The Associação 5 Elemento (5elemento.org) was founded on December 19, 2008, by the will of
its founders to maintain and foster a structural project to promote the environment that were not
surrendered to corporate interests and which might be of interest to ordinary European citizens
(in general) and European youth (in particular).
The experience acquired by 5 Elemento Team (leaders, members and collaborators) on other
civic projects has ensured successful association management skills, civic education and
implementation capacity that surely contribute to the success of this project. Our knowledge
of the institutional reality was obtained through many years of volunteering in schools,
organisations, pilot projects, specific actions and awareness raising campaigns.
A5E’s mission is to promote the environment and sustainable development through active
participation of the human being in a relationship of harmony with nature. Our vision is that
European citizens, mainly young people under 30 years old, using the human, cultural and civic
resources gathered by A5E, become proactive actors in their communities. This view is related
to our intention to create an entire base of operation of the association using our virtual platform
on the website www.5elemento.org as a sustainable, environmentally friendly and dynamic tool
to link society and all those who wish to be a part of our team.
A5E has as purpose the promotion of sustainable development by protecting and enhancing theenvironment, the natural and built heritage and nature conservation. We conduct ourselves by the following values:
- Participatory democracy;
- Intercultural Learning;
- Multidisciplinary approach;
- Partnership-oriented and networking;
- Solidarity;
- Responsibility;
- Transparency;
- ICT as an essential tool.
