Pictures speak better than words and movies speak even better! Instead of summarizing our amazingly beautiful experience with words during our youth exchange, we show you a short video of some of the activities, great moments, nature and fun we had in Nea Kallikratia, Greece from 15th to 24th of March 2018. Hands Up for Nature … Continue reading “Hands Up for Nature” aftermovie
The day started with a briefing about YOUTHPASS, a certificate for Erasmus+ projects. We learned about the competences of YOUTHPASS and played a game during which we presented these competences with a specific way (with a song, poem, photography, theatre, pantomime, drawing, crossword, dancing). Next on our agenda was thinking about a follow-up activity or … Continue reading Introducing youthpass in detail, thinking about follow-ups and evaluating the project
After the lunch, we met to learn about infographics, how to design them and why they are useful to simply a complicated subject into a creative and joyful experience. Then we got into different groups and needed to design different kind of infographics as posters about the different topics and issues we addressed throughout the … Continue reading Designing infographics, rapping about the environment and final intercultural evening
Thursday kicked off with cloudy sky and fancy energisers. We prepared some questions and ideas in groups to be asked from mayor and the vice-mayor and then headed to the municipality building to meet mayor and other men responsible of Nea Kallikratia well-being. We asked a lot of questions in hearing room and got an … Continue reading Meeting the mayor and supporting the local economy
After the lunch groups spread into the town. One team was doing invisible theatre to raise awareness about littering and check the reactions of locals when somebody is throwing trash on the ground in front of their eyes. Other team was cleaning the channels in order not to get stuck when is raining. We even … Continue reading Time to get dirty and do some campaigning around Nea Kallikratia!
So today was THE BEST day!!! Why? Because... This wonderful sunny morning some guys started with yoga. Later on we had funny energizers. We had final preparations outside in our teams and after that we had opportunity to finish up our campaign actions that we planned to detail yesterday and decide on the final locations … Continue reading Final preparations before our campaigns
Today was an interesting day. It all started when our dear friend Kuba suffered from a sports injury, but he is a tough guy so he returned shortly. We started with presentation about campaining , types of campaign, phases of campaign and how to develop a good message. Groups were then formed and we discussed … Continue reading Learning about campaigning, brainstorming and preparing local campaigns
On the third day of the our project everyone was really excited and ready for new experiences. We already started to know each other better and we could call everyone our friend. We were working in our national groups and we had to present the environmental situation in our countries. Our tasks was to research, talk … Continue reading Exploring the environmental situations in our countries
In the afternoon we had a delicious meal in the restaurant at the centre and we had some free time to enjoy the sun and relax on the beach. During this break we had to find a partner and look for an object that had some meaning for both and was related to the covered … Continue reading What nature means to us? Talking about good and bad examples of environmental management
The day started with a small presentation about Erasmus + programme and Youthpass certificate. We got to know what is Erasmus+, what are its aims and main features, what are the opportunities it provides in the youth sector as well as who and how can take part. After the presentation we were able to ask … Continue reading Learning about Erasmus+, Youthpass and mind-mapping environmental topics
After the lunch, we spoke a bit about the background of our project and how it was developed. Then the group was split into 7 mixed teams with task to read, understand and explain to the others the objectives of our youth exchange. After that we spoke about the non-formal and experiential methodology that we … Continue reading Understanding our project, team building and NGO fashion show
Today we start the morning with a very fun energizer and game to remind ourselves of our names. The energizer was to throw a ball to any participant of the project and shout loud their name. All of us were supposed to do this, so we could hear all of the names loud and clear. … Continue reading HU4N is starting! Let’s get to know each other
Instead of boring long introductions, how about we say 'tzatziki' in our own special way! It's us, the participants of "Hands Up for Nature" and environmental friendly youth from Greece, Macedonia, Croatia, Slovenia, Portugal, Estonia, Bulgaria, Poland and Lithuania. Let's start our Erasmus+ adventure and welcome to our blog! p.s. Tzatziki is probably one of the … Continue reading Tzatziki! Meet us – the participants of “Hands Up for Nature”
Hands Up for Nature 