RENEWABLE ENERGY SUSTAINING OUR FUTURE

AEGEE encourages European youth to contribute to sustainable energy consumption in Europe

European Students Forum – AEGEE – is presenting its Flagship Project 2008/2009 to Brussels stakeholders with a Youth Solar Days conference on renewable energy and the ways young people can contribute to increased responsibility in energy use in Europe.

Sustaining our Future is a two years long project initiated and carried out by multicultural team consisting of young people from different parts of Europe, aiming to raise knowledge and involvement of European youth and their communities in the topic of sustainable development.

As active citizens at the European scale, members of AEGEE see this topic as important part towards creating shared sense of European identity and integration and feel that as representatives of future generation it is our responsibility to take active role in it.

The project consists of different local and European level activities focusing of following components: European Citizenship, Education for Sustainable Development, sustainable living solutions and consumption patterns and social responsibility of European youth organisations. It will be launched with a Europe-wide action day on June 5 - the World Environment Day.

Youth Solar Days conference will offer a preview on AEGEE stands and future actions in the field of sustainable living solutions. It will take place in Brussels on May 15 – 17 and bring young people together with experts and professionals to answer the questions about current momentum for renewable energy in Europe – How is it changing economy and people's lives, how is EU reacting to this changes and how can (young) people contribute to the process – from small things they can do in their homes to reaching out to decision-makers?

Conference will be hosted by Renewable Energy House, European center for renewable energy science, industry and market, with key-note speeches from:

Adel El Gammal, Secretary General, the European Photovoltaic Industry Association - EPIA

Jan Geiss, Managing Director, the European Forum for Renewable Energy Sources - EUFORES

Lucie Tesnières, Policy Adviser, the European Renewable Energy Council – EREC.

Event will then move to Brussels Jubel Park for European Solar Days celebrations, with displays of solar energy technologies, outdoor fair, catering stands, Solar Café, street entertainment and evening concerts.

The event is sponsored by European Photovoltaic Industry Association – EPIA.

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European Students' Forum - AEGEE is one of Europe's largest interdisciplinary student associations, with 15,000 students promoting a unified Europe, cross-border co-operation, democracy, mobility and the European idea to young people through the student world.

AEGEE strives to create an open and tolerant society by involving students and young professionals in valuable projects and discussions on topics of importance for the communities they live in.

AEGEE is not linked to any political party, and being truly European, has no national structures.

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Contact:
European Students' Forum (AEGEE)
Dragan Stojanovski, Projects Director
Rue Nestor de Tière 15, B-1030 Brussels
(t+32 2 245 2300
(fax) +32 2 245 6260
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www.aegee.org