Footprints

YES participants will take part in three workshops during the YES. They will have the opportunity to state their preference while signing in on our database and we will do our best to meet those wishes insofar possible. The main purpose of the workshops is that every student shall deal with various topics and see, which footprints or impacts his/her decisions will have in these areas. In synergy with the Plenary Sessions and the YES Parliament we are giving you insight in our multisided topic.

The workshops are split in four categories which are as follows:

• Environmental Footprints
  The influences of individuals and of the whole society on the environment are many. This interaction will be analysed in depth during the workshops, particularly the influence on water, climate and resources. Understanding the interconnectivity of these eco-systems will be crucial for nature to be able to produce a sufficient amount of goods (particularly food and energy) for a still growing population.
• Socio-cultural Footprints
  Every person is born in a very special socio-cultural and natural environment. It is important to realise the impact of this environment on our personalities, as – being part of the socio-cultural environment of our acquaintances – we equally and simultaneously shape other people through our actions. The proposed workshops aim at creating awareness for this situation and thereby increasing the students competence in analysing these situations and personal developments, leading to a better ability to deal with one’s own impact.
• Historical Footprints
  History repeats itself, many people say. This statement is mostly used in the context of (historical) events that are regarded as bad, and it usually means “there is only very little we have learned from our past”. The YES 2010 participants shall get the opportunity to look more closely at the influence of historical events and see whether they could have been predicted by analysing history more closely.
• Down to earth – Footprint
  These workshops are meant to be a counterweight to the rather analytical workshop types described above. Their aim is to improve the skills of observation, description and feeling of nature and one’s own impact on it.

Each workshop will be conducted by two workshop leaders and has spots for 20 to 30 students.

You will receive an e-mail with the details of the “how-to-sign-in”-procedure.