2024 at Youth Supporter
Upcycling Supporter for Social Good
Highlights
- Innovation in Recycling! This creative solution demonstrates the potential for repurposing materials and encourages a shift towards more sustainable manufacturing practices.
- Promoting Environmental Education! The program serves as a platform to raise awareness about single-use plastic and its environmental impact.
- Social Integration! By locating the project's headquarters within the skatepark, the program helps break down barriers to access skateboarding.
- Empowering Youth Through Sports! Volunteers have the opportunity to directly impact the lives of young individuals by assisting them at the skatepark
- Environmental Impact: Volunteers play a vital role in transforming 1.4 kg of single-use plastic. This initiative directly combats plastic pollution and promotes sustainable practices.
- Innovation in Recycling! This creative solution demonstrates the potential for repurposing materials and encourages a shift towards more sustainable manufacturing practices.
- Promoting Environmental Education! The program serves as a platform to raise awareness about single-use plastic and its environmental impact.
- Social Integration! By locating the project's headquarters within the skatepark, the program helps break down barriers to access skateboarding.
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About the program
Turn plastic into skateboards, ping pong paddles, and beach tennis rackets, fighting single-use plastic while promoting social integration at a local skatepark!
Our upcycling project aims to combat plastic pollution by converting hard plastics, mostly bottle caps collected from local restaurants and schools, into sports items like skateboards, ping pong paddles, and beach tennis rackets. This initiative not only tackles environmental issues but also creates ...
Typical day
A Typical day would be:
After the initial orientation, you will have an afternoon shift at your placement and will work for approximately 3 to 5 hours per day. Please note that start times and daily workload depends on the project that you are participating in.
08:00 | Breakfast begins at Impact ...
Free-time activities
Lisbon is near the beach, near the mountain and is a great starting point to get to travel the rest of the country.
Enjoy climbing in Arrábida, festivals all around the summer, diving in Peniche, Hiking in Monsanto, visit some of the best museums in Europe in Lisbon and Porto, join for a Horse ride ...
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Meet your organization
ImpacTrip
Agency - founded in 2015
Verified by Volunteer World
Coordinated by
Cristiana
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