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…
From 17 to 24 June 2022 the Cr-I-TO-WE-ty youth exchange took place in the Torri Superiore ecovillage involving 24 participants from 4 countries (Italy, France, Slovakia and Spain), accompanied by 4 group leaders and a facilitator. After a long period of separation and physical distance due to the pandemic, the participants were able to explore…
The aim of this project was to co-create between the participants a safe space of trust, authenticity, love, sensuality, mutual support, respect, where we could follow our inner truth and experience ourselves in a group.
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…
Between December 12-17 we gathered at Sieben Linden to attend an Erasmus+ training course about the European Solidarity Corps (ESC) program. When 28 people from 11 different countries come together anything can happen. Snowy afternoon walks around Sieben Linden, inspiring and open-hearted people, dedicated and experienced facilitators, sauna and the cool down dips in the…
Let’s Cooperate 2.0: The Way for an Inclusive and Sustainable Society was the second edition of a Youth Exchange organized by the association COE – Centro Orientamento Educativo within the Erasmus+ Programme with three other european partners: Las Ninas del Tul, Stichting Liberta Care and Logos Ngo.Between the mountains and lakes, participants coming from Poland,…
The Sustainability in Youth Exchanges Brochure is a fantastic and open-source document that aims to help young people organize their first Youth Exchange or Mobility sustainably. The Yes to Sustainability team, in collaboration with Nextgen put a lot of care, attention and hard work into creating the document, and it is such an amazing resource…