USE IT SMARTLY! COMMUNICATING AND TEACHING PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOUR TO YOUNG PEOPLE

Over the last three years the EU-funded project `useITsmartly' focused on developing a didactical concept for communicating the energy efficient use of information and communication technology (ICT1) to and with youths of 16-20 years. The underlying idea of the project aims at capacity building and subsequent behavioural change of young people via peer education. The paper will give a short overview about the general approach of the action as introduction before it focuses on the presentation of a didactical concept developed for environmental peer-to-peer education. A critical reflection about its possibilities and boundaries follows and the authors take a look at the difficulty of designing overall concepts for countries that seemingly have very similar educational structures and show how small differences can become hindering factors. With examples from all workshops and trainings the paper includes first-hand information for educators and practitioners on attempting to work with young people on a relatively unpopular topic by using a participatory approach.