Sustainablilty as a lifestyle!

The project is based on the principles of sustainable development, but focuses on the individual, believeing that every individual can change the fate of the planet. Sustainable lifestyle habits when formed young help ensure continuation later in life.

The main purpose of the project is to use an existing English language programme and create on that a program for promoting sustainable lifestyle's that corresponds to Estonian needs. There are following sub-objectives:

1) Change consumer behaviors in school and at home.

2) Promote so-called lifestyle contract

3) Show young people that they can affect change through their lifestyle and choices.

Project consists of:
1. Workshops in schools - adressing individual behavior through information and practice followed by a two week period of real activity marked down in the lifestyle contract so that the students would become more aware of their current behavior and ways they can change it. 

2. Creating a programme guide in Estonian and Russian. Based on English language material provided by the original creators of the programme, Peace Child International. A working group of experts and young people will be put together for the development of the programme guide with the help of Peace Child Estonia.

Project is intended as a pilot project with extensive follow-up activities already planned.