In: current projects, casa, News

Unfortunately, not enough volunteers came together, so we had to postpone the construction days until next spring :-/   In spring 2025, the time had finally come: with the notary appointment, the purchase of Casa inDIpendenza in Valle Cannobina in northern Italy was completed. This has created a new non-commercial, commons-oriented place for regeneration, education, politics and culture. A working group from the Berlin-based association solar e.V. spent three years working on the project, searching for a suitable property, fundraising and creating the legal conditions for the project to be established. Numerous contacts were made in the small mountain village of Gurro and the surroundingWeiterlesen

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Drugs are part of everyday life. They are consumed across all population groups. The motives are diverse: pleasure, relaxation, performance enhancement, forgetting about everyday life, expanding consciousness, dealing with problems, drug use as a form of resistance against the logic of capitalism or even a bit of freedom and self-determination in a life full of constraints. When we talk about ‘drug problems’ in the global North, we usually mean the consequences of drug use for our society. We rarely consider the consequences of this drug use for the environment and the people in the global South who cultivate, process and bring these drugs to Europe.Weiterlesen

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Im Onlineseminar am 09.12.23 (10:00 – 15:00) werden wir uns mit der kolonialen Vergangenheit beschäftigen. Unsere Leitfrage wird hierbei sein, inwieweit koloniale Strukturen, Denkweisen und Abhängigkeiten noch heute wirkmächtig sind und Einfluss auf die Gesellschaft, Politik und Ökonomie nehmen. Anhand von Beispielen der Vergangenheit wie Gegenwart werden wir in verschiedenen praktischen Methoden die Verknüpfungen der Zeiten erkunden. Das Präsenzseminar, am 16.12.23 (11:00 – 16:00) in Berlin, befasst sich mit der Frage, was die Entwicklungen und Widerstandsbewegungen im Sudan in den letzten Jahren mit der Kolonialzeit zu tun haben. Außerdem versuchen wir zu beantworten, mit welchen geostrategischen Interessen ehemalige Kolonialmächte und Akteure aus dem globalen NordenWeiterlesen

In: antiracism & migration, News, projects, past-projects

Training Minosia facilitators 21.09 to 30.09 & EduLARping on migration & inclusion 25.09 to 29.09 In late September of this year, a big Erasmus+ “double training” took place. One part of this seminar was a Train the Trainers (ToT) program for prospective facilitators of the Minosia Labyrinth method. To allow the newly trained trainers to immediately apply their new found knowledge and try out the method with a group, the second part of the training consisted of a classic Erasmus+ program. A diverse group from various European countries came together to collectively explore the complexity of migration processes, the challenges and difficulties encountered by migrantsWeiterlesen

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Foster young life in rural areas – learn from the past, create for the future Erasmus+ TRAINING WORKSHOP 29. July – 9th August 2023 in Gurro (Italy) Available (only) for residents from Italy, Germany and Austria! We invite trainers, youth workers and youth activists interested in reflecting about and bringing progress and living perspectives for young people into rural areas to apply for a two-part training workshop. The first activity will take place between the 29th July and the 9th August 2023 in the Verbania-Ossola (North-Italy) area and the second is going to follow next year in Germany. Using creative learning methods we want toWeiterlesen

In: current projects, Allgemein, antiracism & migration, News

Are you interested about migration and want to learn and reflect on its place in your history and present? Would you like to take part in a non-formal educational methodology to experience a simulation of the social, bureaucratic and political processes of migration? Do you want to acquire new tools to fight against prejudices and stereotypes that exist all over Europe?   Join our trip to Minosia! An experience in EduLarping on Migration and Inclusion   Minosia Labyrinth is an interactive role play- and simulation game on the topic of migration. It aims to raise awareness on the complexities of the migration process and theWeiterlesen