Erasmus+ Mobility of Youth Workers

Dates: 18 - 28 September 2023

Location: Saint-Geniez, 04, France

The aim of this 10 day project is to involve youth workers in the fight against global warming by disseminating various skills and knowledge. We will put in place formal activities such as permaculture conception (ethics and principles of design / design elements into a system, / zone and sector analysis), hydrology (water management principles, design for water and how to apply it in the ZESTE project), keyline design, water caption and storage. Concepts of agroforestry will be introduced with our horses such as dynamic rotational grazing in order to develop farming as a soil regenerative tool.

About the organisers

The ZESTE for "Zone d'Expérimentation Sociale Terrestre et Enchantée" (Terrestrial and Enchanted Social Experimentation Zone) was created on December the 3rd, 2021. This cooperative company allows us to carry the diversity of our activities, including the "School of the Living"’s workshops, accommodation, seminars, catering and agricultural activities, under a single structure!
The "School of the Living" / ZESTE aims to offer different types of workshops in the field of artistic, political and ecological practices. Agricultural activities are being developed on a 50ha piece of land through horse breeding and market gardening in agroforestry and edible forest according to the principles of regenerative agriculture. The catering activity links agriculture to the "School of the Living" since all the vegetables and fruits that we grow feed the trainees during the workshops.

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.

About the venue

All of the project's teaching sessions and workshops will take place at «L’Ecole des Vivants » (School of the Living), a community living space located in the french Alpes de Haute Provence, on a 50 hectares domain at an altitude of 1300 meters. Our eco-site is based on agricultural activities and hosting seminars and training programs in the field of the arts, politics and ecology.
This eco-place has a capacity of hosting forty people. The cook and professional kitchen make it possible to transform vegetables from the garden to feed participants with quality local products during a seminar. In the team they speak fluent French, English, Spanish and German.

For who this is

This training is dedicated to social workers, youth workers, trainers, educators, NGO leaders and professionals who carry out a sustainable or social project. It will gather 5 participants from each partnering country, including Greece.

Contribution

We ask for a contribution of 40€ to support the resources allocated for sending participants.

Important Info for Participants

Info Pack

Link to apply

Partner organizations

Pospolitost pre harmonicky zivot - Slovakia
GEN Ukraine - Ukraine
Associazione di Pormozione Sociale Kora - Italy
The Southernlights - Greece
ACT Malta - Malta