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November 29, 2022 New employees to the Planet Youth team Planet Youth continues its journey as a born global social innovation company. In 2022 we have hired some awesome people to increase our capacity in implementing the Guidance Program. We are now present in 16 different countries and will be adding even more next year.…

October 20, 2022 Icelandic model and the Atlantic model On Tuesday 18th of October, Bruce Fitch, the provincial health minister in New Brunswick, announced plans to setup a pilot a five-year project in collaboration with Planet Youth. At the Teen Resource Centre in Saint John, Fitch remarked “We know substance use can be a leading…

October 14, 2022 Planet Youth is the best example of integrating science and society, says the newspaper El Pais Ximena Goldberg, a reporter for the national newspaper El País, deep dives into the causes of alcohol and substance use. Looking at the necessity of gathering information to have a broad view of the state of…

October 5, 2022 Yucatan partners up with Planet Youth The Governor of Yucatan Vila Dosal announced a partnership with Planet Youth to work on changing the environment of children in the state of Yucatan for the coming years. In the first phase the methodology will be implemented in the 14 municipalities that have the largest…

The “Motivated for Life” Program has been Launched It is the implementation of the Planet Youth program that has been successful in preventing substance abuse all over the globe. Yesterday, Mayor Gustavo Saadi led the act of implementing the Planet Youth system for the prevention of substance abuse, which is developed through the “Motivated for…

April 25, 2022 Calgary Canada becomes a Planet Youth city Planet Youth and United Way have partnered up to start working with the Planet Youth methodology in Calgary. To kick the project off the CEO of Planet Youth, Pall Rikhardsson, travelled to Calgary and gave a lecture on the Icelandic Prevention Model at The Recovery…

February 16, 2022 The opioid crisis and substance youth prevention The Icelandic prevention model was mentioned as a one of the tools that could be used to minimize the misuse of opioids around the world, by The Stanford Lancet Commission in the Lancet medical journal (see February 5, 2022). The SLC pointed out that it…

February 7, 2022 Adolescent risk behavior through the eyes of artificial intelligence Today, the European Research Council (ERC) awarded Lifecourse and the Icelandic Institute for Intelligent Machines (IIIM) a grant of EUR 150,000 to bolster research into the risk behavior of adolescents using artificial intelligence methods. The grant is a follow-up to the Lifecourse project,…

January 26, 2022 National agreement with the Chilean government Today Planet Youth ehf signed an agreement with the Chilean government about continuing  our successful work in Chile. This is now a national contract reaching 331 municipalities.  In 2022 we look forward to continuing our activities and the good work being done there.  Good news for…

November 11, 2021 Introducing the Planet Youth International Congress of Addiction Prevention in Guanajuato, Mexico Planet Youth and the Government of the State of Guanajuato will host The International Congress on Addiction Prevention: “Building a better future for Girls, Boys and Adolescents “. It will be held from November 30th to December 3rd, in the…