By addressing the desertification of the Sahel and the international Great Green Wall initiative, this project seeks to engage and mobilise young people in Brittany around climate issues and their social impacts.

• Project launch: 2024.

• Project sites: Brittany (France), Senegal and, if possible, other Sahel countries.

• Audience: ages 15-18 (high school students).

ochre : SAHEL region / green : route of the GREAT GREEN WALL
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Development plan:

• screening of the film The Great Green Wall.

• encouragement of debate and establishment of discussion groups leading to action,

• presentation or development of sustainable projects by the young people involved,

• intercultural and international exchanges with young people from partner schools in France and Africa.

Objectives

The idea is to introduce the little-known theme of the Great Green Wall to high school students in Brittany, in order to:
- raise their awareness of the climate challenges affecting the world, and particularly Africa,
- involve them in greening projects through exchanges with young African students,
- engage them in a forward-looking approach to international solidarity.

Project Partners in Brittany

• INTER+VALUE

• Fédération française des clubs pour l'Unesco (FFCU – French Federation of UNESCO Clubs)

• UNESCO Clubs and eco-delegates from:

- Bertrand d'Argentré High School, in Vitré (Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany)

- Simone Veil High School, in Liffré (Ille-et-Vilaine, Britanny)

- Saint-Joseph Bossuet High School, in Lannion (Côtes d'Armor, Britanny)

- Marcellin Berthelot High School, Questembert (Morbihan, Brittany)

- Joseph Loth High School, Pontivy (Morbihan, Brittany)

Our Green Connection was selected and part-funded as part of Solidaires Pluriels, a support programme for projects focused on Education for Citizenship and International Solidarity (ECSI) implemented in Brittany by the Réseau Bretagne Solidaire (RBS).

Action-Oriented Objectives

Young people are expected to be agents of change by:

• organising and taking part in debates,

• initiating sustainable projects,

• building concrete connections with their peers in the Sahel.

Expected outcomes

• increased awareness of the topics addressed,

• adoption of more eco-responsible behaviours (both environmental and social),

• promotion of international solidarity,

• active youth engagement across all these areas of action.