?” events were a big part of our Erasmus+ project, Sustainably Yours, rolling out across both Bulgaria and Lithuania. The whole point was to focus on youth participation, local green challenges, and getting a real dialogue going with the community.
Down in Bulgaria, we held the event at the Hristo Yassenov School in Etropole, and a huge group of young people showed up. We kicked off by breaking down our main goals and introducing them to the Video Voice methodology. Basically, we encouraged them to use their own phones to shoot short videos expressing how they feel about local social and environmental issues.
The groups used digital tools to pinpoint what was going wrong in their neighborhoods, which led to great debates about how these problems affect youth and who should actually step up to fix them.
We kept the momentum going with storytelling and video creation practice. The participants learned how to structure their messages around the specific problem, its impact, and how to solve it. They even looked at videos created by the team in Lithuania to get some extra inspiration.
Trying out video voice method...
Event 4. Eco festival
The Eco Festival was a massive public event under our Erasmus+ project, Sustainably Yours. We wanted to put the spotlight on green living, youth leadership, and getting the whole neighborhood moving on environmental action.
Over in Lithuania, the festival kicked off on December 17, 2025, right here in Vilnius. We got young people, teachers, and neighbors together for a full day packed with practical green ideas and fresh thinking. Everyone jumped into interactive games, presentations, and projects run by the youth themselves, focusing on mindful shopping, cutting trash, and small daily habits. Plus, it was the perfect chance to show off what we’d achieved in earlier project phases, letting the youth tell their stories to get the wider community inspired.
Then, Bulgaria took the stage on January 28, 2026, over in Etropole. The event brought local youth and key town stakeholders together to talk about shared environmental duty and civic action. Through hands-on workshops and debates, they dug into real ways to fix sustainability in their own schools and neighborhoods. The festival gave these young people a loud microphone to pitch their ideas, forcing a real dialogue with the local community.
In both countries, the Eco Festival was basically a huge celebration of youth power and green action. It brought kids and their communities way closer, got everyone talking about the planet, and left people actually wanting to stick with these eco-friendly habits for the long run.
5. Young people meet decision makers
The final event of Sustainably Yours rolled out in both Bulgaria and Lithuania, bringing young people, school staff, and city officials into the same room to talk about youth-led action plans for a much greener future.
- In Bulgaria (Etropole, March 4, 2026): The youth took the floor to pitch their own projects on trash sorting, saving power, and building green spaces. They talked face-to-face with local decision-makers and municipal staff, getting real feedback to turn these student ideas into actual town projects while setting up a shared roadmap for the coming months.
- In Lithuania (Vilnius, May 27, 2026): Held at Vilnius Lazdynai School under the title “Sustainable Youth”, students showcased their environmental proposals to make their school and local neighborhood way more sustainable. This sparked an open debate with city officials on cutting waste, energy efficiency, and how to get the rest of the neighbors to care.
When it was all over, this final milestone built a solid bridge between the youth and the people in charge, proving that these guys aren’t just waiting around they are ready to lead the change.
Final project booklet
