Youth Exchange at Haus Sonnenwald, a German eco-community in Black ForestDigital detox and nature connection for sustainable living In autumn 2020 eight Germans, eight Italians and eight Slovenians went to the Black Forest to experience each other, themselves and nature, without any digital media. They are guests of the Sonnenwald Community, which has existed since March…
Training Course in Torri Superiori Ecovillage, Italy From 13th to 20th of October 24 participants from Italy, Spain, Denmark, Germany, Portugal, Slovenia, France, Finland, Sweden, Greece and the Netherlands participated in an Erasmus+ Training entitled “Young Leaders for Sustainability” organized by Cooperativa Ture Nirvane in Torri Superiore, an ecovillage in the north-west of Italy. In the training…
Training Course in Small Footprint Ecovillage, Estonia “Sustainability Youth Exchanges”: a training course to share knowledge about youth exchanges, held in Estonia from 1st to 5th September 2020 Väike Jalajälg Ökokeskus (Small Footprint ecovillage) in Estonia is a dream come true. It started 6 years ago as an outcome of the Gaia programme in Estonia,…
SLOVENIAN version below Training Course in Zavod Veles Sustainability Initiative – Slovenia A colorful summer is way behind us. And it has taken some time to really internalize and evaluate the moments that have occurred to us in the year 2019. One of such event is the “Leader in Me” training within the EU Erasmus…
Youth Exchange in the village Tarasovskaya, Arkhangelsk region find an additional article about the forests of Siberia at the bottom of the page From the 8th until the 15th of October, we spent an exciting youth exchange in the Russian wilderness. 21 participants from Germany, Spain and Russia got together in the Village “Tarasovskaya” in the Arkhangelsk…
SERBIAN and HUNGARIAN below! Check out this 90 seconds footage from local television! At the beginning of December, we have been participating in a marvellous and powerful international training course in Amalurra, Spain. The project was funded by Erasmus+, and it was about Toolkit for young leaders in ecovillages as a part of Yes to sustainability projects. Youth from…
From 24 to 30 October 2019 the “Training Course: creation of Youth Exchanges on sustainability, applying theatre and music as a tool” was held at the Ecohousing of Valdepielagos, for the writing and management of Erasmus + Youth Exchanges (YE). The Training was designed and realized by Manuela di Folco, Alejandro Guidotti and Maria Luisa…
Youth Exchange in ZEGG ecovillage – Germany This EU-funded (ERASMUS+) youth exchange took place for the second time in the ecovillage ZEGG in Bad Belzig. 34 young adults from Italy, France, Germany and Spain met from 23rd of August to 2nd of September to network and jointly research topics such as sustainability, alternative lifestyles and…
Alice from Italy tells us: It was a little over a year since I first came to Tempo di Vivere and since I participated in my first Youth Exchange at Findhorn in March 2018. At that time something really big happened, of which only now can I really give an account. We are now all…
Alejandra from Spain tells us: The authenticity of a clear look, of a sincere embrace, of a kiss of nature. The immensity of feeling yourself so small above a blanket of stars. The life that breathes you, that caresses you, that wants nothing else but that you live with all your cells. The freedom to…