Title: TASK: Take Action!
Course: GG 22/23 Leuphana-Copy > Section: 2.5 Youth Participation // Sustainability

Participation has many facets. It might mean sharing your thoughts, identifying problems and discussing possible solutions. This might even lead you to help implement brilliant ideas to improve living conditions for humans and non-humans in your city and/or community.

1. Review the materials below and reflect on the areas of activism you find most relevant today.

Then discuss with your group members:

- Where do you want to start and acquire experience in participation? (at school, in your community, or with an NGO?)

- What is the most effective form of participation? (lobbying, demonstrations, signing petitions, boycotts, campaigns, ...)

- Do you prefer individual activism or collective activism?

[fa-files-o] Materials and resources:

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The Four Roles of Social Activism
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5 Types of Activism - Human Rights Career
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How to be an activist | The Economist
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The Greta generation - youth activism around the world | BBC Monitoring
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Want to be a youth activist? Here are some tips | CBC Kids News

2. Now it is time to identify problems that your school or community are facing in relation to climate, energy and sustainability:

a. Identify problems
Identifying problems is an act of leadership. Look around you and ask yourself: what might people need? What should be changed or improved?
- List your results on the board.
- Discuss how urgent and relevant they are and prioritize them.
- Which one would you tackle?

b. Study the problem to understand it in depth.
Frame the problem by figuring out its origin, causes and effects. Discuss how you could refine the solution so the problem becomes clearly scoped and manageable.