Workshops for the Klima Agenda

Environmental sensitization of their every day way to the VHS. Give them the possibility to express their needs and wishes and formulate concrete solutions for a change in this area. Basic aim is to show that they can participate and express their needs 

Duration (hours)6 hours
Aims of the activityenvironmental sensitization of their every day way to the VHS. Give them the possibility to express their needs and wishes and formulate concrete solutions for a change in this area. Basic aim is to show that they can participate and express their needs 
Description of Participants / Target Group6 Participants – 3 (women) from Afghanistan, one (male) from Syria one (male) from Austria;  2 male, 4 female; all between 20-30 years old
Activities Carried OutIntro short; What is it all about and what is the aim of today’s Workshop Brainstorming:
What do you associate with climate change
Video: watch and talk about it (the video itself was, although a documentary from German television) 
Debate on the video
What do the participants understand (vocabulary: they understood a lot)
3 circles:
what have I done
What am I doing           >            against climate change
What will i do

Work on concrete suggestions for Klima Agenda
Feedback (6 questions)Feedback questions 1) The participants were interested but felt ‘they cant do so much’ ‘interesting and will think about climate change /environemental issues more often’ 2) became ‘aware, what I am already contributing’ 3) ‘be more conscious and try to be more open to programs or projects for participation’ 6) ‘thanks for doing a program like this, it was fun and better than normal class’ ‘I enjoyed to discuss and think about the topic’, ‘thank you for asking what we think’
Reflection on Impactworkshop setting was fine and participants interested and wanted to participate. They were motivated to bring in their ideas. They were inspired to think about the topic, ask for more options to participate on a local level

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