Europe's Youth: Fostering green ideas with cooperatives
Channel: Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung
Date: 19/11/2013

The 27-year-old Pieter Ploeg from Sweden was one of the young speakers at the conference "Europe's Future - Europe's Young Generation" (October 19th, 2013) at the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Berlin.  
Presenting his inititive "Summer of Soil" in Järna, Sweden, Ploeg exemplified how green ideas may be able to transform rural regions towards greater solidarity. With exhibitions, workshops, and a conference on "Living Soil," his cooperative rises consciousness about the importance of sustainable soil without any funding. "Politicians work for us, we need to tell them what to do for us", says Ploeg.

Marina Petrovic came from Croatia to present her work for the United Nations Development Programme that is rising awareness for cooperatives in the field of renewable energies. Petrovic is convinced, that the idea of the German "Energiewende" can be adapted for the Croatian energy market, while including the people in the process of building renewable capacities in the sunny country.  

More on the conference on: 
www.boell.de/Europas-junge-Generation

Interview: Jelena Nikolic