Yes to Sustainability Partnership Building Activity in La Borie Noble 16-23 November 2023 Close to Montpellier, in France, in La Borie Noble, within the serene embrace of the Arch community, 21 passionate individuals from across Europe gathered for a six-day meeting under the banner of Yes to Sustainability (YTS). The Partnership Building Activity (PBA), funded…
Yes to Sustainability – Creating youth exchanges 20th-27th SEPTEMBER 2023 We are a group of young people from various countries: France, Slovenia, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Greece, Romania, Italy & Germany. Unfortunately, we did not manage to welcome participants from Serbia, Armenia, Russia, and Poland this time. All aged between 23 and 48 years old,…
We are here at Cloughjordan ecovillage in Ireland. An inspiring ecovillage with many apple-trees and crows, inside a cute little town. It’s a place that breathes space, with many fields and forests around. The Irish people are so social and lovely, always willing to help and eager for a talk. We’re following an ERASMUS+ training…
From the 9th to the 17th of August 2023, Veles farm hosted the 4th edition of the Leader in Me training. An Erasmus+ training, within the Yes To Sustainability network, in which participants from all over Europe came together to co-create and share experiences that would give them a better understanding of leadership as well…
Imagine entering a spacious room with comfy sofas and colorful walls, with warm lights creating a cozy atmosphere. People are sitting in a circle on a red round carpet. In the middle, there are flowers and candles nicely arranged, and a circle of little items – rocks, wood pieces and leaves – around it. As…
10-24.7 2023 I traveled by train from Berlin to Bad Belzig, and at the station I already met other backpackers on their way to the same address: the “tiny house community” in the village of Lübnitz. Lübnitz was a really atmospheric village full of beautiful nature and old buildings, and there was a small cafe…
“If you put away your phone, you are open to embrace so much more beautiful things happening around you.” – Tim How is the imagination of giving up not just your smartphone, but all digital devices for ten complete days? And how does it feel to experience this with strangers in a community? Courageous young…
In April 2023, a gathering of women from Balkan countries was held in Stara Planina as part of the Balkan Earth Sisters project supported by the Reconstruction Women’s Fund, hosted by Zeleno Doba – Center for sustainable growth and development. We gathered with the aim of getting to know each other, establishing contacts and sharing…
At the end of March 2023, our team of youth workers from across Europe met in the ecovillage Hof van Moeder Aarde (Garden of Mother Earth) in the Netherlands for the sixth Transnational Project Meeting (TPM) of the current Yes to Sustainability Partnership co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme. The meeting focused on the ending of…
A PERSONAL REPORT I could talk about my digital detox exchange in Germany all day but couldn’t possibly capture everything that I have experienced. It all happened so unexpectedly and, of course, I didn’t read what it was all about when I signed up. The only thing I knew for sure at that moment was…