Sunday, 01.09.2013- 1st day of the conference
The room is clear and light, the view is framed with big green trees. Five people are working in front of their laptops, some others are scurrying around, sorting material, chatting or doing handicrafts. We have collected kilos of potatoes, tomatoes and salad from local farms today. Balloons dangle from the ceiling. The wall is stuck with “to do lists”, posters and conference schedules. Team members are preparing the check-in procedure and some are fetching the first participants from the central station in Bonn.
Sunday, 01.09.2013- 1st day of the conference
The room is clear and light, the view is framed with big green trees. Five people are working in front of their laptops, some others are scurrying around, sorting material, chatting or doing handicrafts. We have collected kilos of potatoes, tomatoes and salad from local farms today. Balloons dangle from the ceiling. The wall is stuck with “to do lists”, posters and conference schedules. Team members are preparing the check-in procedure and some are fetching the first participants from the central station in Bonn.
This is how the last hours before the conference starts looks like.
The Youth Future Conference starts today. We have worked over ten months now, the team has constantly grown, we spent hundreds of hours in front of our pc and spent the weekends gathering in beautiful locations to plan and discuss about the conference.
Last week I woke up and asked myself: why? Why did this team invest so much time in this conference? Why did the motivation never break down, there was never a spirit of giving up and why did we do this in the beginning anyways?
I collected some voices of team members where I asked them, why they invested so much time to organize this conference.
“I want the topics of sustainability to gain in importance within Europe. That´s why I worked so hard!” (Richi)
“Because I am convinced that the young generations have to contribute to and participate in the societal change. Young generations have to stand up and raise their voice!” (Therese)
“I have experienced the last conferences of Youth Future Project as a participant and wanted to ensure this incredible moment for other young people, too. That´s why I worked so hard for this conference.” (Anna-Lena)
“The Youth Future Conference creates encounter and a meeting space. Within this encounter arises the energy for change.” (Philipp)
“The first step is necessary for change. Otherwise nothing happens. The Youth Future Project is doing these initiative steps.” (Manuel)
These are some of the reasons. By now almost all participants arrived at the youth hostel. They checked in, got to know each other and the opening ceremony has started. Over 35 Nations are represented at the conference. Some participants have travelled for days to come here and attend this event. We welcome everyone and are grateful for your participation.
The spirit is amazing and you can nearly grab the urgent wish to get started and get active.
So let´s get started. Tomorrow we will put on the economic “glasses” and take a look at the workshop topic from a technical and economical perspective. The Laureates Anwar Fazal, Alyn Ware and Georg Winter are supporting the workshops, together several experts and speakers.
We are the next generation of sustainability.
Check out our daily reports and the homepage.
This is how the last hours before the conference starts looks like.
The Youth Future Conference starts today. We have worked over ten months now, the team has constantly grown, we spent hundreds of hours in front of our PC and spent the weekends gathering in beautiful locations to plan and discuss about the conference.
Last week I woke up and asked myself: why? Why did this team invest so much time in this conference? Why did the motivation never break down, there was never a spirit of giving up and why did we do this in the beginning anyways?
I collected some voices of team members where I asked them, why they invested so much time to organize this conference.
“I want the topics of sustainability to gain in importance within Europe. That´s why I worked so hard!” (Richi)
“Because I am convinced that the young generations have to contribute to and participate in the societal change. Young generations have to stand up and raise their voice!” (Therese)
“I have experienced the last conferences of Youth Future Project as a participant and wanted to ensure this incredible moment for other young people, too. That´s why I worked so hard for this conference.” (Anna-Lena)
“The Youth Future Conference creates encounter and a meeting space. Within this encounter arises the energy for change.” (Philipp)
“The first step is necessary for change. Otherwise nothing happens. The Youth Future Project is doing these initiative steps.” (Manuel)
These are some of the reasons. By now almost all participants arrived at the youth hostel. They checked in, got to know each other and the opening ceremony has started. Over 35 Nations are represented at the conference. Some participants have traveled for days to come here and attend this event. We welcome everyone and are grateful for your participation. The spirit is amazing and you can nearly grab the urgent wish to get started and get active. So let´s get started. Tomorrow we will put on the economic “glasses” and take a look at the workshop topic from a technical and economical perspective. The Laureates Anwar Fazal, Alyn Ware and Georg Winter are supporting the workshops, together several experts and speakers.
We are the next generation of sustainability.
Check out our daily reports and the homepage.