BE WATER WORKBOOK

BE WATER helps reducing the environmental impact of youth camps on water basins and empowering the participants and youth professionals as active players in the process and become active agents of change for the camps to maintain ecological balance and preserving biodiversity, providing habitat and sustenance for many species and ensure water resources and quality, through reduced pollution, reduced disruption of the natural water cycle, leave a positive legacy for the environment and society.

BE WATER develops a workbook for organisations and professionals active in the organisation of the aforementioned type of camps, guiding them on how to make their activities more sustainable and reduce the environmental impact. It also develops an activities toolkit for organisations and professionals active in the organisation of water-related camps to empower their (potential) participants in becoming active agents of change before, during and after these camps.

The present workbook based on desk research involving relevant literature and practices & experiences:

• identifying the needs and challenges faced by the youth professionals
• empowering young people to become active agents of change in relation sustainability/circularity.

With conducted in-depth interviews, partners delved into factual and evidence-based understanding regarding the realities of organising these kinds of events and obstacles concerning its sustainability and circularity. The other primary research forms were the online surveys, which targeted youth professionals and youth participants as well from Hungary, Spain and from across Europe. Therefore the team identified obstacles, areas of expertise, and preferences for learning resources.