Winter is approaching…
As antennae are preparing their NY events and start having their board meetings with hot chocolate and mulled wine, the EnWG wants to officially say goodbye to the last warm rays of sunshine by announcing the winning project for the Green SU award. Or should we say projects? Because in this case, it was a tie as we simply could not choose which one was better.
So, the winning Summer Universities are… [drums and suspense]…
TSU Hide n Seek in Transylvania (by AEGEE-Cluj Napoca and AEGEE-Sibiu)
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TSU Far, Far Away Kingdom III (by AEGEE – Las Palmas and AEGEE – Tenerife)
TSU Hide 'n' Seek in Transylvania
They both achieved an amazing blend of green activities with their cultural exchange program. I am sure the participants of both TSU’s had the opportunity to discover many interesting places off the beaten track, where nature still thrills and you can get in direct contact with it. They also travelled sustainably when possible and had enriching workshops, cool activities like a photo contest, and even prepared badges from recycled materials. They took the challenge to be creative in their activities and workshops and they achieved a great success, having two Travel Summer Universities where I would have loved to take part as a participant or as a helper. :)
We are also glad to mention that it was harder than ever to choose, and the reason is that again there were many other antennae which did a great job! In every corner of Europe all sorts of activities were organised, like visiting solar powered house prototypes, competing in recycling contests after the European Night, and organising excursions to volcanoes, lakes, forests, beaches and rivers. We are also aware of the huge effort all these antennae made and the EnWG wants to thank them for their collaboration in our daily task of spreading the best practices of organising sustainable events. It feels great when you can see from the pictures that the participants and organisers enjoyed these activities all the time. This is one of the aims of EnWG: showing that environmental topics are not boring but interesting for everyone, as they affect all of us and we all have something to improve.
TSU Far Far Away Kingdom III
Soon there will be a new opportunity to join the Green SUs for 2012, when submitting the Summer University description in Jan 5th. Let us present you just a small set of statistics to convince you to become part of our GREEN SU family!
A) Within the AEGEE network, 20 Green SU’s took place in 2011 (26%)
B) According to participant evaluation, the Best SU of 2011 was a Green SU! Congratulations to AEGEE-León. Two years ago the classical Green SU of AEGEE-Oviedo was also recognised as the best SU.
C) Moreover, 3 Green SU’s are rated among the 5 Best SU’s of 2011. 9 Green SU’s ranked among 20 best Su’s of 2011.
D) And one last remark: Most Green SU organisers are willing to organize a Green SU again in 2012 :)
Why not give it a try?
For any questions on how to make your SU a Green SU, address the EnWG board at enwg.board@gmail.com
Written by Miguel Gallardo, EnWG SU responsible