The StoryLiving project is coming to an end. The partnership invites you to its final hybrid event in Brussels – with some partners and guests on site and others connected online. The event entitled “Autism and Mental Health Disorders: Innovative…
Here is an excerpt from our upcoming e-book for youth workers on critical thinking and conspiracy theories: Conspiratorial thinking is all about mistrust – distrust in authorities, in mainstream media, in what “most people” think. If you are to help…
Partners are busy working on the Critical balance e-book. The book will try to shed a light on the different aspects of why young people end up believing in conspiracy theories, and how to help them to get a more…
The Critical Balance Conspiracy Map identified some tools for promoting media literacy among the youth. When it comes to digital learning, there are mobile apps, videos, interactive resources, and games There are also learning methodologies, such as critical thinking lessons becoming…
The Critical Balance Conspiracy Map is now available. Have a sneak preview into the most popular conspiracy theories among young people in Europe: 9/11: Based on this tragedy, we can distinguish two versions: 1. Claims that they were not a…
With all the main content of the Critical Balance project finalised, read about it in the next newsletter: Critical Balance 2nd NL
The SLACC partners have completed the research phase in their respective countries. This included finding out to what extent young people in Germany, Bulgaria, Italy, Austria, France, Cyprus and Slovenia are aware of climate change. To this end, each partner…
In May, the SLACC partners met for the first time in Sofia (after 6 months of only meeting online this was a real pleasure!) . Together they analysed the results of the research phase in order to derive the topics…
We are happy to announce that the project SLACC – Stop Lies Against Climate Change – was selected for funding within the Erasmus+ programme. The project intends to equip young people with critical thinking and communication skills to debunk false…
The project StoryLiving – Enabling youth with developmental disabilities & mental health disorders to share their COVID-19 experiences through digital storytelling aims at overcoming the challenges that youth with developmental disabilities and mental health disorders is facing uring the pandemic…
Urban gardening can be an excellent tool for informal education. It offers the opportunity to explore a healthy lifestyle, learn about food origins and understand natural processes. However, urban gardening is not only a way to grow your own vegetables…
Urban gardening is not only a way to grow your vegetables more sustainably, it is also a way to meet other people and acquire new skills. It offers a lot of benefits, but mostly it bonds communities. Urban gardens provide…
In the first project months the project partners have conducted comprehensive research actitvities that have given interesting insights how young people in different European countries experience the fake news phenomenon and to what extent they apply their critical thinking skills…
The EU-Team is excited about the start of a new 2-year project tackling intentional misinformation in digital technologies through critical thinking skills and media literacy. Young people today are growing up in a globalised world and are processing information from…