Planet Youth
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The official launch of Planet Youth in the Western Cape, South Africa brought 600+ people together in Mitchells Plain. 49,094 Grade 8 & 9 learners had taken part in the Planet Youth Survey (89% rate). Upstream prevention in action. #PlanetYouth #YouthVoices
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💙 Today is #InternationalYouthDay. This year’s UN theme, “Local Youth Actions for the SDGs and Beyond” , reminds us that change starts close to home. To all young people: thank you for your ideas, courage, and hope. You are shaping a better world. 🌍✨. #PlanetYouth
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Upstream prevention is growing in the Western Cape. 124 schools, 47,886 Grade 9 learners, ~90% response rate. Planet Youth’s CKO visited in June as data collection wrapped. Final reports coming mid-August. Thanks to the YeBooners, Planateers & all involved. #PlanetYouth
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Bucharest just completed its first Planet Youth survey—8,000 students, 60 schools, and a strong local commitment to prevention. 🇷🇴. Our CKO spoke to Scoala 9 about upstream prevention. #Planetyouth #Preventionispossible.
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„Îți spun «nu» pentru că te iubesc” a fost mesajul care la finalul anilor ‘90 i-a adus pe islandezi împreună ca să scadă consumul de alcool, tutun și droguri la adolescenți. Ca și noi, până atunci...
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🌎 Planet Youth welcomes new partners: First Nations of Na-Cho Nyak Dun, Selkirk & Little Salmon Carmacks in Yukon. Next to launch: Vitalité Health Network – Région Nord-Ouest (NB) & Blackfalds (AB). #PlanetYouth #Firstnations# #Canada #YouthWellbeing #preventionisPossible
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2026 Planet Youth Conference. 📍 Reykjavík | 📅 6–8 May 2026.After a great 2025 event, we’re excited to welcome communities and partners back to connect, share, and lead sustainable change for youth well-being. More info coming soon. #PYConference2026
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It was an honor to welcome @NormaPensado, Ambassador of Mexico to Denmark and concurrently to Iceland, for a visit to Planet Youth. We’re grateful for her interest in our prevention work and the chance to exchange on creating healthier environments for youth. 🇲🇽🇮🇸 #PlanetYouth.
Acompañada d Cónsul honorario de 🇲🇽en🇮🇸me reuní con miembros de Planet Youth, modelo islandés d prevención de adicciones con enfoque comunitario centrado en la acción a largo plazo y la coordinación entre familias, escuelas y comunidades. 61 municipios en 🇲🇽 ya lo están aplicando
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RT @NormaPensado: Acompañada d Cónsul honorario de 🇲🇽en🇮🇸me reuní con miembros de Planet Youth, modelo islandés d prevención de adicciones….
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Planet Youth was invited to accompany the President of Iceland on a state visit to Canada. Planet Youth has started to work with partners across Canada, but the visit also served to exchange knowledge and discuss further cooperation with Public Health Canada.
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Our conference in Rome has just come to an end. We were extremely happy to meet the interested guests from 17 nations of the world and to discuss with them youth substance use prevention. Meet us in Iceland in March 2024:.
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Planet Youth researchers have been investigating the effect of COVID-19 on the mental health and substance use of youth in Iceland. Their findings are now available in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
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Save the dates 3rd and 4th of May 2023, for the annual Planet Youth Conference taking place in Rome. Registration will open soon: #preventionispossible #planetyouth
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Join us this September in Reykjavik for the Planet Youth Conference 2022 – Creating a better future for Youth - based on the Icelandic Prevention Model. All information is here: .Watch the video from our last on-site conference:
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We opened the registration for the Planet Youth Conference in September. Venue: Grand Hotel, date 14th to 16th of September. Limited availability:
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Planet Youth had the great opportunity today to give a keynote lecture on the Icelandic Prevention Model at the 13th Nordic Public Health Conference in Reykjavik. Given by our talented Margret Lilja. @maggalilja #NPCH2022 #planetyouth #preventionispossible.
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RT @tolonen_hanna: Youth in Iceland focuses on the social circumstances of young people and through that infludencing their behaviour. #NPH….
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Our Communication Director Thorfinnur Skulason travelled to Edinburgh and gave an overview of the role of parents and the changes that can be done in the environment of children to reduce the likelihood of substance use for the Winning Scotland Charity and our Scottish partners.
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The Planet Youth team is both proud and honoured to have signed an agreement of understanding with authorities in the state of Guanajuato Mexico to hold an International Congress for Youth Prevention in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024. @diegosinhue @PlanetYouthGTO
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The mayor of San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca in Argentina, Gustavo Saadi launched the formal implementation of the Icelandic Prevention model by Planet Youth, and two of our employees Patricia Ros Garcia and Nicolás Barreiro presented the model in Argentina on this occasion.
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TV 2 from Fyn in Denmark visited us the other day. They were exploring the difference in the drinking culture of young people between Iceland and Denmark. Their result can be seen here below: @tv2fyn
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