The youth leaders team and the coordinator of the project are preparing all the details and the activities for the next youth exchange! They are ready! From the 2nd to the 16th of May, 25 young people from Netherlands, France, Italy, Turkey and Spain will achieve Valdepielagos ecohousing to enjoy together and discover how the…
Evaluation from RIVE “From I to the We: Yes to Sustainability!” (3rd-13th of May, Hallingelille, Denmark) From the 3rd to the 13th of May, six young Italians left for eco-village Hallingelille in Denmark, with the purpose of “tasting” some bites of community life. Since three years, RIVE’s International Team researches and creates inter-cultural and educational…
RIVE evaluation about Lakabe Youth Exchange “Yes to Sustainability – FROM I TO WE” Youth Exchange Spain – Lakabe Ecovillage in Navarra From the 1st to the 8th of October, another “Yes to Sustainability – FROM I TO WE” Youth Exchange took place in Spain, at the Lakabe Ecovillage in Navarra. RIVE, as partner organisation,…
RIVE organization wrote this beautiful report from Slovenian Exchange dont miss it! “From I to the We: Yes to Sustainability!” (8th-16th of August, Svinijsko, Slovenia In August, six young Italians started off to the Zavod Veles eco-village in Slovenia. Together with other young people from the Netherlands, Slovenia and Spain they experienced 8 days of…
Spain – Lakabe Ecovillage in Navarra From the 1st to the 8th of October, another “Yes to Sustainability – FROM I TO WE” Youth Exchange took place in Spain, at the Lakabe Ecovillage in Navarra. RIVE, as partner organisation, sent 7 young people aged 18 to 30, together with other youngsters from the Netherlands and…
From the 1st to the 9th of October, we had our thrid Youth Exchange of the year in Lakabe community, one of the oldest ecovillage in Europe. Lakabe was an abandoned village squatted 37 years ago in 1980. During 9 days young people from Italy, The Nethelands, Germany, Basque Country and Spain were doing different…
Here a beautiful video from Slovenian Youth Exchange in Zavod Veles! Thank you Manouk Eenig, Aday López , Lars van Dorsselaer and all those who created it! Thank you Petra Jazbec and all Zavod Veles Family and team! It looks so nice! Soon, some of us will meet in Sieben Linden ecovillage to design more…
PROGRAM? Mornings: Hands on practical activities on low impact ways of living such as: construction, landscape management, permaculture gardening, picking wild plants with community members. Some of these activities will be done with locals. Afternoons: Exploration time, workshops and intercultural activities between the group and community members and self-development exploration time in groups. WHERE? Lakabe…
By Lars van Dorsselaer Arrival and first day On Monday, after a warm welcome by a long term volunteer at the station of Sevnica, we drove towards the Ecofarm Zavod Veles in Svinjsko, Slovenia. Arrived there at 23h00, I got introduced to other participants and the owners hanging out by the campfire. Shortly after, I…