PROJECTS
The tools and tricks are common sense
- simple to wield
- designed to make it fun, because good spirit is key!
- rewarding results
- allowing for creativity
Their use enriches daily life
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These projects are active, or ready for activation
If you want to see youth empowered, get involved!
Be part in bringing them to your region and the world.
The challenge
- We tell them in exciting ways
- reaching into schools, public, workplaces, online
- enabling action
- supporting hero*ines
YOUTH-LEADER Magazine
is a positive news magazine about solutions and changemakers, telling the story of the rise of the Change Generation, in real-time, with many unique aspects that make an enormous difference for relevant impact.
We publish like no one else, and everyone should read this weekly – especially young people, teachers and caring citizens:
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- only pure and high impact solutions
- focus on youth leadership, at and beyond school
- telling today’s teen hero*ines’ adventures as they unfold, over years, interacting with the audience
- columns of the world’s creative visionaries
- change generation music and art
- with instant action opportunities
- featuring news, stories and achievements of global youth, teachers and citizens boosting youth leadership and positive changes in Change Generation RISING
so that readers can be part, turn into users, contribute and get published.
We publish in various formats for greater reach :
- online magazine
- print on-demand; for schools, cafes, canteens, waiting rooms …
- 12-page micro-magazines; flyers / brochures; for seeding in one’s community
- table mats for family restaurants
- poster style for wall displays at school and in public
We employ young and adult volunteer writers,
to live their passion with purpose, in personal touch with today’s hero*ines reaching into schools and public, where no one else reaches, making it a highly rewarding experience.
We train “positive news media culture”,
inform on the science behind youth leadership and active citizenship, and highlight leading positive news publications on the planet.
Inspired by the experience, some of our volunteer alumni have changed their field of study and moved into journalism.
- writer, editor, web editor, layouter
- share stories both ways
crowdfund
invest in 1 year operation: 48,000 €
The challenge
People only see bits of information, lack overview how things fit together, and how problems in society can be solved.
I explain things in casual, common sense language, and enable people to get involved.
Youtube Channel
[focus : knowledge transfer, for sharing online]
I can’t bear listening to the nonsense and abominations that I read, see and hear on media and from people. Also, I see how people benefit when I explain things. And I want the world to know of hero*ines, and join their ventures.
So, I call in wonderful people for some fun time, to talk about solutions, give people hope, empower them, and to promote everything YL to the world.
It’s not my priority choice to spend even more time in front of camera and screen. So please pay attention and be part.
- contribute to shows
- share on social media
tell the world about it with articles, interviews
back me on Patreon
The challenge
But they are left isolated and empty-handed.
We equip them with humanity’s finest solutions, tools, methods, support and changemaker community, with much fun and benefits.
Change Generation RISING
[focus : youth action, high impact student clubs]
CG RISING is a year-round training and learning program that all inspired folks can join to unfold their powers to the max, equipped with 400+ actions of 100+ hero*ines, and backed by a powerful, like-hearted global tribe.
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Adult Allies have important roles to play as YL Volunteers, Boost! Club members (support financially, in-kind, activate workplaces and citizenry), teachers and partners.
Designed like an adventure reality game, players start with a crash course tutorial, and then go on monthly missions following their favorite hero*ines’ example. Each hero*ine has an action guide with level 1-4 actions, simple to advanced for greater impact.
There’s plenty of tools for presentations, poster exhibits, flyers, workshops, “meet-ups”, “live” coaching, hero speakers, field partners and curricula, for action at school, online and in public space, with guidance to team up with local partners, gain media presence and have the time of their lives.
Warriors gain badges for completed missions, credits for impact and headlines made, level up every 3 missions, and their chronicles develop into a visual CV of Awesome. At season’s end (school semesters), we gather online for celebration, storytelling and honors. Badges and patches are shipped by surface mail.
During holidays, warriors are welcome to visit hero*ines as guests and volunteers. Others join YL Summer Camp. Others run their own activities, or take time off.
CG RISING is the ticket to a life of awesome, massive impact through scaling best practices, and a good future for everyone involved. With YL Warrior Clans at every school, the future will be fine.
- join as youth
- as adult volunteer
tell the world about it
invest in 1 year operation: 48,000 €
The challenge
We unite them – on holidays and summer breaks.
YL Summer Camps
[focus : unite active teens with grand changemakers for awesome trainings and experiences]
Imagine you are a fired up youth active in CG RISING running world-changing projects with your class- and clubmates. What will you do during holidays? And what do they think about summer camps with hero*ines? “I wanna be there!” – and we make this possible in the most magical ways imaginable.
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- with magically skilled crew, hero*ines, surprise guests
- also parents, adult allies and YL Volunteers
in the spirit of ‘Discover the Planet : Protect the Planet
… for a life-changing experience with a mix of
- hikes, rafting, yoga, bodywork
- storytelling, learning, workshops
- bringing own projects and causes
- bonding, planning new campaigns
… and participants will stay connected through changemaking projects in the CG RISING program.
Can it get any more epic?
- join as youth
- join as crew
- fund a camp and stipends for youth
- in-kind : provide camp space
The challenge
Young Hero*ines need financial and in-kind support.
We connect them in exciting ways.
The YL Boost! Club
[focus : fonations, funding]
is a co-creative crowdfunding community that
- boosts global teen and twen hero*ines with donations, funds, in-kind support, open doors, teaming up for projects, and even visits
- boosts local youth leadership by seeding media, giving presentations, and supporting inspired youth teams with everything that local partners have
in exciting, unprecedented ways.
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We provide lots of tools, inspirational stories and media, tricks, ideas for in-kind support.
We provide a unique, lively experience:
- see impact unfold on hero*ines’ social media
- meet-up “live” on video
- celebrate achievements, Q&A
- bring in own ideas and resources
- plan what’s next
which makes everyone involved really feel their agency, creates a wonderful bond, enriches daily life, creates so many stories to share with friends and family, and opens up wonderful opportunities for years to come.
There is enormous potential for taking high impact solutions to inter/national levels, spark new ventures, activate citizens, local youth leadership, generating local positive news, boosting mental health, and a sense of active citizenship.
Let’s unleash it. Every person, every group of friends, every school, every city matters, since each will reach many others.
- donate to hero*ines and YL programs
- help in-kind
- activate friends
- join the team, spread the news
- invest in your city
tell the world about it
The challenge
Young changemakers are flexible, like entrepreneurs, and need financial and in-kind support.
We connect the two, with guidance.
YL Field Partners
[focus : long-term project cooperation]
Some of our hero*ine friends make fantastic partners for schools, and citizen groups that like teaming up for recurring donations and FUNdraising.
*A very special experience* :
- genius people whose approach makes big impact
- support takes it to the next inter/national level!
We literally experience shaping history and the future!
- open to trying out new interactions
- you can bring in own ideas
- we meet live online, you can even go visit
We also offer working on starting new initiatives. Exciting!
- join a project
- recommend a Field Partner
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The challenge
We connect with outstanding changemakers, and add options to get involved.
YL Speakers
We promote outstanding young and adult changemakers, global experts and YL Staff to those aware that “we have a planet to save”
- in person, via video
- to schools, events, cities
- for speeches, workshops and campaigns
with exciting follow-up opportunities
with resources to prepare, study, even take action
- to enable a vivid conversation
- to liberate time for anecdotes, ideas
- to enable contributions, give back
- to celebrate common achievements
- to enable follow-up, also self-organized as student club
thereby going far beyond anything lukewarm edutainment. We meet because we have a planet to save!
- book a speaker
- tell a good teacher
- recommend speakers to events
tell the world of won-derful hero*ines ready to help youth and teachers do good
The challenge
We provide self-learning materials and resources for different user groups that inspire and guide through activities.
Crash Courses for Adults
Citizens want to take action, professionals want to use it, citizens wish to help – but they need guidance.
These tutorials and crash courses introduce people to many facets of youth leadership and guide them through the rich resources, tricks and possibilities with YL … in fun, exciting ways, exploring multimedia, taking swift actions online and onsite, and reflecting on the experience.
It changes worldview and you’ll know : “Wow, I have my hands full of tools to evoke an enormous lot of changes.”
Where else can you experience this? So dig in!
YL TUTORIAL
CRASH COURSES
You want to take action, professionals want to use it, citizens wish to help – but they need guidance. I don’t want to spend my whole life in chats with people, so I designed tutorials that give a rapid insight to all the tricks, magic, vision and possibilities … in fun, exciting ways, reading short texts, watching short hero clips, enjoying their music, taking swift actions online and onsite, and reflecting on the experience. Here they are.
ACTIVATE YOURSELF : Crash Course for Youth
ACTIVATE YOURSELF : Crash Course for Adults
ACTIVATE YOURSELF : Key Professionals
- take your course
- tell us about your experience
- share with others
tell the world how adults can boost youth leadership
The challenge
Teachers, parents and youth wish to inspire students, but lack tools, methods and long-term support.
We provide a (self-organized) course from inspiration to forming student clubs, action and projects with hero*ines around the planet, reaching into the community.
LEVEL UP! Crash Course
for Youth Groups & Classes
This one’s really exciting news!
This 1- to 8 step course inspires youth for youth leadership, empowers them for action on their favorite causes, team up, collaborate with teachers, plan ahead, draft big campaigns, generate presence in public and media, … and self-organize year-round fireworks of 400+ actions with local and global partners. Yeah, mighty.
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Hence, this course is designed to not just “inspire”, but also to bridge the gap between inspiration and action with instant, exciting experiences of impact, agency, and unlimited opportunities ahead.
An important key in this process is to spark deep heart-centred com/passion, bundle group passion, and direct it into an action cooperation that all agree upon.
Expressing and surfing on a wave of passion … is easy for Americans, but a big deal for others, including Europeans, but we make the experience that this simple workshop works.
Also, “dreaming big” is easy for Americans, but a major reason why others fail to achieve. Also, following up with robust steps and confidence is easy for Americans, but practically unknown to others.
Since everybody’s all up for the crappy American stuff, this is the time to activate the finest aspect of American ‘energy’ in each of us, and that’s bold, badass changemaker spirit.
Stop being boring. Start being AWEsome!
How can we make the biggest epic impact, make it most fun, even make it spectacular, for even more fun, reaching even more people via national media, for even more fun, more impact, sparking follow-up ?
As always, the magical ingredient is authentic hero*ine spirit, following their roadmap to success, using 108 tricks, and inspired by dozens of visually stunning stories – draft one’s own roadmaps, ready for action. Then, more actions follow.
The course has 8 modules that build up on one another.
Each is complete and satisfying by itself.
The experience of success naturally leads to interest in learning the next trick, for ever bigger impact – through reaching milestones, activating one’s entire school, activating adults, generating public and media presence.
Bam! Bam! Bam!
It can be run in 1 intensive week or over 4, 8 weeks… and then, there’s no limit.
Upon completion participants receive an official YL Badge and access to walk the path of the Warrior in the Change Generation Rising program.
We can run this as city-wide campaign. View Coach.
- tell a good teacher
- organize a course
- call us in if you wish us to guide it
seed media packs to schools and libraries
The challenge
- Youth leadership is the way
- The place is their daily hangout : school
Teachers and students lack know-how, resources and partners, as well as finance and time.
We provide resources, tips and support to cultivate youth leadership in simple, non-formal ways.
YL at School
makes youth leadership omni-present part of daily life and learning culture, in class, on school grounds, in the community and local media. The steps are simple, taken by
- teachers
- inspired students, changemaker student clubs
using a wide range of common activities, tuned to youth leadership and high impact actions.
Schools can earn the YL School Seal.
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- ‘add-ons’ to bring global issues alive, such as solution stories, hero*ine role models, videos, music/al
- with exciting ways to make a real world impact
- and creatively contribute to the YL platform, media and community through uploading one’s creations
- LEVEL UP! Crash Course to change young people’s worldview on youth, themselves, the world, their future, life at school, the power of one, shared values
- Recognizing ‘Our New Highly Gifted’, youth that care for people and planet, and how to relate; view below
- High Impact Student Clubs unite inspired youth across classes and grades, set up a public HQ, that develops into an alternating exhibit and LearnScape serving the entire school community, and self-organize multi-faceted fireworks of action in partnership with hero*ines, teaming up with teachers to contribute to subjects, fests and projects
- Informal YL Curriculum, each teacher applies a facet of youth leadership once per semester
- YL School Seal; tick off a set of measures for gold, tree and heavens status, showing that your school is on track to nurture an able, active, caring citizenry, and that staff and parents are living up to their role as Adults.
- use at your school
- tell a good teacher, caring youth and parents
seed media packs to schools and libraries
tell the world what schools can be like
The challenge
People are willing to contribute time and skill, but can only so at their own time, via internet.
We run amazing projects, need passionate crew but have no budget.
We bring it together through simple, highly rewarding volunteering opportunities.
YL Volunteers
Inspired by Wikipedia’s approach – “harnessing skills and time for free by uniting people sharing the same passion, while enriching their daily lives” we have been involving 1,000s of volunteers since 2005.
It helps up create a lot of value with minimum financial resources, minimal personnel and office cost, and maximise impact, while growing our super friendly co-creative community, and reach around the world. It’s fun!
LOCAL YL VOLUNTEERS
This is a very rich and multi-faceted venture.
It’s up to volunteers whether they want to do a little bit, focus on their strengths, or learn and try everything. Every bit helps. We encourage you to try the full scope.
Also, volunteers
- will meet many people, partners, youth teams, friendly allies
- can form Local YL Chapters (focus on youth leadership)
- can form Local Boost! Club Units (focus on donations
and advanced volunteers can support Youth Teams.
You can also bring in own ideas. Your evolving activities, experience and relations will by most useful.
ONLINE VOLUNTEERS
- YL Magazine
- YL social media
- the YL Community
and enjoy
- the inspiring vision of interacting with hero*ines, helping them, sparking youth leadership at schools …
- friendly community of like-hearted folks
- learning of solutions and changemakers
- learning of positive news media culture
and receive certificates
They can also bring on own ideas, run regional magazine editions etc.
- join as local volunteer
- join as online volunteer
tell the world about it