Erasmus+ Mobility of Youth Workers

Aim

The aim is to train people to broaden their scope and think of innovative solutions to widespread problems. Train active change makers in sustainable architecture and natural building, connect change makers, upgrade the infrastructure of our food forest school.

Funding

This course is co-funded by the European Union through the Erasmus+ framework.
We are deeply grateful for this and we thank the Greek National agency for their great support and their work.

Critical Co-Construction

Planned dates: 21 June - 6 July 2021

In this 14 days workshop in our food forest in the South of Peloponnese 32 youth workers from Greece, Italy, France, Portugal, Denmark, Spain and Finland, will come together to learn about sustainable, social building principles and participatory design.

Goal of the youth worker training will be to assess the current stage of the existing infrastructure and the needs of the community space that is at the same time functioning as an interactive participatory all day all ages school.

The participants will, through the guidance of the four extremely skilled mentors coming together from all over Europe, assess and analyze the structures and the space and figure out the needs of the school. They will dive deep into the theory of urbanism and the philosophy of space and the interrelations of building, structures and how they influence the behavior of the people using the space.

We are very grateful to collaborate for this training with our partners :
Critical concrete from Portugal, Octop´us from France, Teatro Sol y Tierra from Spain, Palma Nanna and Inner Voice from Italy, GEN-Finland, Hawila project from Denmark.

Impact

capacity building, connecting people, improve skills of all involved, bring precious knowledge to our regioin and influence to regional and national surrounding of all involved participants and partner organisations

For who this is

- For youth workers from Greece, Italy, France, Portugal, Denmark, Spain and Finland
- No age limit

Activities

The training is guided by the amazing team of Critical Concrete, a non-profit organisation from Portugal, that focuses on sustainable construction while engaging innovative materials while involving young people, students and residence in a participatory design process with further implementation. The mentoring team will consist of a group of skilled mentors from all over Europe working in different organizations with a focus on sustainable building, participatory design and social architecture brought together by Samuel Kalika, artist, designer, founder and director of critical concrete. Each day they will address a different aspect of sustainable and social architecture (research on sustainable and ecological building methods, thermal comfort, vernacular construction, urban food forests, social urbanism and participatory design processes etc.)

Sustainable & Social Architecture

We will learn important skills on how to do natural constructions by applying sustainable and social Architecture methods under the guidance of Critical Concrete from Portugal, while developing the infrastructure of our food forest school. Furthermore, they will learn how to cover the needs and create healthy elements in harmony with the space and the desired outcome with ecological methods. Particular emphasis will be put on up cycling materials in order to combat problems of waste and the use of materials that are innovative in construction and architecture like the use of mycelium as an insulation.
But also the use of traditional materials will be examined and local resources will be engaged.

Trainers

Samuel Kalika

Founder of Critical Concrete and developing socially engaged artistic projects since 2010.

Laurane Coonaert

Founder of Les débris-colleurs, a young architect who strives to apply practical and sustainable solutions. The purpose of the Association is to promote, study, create, experiment, innovate, develop and share the knowledge of eco-construction and alternative ways of living. It aims to support citizens in the development of their construction project by providing them technical expertise, sustainable advice and workforce, necessary for the realization of their project.

more trainers to be announced..

Important Info for Participants

Call for Participants

Info Pack

Link to apply

Covid Strategy

Our aim is to hold the course without a mask, without risking our safety.
People arriving in Greece have to undergo a COVID test. This is a national regulation and does not depend on us. It though means that you as a participant will have been tested for COVID 19, and we can rely on this test.
If you will be tested positive, you will not be able to participate in our course, we will though support you to find a place to stay in Greece until you can travel back to your country.
To ensure that from the moment of your COVID test until your arrival in our farm there has been no risk of COVID infection, you will have to practice social distancing and wearing a mask and gloves and not expose yourself to a threat of infection.
Once arrived in our place, there will be no more risk of COVID infection. No people from outside are coming in close proximity with the participants of the course, so can rest assured there is no risk.
Because these times are very uncertain and we can not foresee if it will be really possible to do the course, we have to stay as agile as possible. Therefore, make sure not to book your flight earlier than 3 weeks before the course begins, to be sure the course will actually happen and when you book, make sure to book a travel ticket (flight, train, ferry, etc.) that will reimburse you in case we have to cancel the course last minute. We can´t reimburse your ticket if the course doesn´t happen. Also we can´t reimburse your travel expenses if you are excluded as a participant because of a positive COVID test result.
If a participant shows symptoms of COVID-19 during the course, we might insist on him wearing a mask and undergoing a COVID test that we will pay for. If the test result is positive, we will make an apartment in the nearby village available where the participant can be in quarantine.