Weaving the Future & Empowering Sustainability

Weaving the Future & Empowering Sustainability

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…

GRAIN & SENS
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GRAIN & SENS

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,…

Empowering young people through ESC projects
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Empowering young people through ESC projects

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…

Youth on Earth – Yes We (C)are, 2023
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Youth on Earth – Yes We (C)are, 2023

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…

Earth & Heart Training in Lübnitz, Germany
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Earth & Heart Training in Lübnitz, Germany

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…

Digital Detox in Community Youth Exchange
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Digital Detox in Community Youth Exchange

“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…

TPM6 – Celebration of an incredible project and carrying the flame forward

TPM6 – Celebration of an incredible project and carrying the flame forward

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…