Next Exchange at Lakabe Community in October 2017
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…
Zavod Veles Youth Exchange 7- 17 August
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…
Dreaming Game
One day during the exchange we were doing a dreaming game and writing down our dreams in a collective process. Each person had to write one dream in a paper and after some minutes pass the paper to the next person. These are some of the dreams that came up: “We are a group of…
HALLINGELILLE YOUTH EXCHANGE, INTERVIEW, PART 6
HOW DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT THIS EXCHANGE? I found about it via facebook. WHAT DID YOU WANT TO LEARN IN THIS EXCHANGE? I wanted to find out how an ecovillage functions, see in practice what it is. WHAT SURPRISED YOU THE MOST IN HALLINGELILLE? The zebra that lives here. DID YOU FIND IT CHALLENGING…
HALLINGELILLE YOUTH EXCHANGE, INTERVIEW, PART 5
STEFANO, 19, BERGAMO, ITALIA HOW IS YOUR INTERNAL WEATHER TODAY? Clear sky with a little breeze in the sunset. WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO COME TO THIS EXCHANGE? I wanted to explore alternatives in community living, ecological and economical possibilities. I also wanted to learn new things about myself, about others, have new experiences and…
HALLINGELILLE YOUTH EXCHANGE, INTERVIEW PART 4
KATHRINE, 24, DENMARK WHAT KIND OF INTERNAL WEATHER ARE YOU HAVING AT THE MOMENT? Fresh air after the rain. HOW DID YOU DECIDE TO SIGN UP FOR THE EXCHANGE IN HALLINGELILLE? I was looking for something interesting to do before I start my internship in July. I came accross this projec by chance and really…
Feeling at home at Hallingelille
Thursday, 11. Mai Its is thursday, and probably all of us feel already at home in Hallingelille. Everybody found the sleeping place, depending on its tastes: in the barn near the horses, in the common house, where I’ve heart they make many “cuddle puddle”, or for those of us who needed a more calm place…
HALLINGELILLE YOUTH EXCHANGE, INTERVIEW, PART 3
JUAN, 24, LAKABE, SPAIN WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY? Laughter, internal peace, the fact that I know, the people around me are happy and taken care of. WHAT DID YOU LEARN TODAY? No mettre where we come from, we are all the same. WHAT DID YOU EXPECT TO EXPERIENCE IN HALLINGELILLE? I expected to meet new…