Is your country not yet represented with an interview? Have you collected valuable experience with specific environmental topics or problems in your country?
Have you conducted or participated in environmental projects or have advanced knowledge of a specific topic?

Then let your voice be heard, become part of the eurotope.net project and share your experiences, thoughts and knowledge with other young people!

However, before you go about writing an article, please contact the eurotope.net team and let us know on what topic or country you would like to write an article.

The same applies, should you have any questions or need help. Do not hesitate to contact us!

Here you can find some advice on how to write an article or interview:

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INTERVIEW:

As short as possible (less than 1000 words)

Should be suitable for young people aged 15-25 years

Should not use unnecessary expert terminology

The following information is essential:

About you
Please introduce yourself with your name, age, hobbies and what you are currently doing (e.g. studying). Please also add a photo of yourself, should you agree that it appears on the website alongside your interview. The photo should preferably be attached as a digital image.

About your country:
Where do you come from? Please tell some general things about your country (e.g. what your country is famous for). What is the state of your home country’s environment? Please tell us also about the nature and environment in your country. Which environmental problems exist? How are they tried to be solved? If available, please attach some interesting photos of your country. The minimum requirements for the size of digital images are: at least 700 pixels (width).

About your organisation/your work:
What are you or your organisation doing to fight the environmental problems of your country? What motivated you to work voluntarily for the environment?
What projects are you working on to protect the environment, raise awareness etc.
Which of these projects proved to be the most successful? (This is the part, where you could tell about your lessons learned/best practices to inspire other people of the environmental youth movement!)
What could you recommend young people for their environmental youth work?

What could people do?
How could youths from other European countries help to protect the environment of your country? (E.g. in border-crossing issues such as river protection, trade with natural products, climate protection, bird migration etc.)


INFORMATION CHAPTER ON ENVIRONMENTAL TOPICS (Eco-Topics):

• As short as possible (less than 2000 words).
• Should be suitable for young people aged 15-25 years, who not necessarily have heard anything about the topic before.
• Should not use unessential expert terminology.
• The provided information should not only be specifically applicable to one country, but rather be generally applicable to reality.
• Because of the limited size of the information chapter, it should only give a general introduction to the topic (emphasis on the relevance for youth interested in Sustainable Development), but arise interest in the people reading it, to learn more about the presented topic.
  If at hand, please provide us with links to further information (documents, websites etc.) and photos on the topic. The minimum requirements for the size of digital images are: at least 700 pixels (width).
• The title of the topic should be catchy, meaning you might provoke with your title to reach the curiosity of the reader.
• Provide your contact details, so people can contact you, if they want further information and a photo of yourself, if wanted.

BEST-PRACTICE-EXAMPLE:

• As short as possible (less than 2000 words).
• Should be suitable for young people aged 15-25 years, who not necessarily have heard anything about the topic before.
• Should not use unessential expert terminology.
• The information on the project example should enable the reader to the same idea (at least in a basic style) to launch his or her own successful project. Even unsuccessful projects are important to be published so that we can all learn from it.
• Please define the topic your project is about.
• Provide your contact details, so people can contact you, if they want further information.
• The title of the topic should be catchy, meaning you might provoke with your title to reach the curiosity of the reader.
• Please explain, what makes or made your project special (methodology, actions, way of advertisement, topic etc.). If at hand, please provide us with links to further information (documents, web sites etc.) and photos on the topic. The minimum requirements for the size of digital images are: at least 700 pixels (width).