ACTIVITY PROGRAMME FOR A YOUTH WORKER MOBILITY

1. YOUTH CHANGEMAKERS TRAINING:

Learning and Sharing about Ecological Sustainability, Community Resiliency, Economic Sovereignty & Personal Agency
1. Mas Franch SCCL, SPAIN Applicant
9. Plan It Be It (PlanBe), CYPRUS
2. The Spanish Network of Transition Towns (REDTE), SPAIN
10. eTRI Development Cooperative, SLOVENIA
3. The Regional Department of Education of La Garrotxa, SPAIN
11.. EuroTeam, GREECE
Participating
4. Art of Transition, NETHERLANDS
12. Beyond Barriers Association (BBA), ALBANIA
organisations
5. Continuous Action (CA), ESTONIA
13. Istanbul Provincial Directorate of Education (ILMEM), TURKEY
6. Project New Discoveries (PND), PORTUGAL
14. Bugday Association for Supporting Ecological Living (Bugday), TURKEY
7. Comitato d'Intesa, ITALY
15. Utilapu Halozat Service Civil International, HUNGARY
8. ECOntACT, ITALY
16. Ouvre Tte, FRANCE

Activity n

Venue

Duration

City

Country

Start date

End date

Activity
duration

Travel days

(excl travel)

Sant Feliu de Pallerols, Girona

SPAIN

02.09.2015

03.10.2015

32 days

2 days

Activity Programme
Timetable

Activities

Non-formal & Informal learning methods used

DAY 1: Welcome & Introduction to YCT

AM
PM
PM
PM

Participants arrive during the morning, in time for lunch

Relationship/Network building begins informally during lunchtime

Introductions of Participants & Trainers

Popular education game (Pass the Chicken name game)

Popular education (Earthquake! Who am I, Who are you? introduction game)

Welcome to Mas Franch

Participatory tour of Mas Franch & sustainable installations (strawbale meeting

hall, natural swimming pool, green roof, compost toilets, thermal panels, etc)

Introduction to YCT and small feedback about "on-line" module

preparation phase

interactive presentation of four modules of YCT and their objectives

Group Draw (The Learning Expectations Tree)

DAY 2: Foundations of Social & Ecological Change (module 1.1)

AM

PM

We, Changemakers

Active Reflection (personal and group)

Mindmapping (participants' change paths up until present day SEP2015)

Theories of Change

Group Draw (The Three Theories of Change)

Group Discussion (in small groups and then in one large group)

Social Change Issues

Small group work according to social, economic, political, cultural issues

Popular education game (You name it! to share small group findings)

Art & Creativity for Social Change

Small group art activity (The Art of Change)

Group Draw (Change Sculpture)

DAY 3: Community Building & Creative Leadership (module 1.2)

AM

PM

Community Resiliency

Small group discussion & Group draw (The roots of resiliency)

Large group presentation and discussion, sharing past participant experiences

How to Build Community

Social theatre (Community at the Heart)

Creative Leadership

Individual & Group Draw (Qualities of a leader)

Popular education (Harnessing our creativity as leaders)

Group Facilitation Basics

Popular education (Pillow Toss decision making game)

Review & practise (The facilitation model, Hand signals game)

DAY 4: Permaculture Principles & Introduction to Permaculture Design (module 4.1)

AM

PM

Permaculture Principles & Ethics

Popular education & group discussion (Permaculture Jeopardy game)

Popular education (The Web to explore principles & interconnectivity)

Permaculture Design Patterns

Group discussion (Identification & reflection on natural design patterns)

Popular education (The Science Behind the Patterns game & reflection)

Zones & Sectors

Big group popular education (Moving Within the Design to explore example)
Small Group pratice (Different examples of design application)

Integrative Project Design I

(Intro to Design of Ecological Projects)

Group practise (First steps in the Integrated Project Design technique)

DAY 5: FREE DAY!

AM
PM

Participants have the option of staying at Mas Franch or visiting nearby

touristic sites, such as volcanoes, castles, medieval villages, the Costa informal reflection through personal time
Brava, Girona, etc.
informal learning through cross-cultural socialising

DAY 6: Holistic Worldview (module 2.1)

AM

PM

Personal Worldview

Individual Draw (Web of Life I, significant life events & how participants
perceive and understand them)

Systems Thinking

Group discussion (Principles of systems theory)

Smalll group practise (Practical applications of systems thinking)

Indigenous Worldviews & Deep Ecology

Popular education (Spider Web, Pass the stick)

Big group discussion (Connections between Systems -Indigenous&DeepEcol)

YCT Worldview

Small group share (Sharing elements of Web of Life)

Group draw (The Group Tree to identify the common worldview of YCT'ers)

DAY 7: Reconnecting with Nature (module 2.2)

AM

PM

Our Natural Environment

Indigenous education (Medicine Wheel to explore personal ecological ethics)

Group trip to volcanoe (Medicine Walk to explore natural environment)

Personal Reflection

Individual draw (Personal medicine wheel)

Labyrinth Gardens

Group walk around an existing labyrinth vegetable garden

Group work (Build a small labyrinth garden)

Personal Reflection

Individual reflection (Write, draw or build your reflections on nature)

DAY 8: Transformation of Consciousness (module 2.3)

AM

PM

Purposeful connections

Individual Draw (Web of Life II, finding the connections between all the
elements identified in this exercise)

Leverage Points

Popular education (Leveraging Power to Making Change game)

Individual reflection (Web of Life III, finding leverage points for change)

Positioning for change

Group discussion (How to position yourself for change)

Individual reflection and draw (Web of Life IV, identifying next steps)

Integrative Project Design II (Personal Projects)

Individual reflection & draw (Integrative project design for personal project,
and connect to Web of Life results)

DAY 9: Personal, Community & Global Health (module 2.4)

AM

Personal health awareness & practise

Individual draw (My body)

Paired reflection (My body)

PM

Collective health awareness & practise

Social forum (Group Constellation of Health & Wellbeing)

Group discussion and reflection (Group Health & Wellbeing)

Community health frameworks & pracitises

Popular education (Community health tree,with EU focus)

Small group sharing (Local health practises, with cross-cultural focus)

Planetary health understanding

Social forum (Planetary Constellation of Health)

Group discussion (Leverage points to address planetary health problems)

DAY 10: Personal & Social Engagement & Empowerment (module 2.5)
AM

PM

The spirit of activism

Individual reflection (My reason for doing social & ecological change work)
Paired reflection (Activist motivations)

Connecting personal change to social & ecological change I

Popular education (The barometer of change)

Small group sharing on personal positions on the Change-o-meter

Connecting personal change to social & ecological change II

Popular education (Weaving patterns between person and community)

Group discussion of patterns identified

Reflection & participatory evaluation

Individual reflection (Medicine Wheel, to structure reflections)

Participatory evaluation (Medicine wheel to collect group key learnings)

DAY 11: Green Building & Retrofitting (module 4.2)

AM

PM

Eco-House design

Small group mindmapping (key elements of designing an eco-house)

Big group activity (understanding key concepts through a real-life model)

Bioconstruction techniques

Group discussion & sharing (History and techniques around the world)
Small group mindmapping (Technical design considerations )

Bioconstruction techniques

Group discussion & sharing (Adapting design to specific climates)

Practice on ecobuilding design(Different practical examples)

Health & comfort

Group discussion (Health & comfort of an eco-house)

DAY 12: FREE DAY!

AM
PM

Participants have the option of staying at Mas Franch or visiting nearby

touristic sites, such as volcanoes, castles, medieval villages, the Costa informal reflection through personal time
Brava, Girona, etc.
informal learning through cross-cultural socialising

DAY 13: Communication & Embracing Diversity (module 1.3)

AM

PM

Interpersonal Communication I

Social theatre (Person to Person)

Small & big group discussion (The six communication styles)

Privilege, Power & Diversity

Individual Draw (Power Flower to explore power & privilege for each person)
Popular education (Embracing diversity to start exploring diversity in group)

Group Processes I

Social theatre (Group ranks and roles)

Group discussion (Group ranks and roles)

Group Processes II

Group Draw & Discussion (Power Flower to identify group power, priv & div)
Active reflection (My role in a group to identify personal power, priv & div)

DAY 14: Communication & Conflict Resolution (module 1.4)

AM

PM

Interpersonal Communication II

Social theatre (Up, Down, Up!)

Small group discussion (Main challenges per communication style)

Emotions and Energy

Popular education (The Emotional Battery)

Big group discussion (The Emotional Battery)

Conflict Resolution I

Popular education (How to Cross the River game)

Big group discussion (Conflict resolution strategies about tools &techniques)

Conflict Resolution II

Popular education (Sharks, Sardines, & Dolphins game)

Big group discussion (Creative conflict resolution - deeply explore technique)

DAY 15: Empowerment, Facilitation & Consensus (module 1.5)

AM

PM

Facilitation Models for Empowerment

Popular education (Figure out the Puzzle for facilitation modes)

Small group discussion (Facilitation Model for Pers, Soc & Ecol Change)

Empowerment & Facilitating for Change

Social theatre (You Can! to empower groups to decide & act together )
Group discussion (tools & challenges when facilitating social & eco grps)

Consensus I

Popular education (Pillow Fight! game)

Small group discussion & share (What is consensus)

Consensus II

Small group sharing of experiences (Consensus challenges and solutions)

Big group discussion (How to reach consensus)

DAY 16: Learning & Community Engagement (module 1.6)

AM

Learning without Borders

Individual reflection (Personal learning styles, Organisational learning)

Popular education (Learning without Borders game)

Local & International Solidarity

Community, Regional & International Networking I

Group game & work (roots of solidarity, local & regional networking)
Intro to Networking Programmes & Platforms (computer progs online&offline)

PM

Community engagement strategies I

Small group brainstorm (community engagement strategies)

Group discussion & sharing (community engagement strategies)

Community engagement strategies II

Small group work (practical application of one community engagement

strategy with cross-cultural focus)

DAY 17: Project Design, Management & Evaluation (module 1.7)

AM

PM

Community, Regional & International Networking II

Personal mindmaps & profiles (Finding the right network)

Online virtual creation (Create network skeleton platform for YCT youth)

Horizontal project management

Group Mindmapping (Fractal organisation of project structures)

Small group practise (Horizontal project management strategies)

Integrative Project Design III (Social Projects)

Art-based project in pairs (Poster Presentations, to consolidate learning about

project design & management for innovative social projects)

Participatory monitoring & evaluation

Group practise of participatory monitoring & evaluation technique, Most

Significant Change (What's your most significant YCT from this module?)

DAY 18: Shifting the Global Economy to Sustainability (module 3.1)

AM

PM

The 6 big challenges of the Global Economy

Popular Education (Global Imbalance Jeapordy game)

Group discussion (The six big challenges of the Global Economy)

Debt & Fiscal Objection

Group discussion (National debt & implications on public budget)

Small group work (Fiscal objection)

Footprint & Cost

Popular education (My footprint)

Small group discussion (Reducing the footprint)

Micromagnitudes & Sustainability

Group discussion (What are micromagnitudes)

Group discussion (Econonomic sustainability & economic sovereingty)

DAY 19: FREE DAY!

AM
PM

Participants have the option of staying at Mas Franch or visiting nearby

touristic sites, such as volcanoes, castles, medieval villages, the Costa informal reflection through personal time
Brava, Girona, etc.
informal learning through cross-cultural socialising

DAY 20: Right Livelihood (module 3.2)

AM

Wealth & Livelihood

Popular education (Rich & Poor game)

Small group mindmapping (Local Wealth & Livelihood Pathways)

PM

Social enterprises & Cooperatives

Group discussion (Characteristics of Social enterprises)

Group discussion (Cooperative Models)

Community Economic Wellbeing

Social theatre (Needs & Haves)

Small group discussion (Community Economic Wellbeing)

Home & Alternative Businesses

Individual mindmapping and paired sharing (Purpose, skills & resources

needed, exchange/currency systems)

DAY 21: Local Economies (module 3.3)

AM

PM

Currency Flows

Popular Education (Global to Local game about currency flows)

Small group draw & share (Currency flows at community level)

Trade & Barter Economies

Group trip to a local Trade & Barter project

Lunch with project members (informal learning through socialising)

Gift & Time Economies

Group trip to local rural Town in Transition (economic alternatives)

Euro & Local currencies

Group discussion with local alternative economic projects (Euro & Local
currencies)

DAY 22: Community Banks, Currencies, Legal & Financial Issues (module 3.4)
AM

PM

Banks, Money & Stocks

Ethical & Coop Banking

Popular Education (Grow! game to represent economic growth of big banks)

Small group charting (Comparison chart of big/int'l VS ethical/co-op banks)

Forms of Property

Social theatre (Mine, yours)

Small & big group discussion (Forms of Property)

Rights & Responsibilities

Small group draw (Tree of Rights & Responsibilities)

Group discussion (Excercise Rights & Ensure Responsibilities are Met)

Social Security & Minimum wage

Small group sharing (Social security & Minimum wage in my country)

Popular education & discussion (Connect the dots about SocSec & MW)

DAY 23: Economic Values & Projects (module 3.5)

AM

PM

Emerging Values

Popular education (Line-Up and Measure values game)

Small group discussion (Shifting & Rooting Values)

Integrative Project Design IV (Economic Sovereignty)

Individual mindmapping (Proposal to reduce economic footprint)

Group share (one key element of an alternative economic proposal)

Community Power in the Global Economic Architecture

Group discussion (EU economic architecture & community power)

Group discussion (Advocay & International Organisms)

Reflection & participatory evaluation

Small group share (Perspectives on Economic Systems & Values)

Group round (Name the Value, quick round of one word each)

DAY 24: Gardens & Agriculture (module 4.3)

AM

PM

Food Sovereignty

Popular education (The Food Network game)

Group discussion (Main characteristics of food sovereignty)

Earth Fertility

Small group work & sharing of techniques (Earth fertility & Pollination)
Practical small group work & sharing of techniques (Biofertilisers)

Vegetable Gardens & Cereal Fields

Practical group work & sharing of techniques (Species-annuals & perennials)

Practical group work & sharing of techniques (Guilds-symbiotic association)

Animals & Pastures

Group trip to local farm (Pasturing animals, taste test milk & cheese)
Group discussion & sharing of techniques (Animal-crop associations )

DAY 25: Applied Technology (module 4.4)

AM

PM

Appropriate technology

Popular education (Fuel It! game on fossil fuels, industrialisation & tech)
Small group discussion (Appropate technology possibilities)

Energy

Popular education (Energy Cycles game, followed by discussion)

Small group draw (Sustainable energy models)

Infrastructure I

Popular education & group discussion (Imagining a sustainable society)

Infrastructure II

Small group practice (Design the application of a transition to a current town)

DAY 26: FREE DAY!

AM

Participants have the option of staying at Mas Franch or visiting nearby

touristic sites, such as volcanoes, castles, medieval villages, the Costa informal reflection through personal time
Brava, Girona, etc.
informal learning through cross-cultural socialising

PM

DAY 27: Water (module 4.5)

AM

Harvesting Water

Group discussion (Water cycles)

Practial experience (Observing and following waterways)

Key Lines

Group discussion (Key line technique)

Small group practice (Design applications)

PM

Grey, Black & Industrial Water

Small group draw (History and current situations)

Group share & disussion (Challenges and solutions across Europe)

Natural Wastewater Treatment

Group discussion (Techniques)

Popular education (Playing in the pond)

DAY 28: Climate Change & Forests (module 4.6)

AM

PM

Microclimates & macroclimates

Group observation (Walk to the top of the mountain)

Group debate (Human influence)

Forest Ecology

Group observation (Return through the Woods)

Group discussion (Forest Ecology)

Edible Forests I

Group discussion ( designing steps)

Group trip & observation of local Edible Forest

Edible Forests II

Popular education activity in pairs ( place to species in the list)

Group discussion (smalll and large scale edibles forests)

DAY 29: Restoring Nature (module 4.7)

AM

PM

Biomimicry

Popular education (Pattern puzzle solving game to learn biomicry patterns)

Individual reflection & draw (Extending the pattern)

Disaster Rebuilding

Group discussion (Climate change)

Small group practice (Prevention and response, to natural & human-causes)

Urban regeneration I (Transition Towns)

Group trip to an urban Town in Transition

Popular education (Transition Town game)

Urban regeneration II (Transition Towns)

Paired walk in neighbourhood in transition (Scavenger Hunt game)

Group discussion (Sharing observations & connections to home towns)

DAY 30: Guided Integrative Design (module 4.8): planning for follow up activities
Individual draw (Mindmapping)
Individual draw (Integrative project design, outline)

AM

PM

Integrative Project Design V

(Final Social & Ecological Change Project)
Individual Projects, to be shared in small groups and then with whole
group

Individual draw (Integrative project design, fill in)

Feedback in groups (Individual Project Designs)
Individual draw (Integrative project design, final steps)

DAY 31: Design Presentation (module 4.9)

AM
Presentation of Designs of all Participants

Group presentations of small group project designs to peers and trainers

Reflection & participatory evaluation

Popular education (Switch & Talk! paired reflection game)

Popular Education & Group Draw (Round the Garden evaluation activity)

PM

DAY 32: Reflection, Evaluation & Closing

AM

PM

Personal Reflection

Personal Reflection (Draw, write or do activity to guide reflection)

Paired reflection (Major learnings)

Learning Consolidation

Popular education (Four Seasons game to gather major learnings)

Group round (one major learning)

Evaluation

Most Significant Change (one story of one most significant event in YCT)
Group discussion (Group stories, Find common&uncommon experiences)

Awarding Certficates & Closing of Training

Group reflection (Quiet and reflective)

Group celebration (Loud and celebratory)

ONGOING ACTIVITIES during the whole training

(usually planned for evenings but could be added to the daily program if needed)
1) Presentation of the participants organsisations
2) Intercultural nights: presentation of the participant's country
3) Presentation of participant learnings and feedback about the "online preparatory module"

LEGEND & LEAD TRAINERS

Days for Introduction, Closing or Rest
Days related to Module 1: Facilitation & Community Engagement
Days related to Module 2: Indigenous & Systems Worldviews
Days related to Module 3: Alternative Economies
Days related to Module 4: Permaculture Design

Lead Trainer: Anna PUJOL

Lead Trainer: Erika ZARATE
Lead Trainer: Arcadi OLIVERES
Lead Trainer: Oscar GUSSINYER