CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS Sailing for Sustainability Project 2012

What is Sailing for Sustainability The Sailing for Sustainability is a European-wide Global Education program activity focusing on the topic of Sustainability. The context of launching our project is the United Nation Conference on sustainable development taking place in Rio, best known as Rio+20. We decided to take a new approach on sustainable lifestyle, here around the Baltic Sea. This is why we are doing some sailing starting the 18th of June in Gdansk, Poland until the 15 of July when we will reach Turku, in Finland. Why Sailing for Sustainability Sailing is just our way to show we care! We care for what is happening to our planet and we want to promote a new lifestyle, a sustainable lifestyle. This is why we are sailing, old style, no energy consumption, no CO 2 emissions on Lovis. Lovis is a 30 meters long ship, with two masts, built in wood and steel materials but most relevant for us is that, this ship is helping us write our sustainable sailing story, make an impact, show that sustainability is achievable! With this journey we want to let people know that sustainability can be part of our lifes. Support our message by sailing with us! Our program Sailing for Sustainability We want to offer you a unique experience on Lovis. So this is why we are making this more than a sailing trip around the Baltic Sea. You will be enjoying a progress in which you will improve on your carbon foot print because you will live a sustainable lifestyle all week long! You will also share knowledge with the tutors and participants about sustainability, renewable energy or alternative economy and global education activities. So you can sail one week with other 32 persons from around the world being also passionate about sustainability, sharing knowledge and being accompanied by 3 tutors on the Lovis. This is our schedule: Date 18 June 26 June 26 June 03 July 03 July 08 July 08 July 15 July Leaving from Gdansk Liepaja Salacgriva Tallinn Arriving to Liepaja Salacgriva Tallinn Turku The theme Alternative Economy Renewable Energy Sustainable LifeStyle Renewable Energy Local Event Liepaja Salacgriva Tallinn Turku

The overall aims of the project are to raise awareness about the concept of Sustainability and to promote Global Education in Europe. These objectives will be reached through: The 25 participants joining our project;

The 3 tutors helping us improve our Sustainability and global education knowledge; The organization of seminars on different sustainability topics on deck of the Lovis; The organization of local events on sustainability in the harbors where the Lovis will dock; Overall 4 weeks of Sailing for Sustainability The future engagement of the participants in their home countries Join our cause if you want to make an impact, a positive impact on living on Earth! Who are we looking for? If you love the sea, but also love the Earth and what to find out more about Sustainable Lifestyle, Renewable Energy or Alternative Economy you are fit to join our young team. We share Lovis, for one week, but we also share knowledge, enthusiasm and joy of life. We are for one week the Lovis crew, and we shall learn how to sail the water of the Baltics with our captain, we shall learn to sail for a sustainable life taught by our tutors, we shall learn to have fun with our team and in the end we will be able to take the Sailing for Sustainability message, back home, with us and make out of it a strong voice to be heard into our local community. So if you are aged 18 30, you are not seasick, and support the Sailing for Sustainability cause find out how to join us. How to sail? We will have 25 people per week joining our cause. It is very simple. You can be part of Sailing for Sustainability Crew! All you need to do is: Write a 1 page (max 280 words) essay about Sustainability in your Life (Be as creative as you want.); Complete our Standard Application Form. The most creative 3 essays get to: Be published on our platform (www.sailingforsustainability.com); Pay no expenses for participating in our project. Expenses The participation fee it is based in a minimum and up to what you would like to contribute. for students a minimum of 40 to 150/person employed people a minimum of 80 to 200/person The travel costs of the Participants to the Sailing for Sustainability Project will be 70% reimbursed. Contact Please send your essay and the attached application form to sailing@geforum.org by the 20th of May 2012. Please indicate in the subject Call for Participants YOUR NAME. For more information on the project visit our site: www.sailingforsustainability.com For any other questions please contact sailing@ge-forum.org Jump into our Boat!