ReGeneration 2030: The Nordic Youth Movement on SDG12

Published on April 13, 2021

Join Nordic and Baltic youth in dreaming, learning and acting towards making sustainable consumption the common norm.

For the past 4 years ReGeneration 2030 has brought together Nordic and Baltic youth to meet on the Åland islands, compile their concerns, visions and demands for a sustainable future and present this to European policymakers.

Born in 2017 on the Åland Islands the ReGeneration 2030 movement provides platforms for youth and youth-oriented organisations to network, build relationships, common initiatives, campaigns and projects around sustainable consumption and production.

With the vision to make sustainable consumption and production the new norm in the Nordic and Baltic Sea regions ReGeneration 2030 works to mobilise a strong youth movement to achieve this goal.

Through a variety of projects, cross-sectoral partners and by instigating engagment of the youth ReGeneation 2030 aims to create networks of national representatives in the region that work alongside a range of national partner organisations and passionate activists.

The ReGeneration movement focuses on 5 areas of action

fostering and highlighting leadership amongst youth by knowledge sharing, education, capacity building and empowerment;
strengthening and uniting actors that share the vision across borders, generations and sectors of society;
demanding change through continuous intergenerational dialogue with relevant power holders;
building excitement and engagement around sustainable lifestyles aimed toward youth; and
facilitating action.

Learn more about the ReGen movement

Run completely by youth and volunteers the movement holds an annual summit called the ReGeneration week, which functions as an open meeting place for youth to get inspired and learn more about today's global challenges.

The summit is packed with presentations, interactive workshops, and open dialogues between sustainability organizations, businesses, academics and policy makers involved in sustainable development and SDG12, responsible consumption and production. At the end of the week the results of the workshops and discussion are synthesized into a declaration which is presented to a representative policymaker from the European Union.

The theme of this years summit will be #RethinkingtheSystem - focusing on building circular communities and production chains. Take a look at the recording of the press conference to learn more about whats in store for this years ReGeneration week.

Youth (ages 15-29) from the Nordic and Baltic countries are welcome to join the summit. Countries include: Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Germany, Greenland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Slovakia, Belarus, Ukraine, and the Åland Islands.