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…
“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…
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.
ERASMUS+ Youth Exchange at Sieben Linden, a German ecovillage How can I live sustainably? What does sustainability mean? Are there any other people that think like me and want to take care of themselves and our planet? To explore sustainable lifestyles and different methods on sustainability 24 young people from France, the Netherlands, Slovenia and…
ERASMUS+ Youth Exchange at Haus Sonnenwald, a German eco-community in Black Forest What is it like to not only be offline for 10 days, but also to completely do without digital media? What does that actually include? And how does it feel to experience this with strangers in a community? In the countryside – without…
Once again, under the Yes to sustainability network, young people by heart, youth workers, from 10 countries gain an opportunity to discover and co-create leaders in themselves during training on Zavod Veles in Slovenia. Topics we explored together were sustainability in practice and as an inspiring learning space, public speaking, toxic leadership and qualities of…
“Intense world issues are flowing through us. To make peace happen in the world, we need to work on our own issues deep inside. To pacify our relationship to ourselves, to others, to our society. Thanks to acceptance of our emotions and shadows, we can let energy flow, so we can step into our power…
The seventh youth exchange of the international project “Yes to sustainability” took place this time under the name “Youth on Earth: Yes we (c)are” in ZEGG. 30 young people from France, Slovenia, Spain and Germany met from 25 August to 3 September at the ZEGG Ecovillage in Bad Belzig.The aim of the project is to enable young…
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…
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…