Two study visits to VJF projects in Berlin! From its very beginning, the Vision to Action Training on Impact and Sustainability in Berlin was envisaged as an interactive event, where theory would be interwoven with practice and where outside activities would complement the ones taking place indoors. After the theoretical discussion on the notion of IVS impact in the field of sustainability, Friday afternoon began with two study visits to VJF projects in Berlin. The participants were divided in two groups – one going to a distinctive recycling facility and the other to a specific environmentally-oriented school. The group that visited the recycling facility learned a lot from the interns and volunteers working at the place. The facility is supposed to offer a possibility for people to bring raw materials or broken/unneeded/obsolete things that would otherwise be thrown away. The facility then either repairs the objects or offers them as raw materials for people who come to buy them at low prices, mostly for artistic purposes. At the end of the theoretical part of the visit, participants had a chance to create small artwork themselves, using otherwise unnecessary materials such as tires and cardboards. The other group went to a school with an environmental focus, which includes workshops, a garden, animals and actions to reduce energy usage in the school. The workshop room is a peaceful space in which children are instructed by using creative and action-based methods. In the garden, each class has it’s own plot where the pupils learn how to grow vegetables. The animals in the school include a school dog, school guinea pigs, with occasional visits of sheep that live at a nearby inner city farm. It was a really inspiring visit which gave us all some new ideas to take back to our home countries and sustainability projects! For more information about the CCIVS training in Berlin and the Vision to Action project in general, please visit our BLOG: https://vision2actionblog.wordpress and/or follow us on TWITTER: https://twitter/ccivs_volunteer
Posted on: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 14:09:30 +0000
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