Young Eco Facilitators

Here you can find the exciting & interesting reports of ECO facilitators. They took part in the ECO Facilitator training in Máriahalom in April 2018, after which they realized their own ECO-projects.  We hope it will be a great inspiration for all of you!  

What you organized, when, where and for how many people? We oranized a permaculture workshop about sharing knowledge and experience and go through the permaculture design process in a group and was facilitating to design a veggie garden together. It was held in Etyeki Szatyor headquarters for 15 people in the town of Etyek on the 16th of January, 2019.  What were the main goals and objectives of the activity? The main goal was to get on a common platform about the basics of permaculture, what is it, why is it good, what are the main steps in the design process etc. in a frame of a mutual interactive group sharing activity. As I have some design and hands on experience I was the facilitator. Then we designed the veggie garden together which will provide seasonal vegetables and food crops for the events, visitors and volunteers during the season, made a layout of it on paper then the workshop followed by a presentation by me about my previous permaculture design work an...

What you organized, when, where and for how many people? I organized an activity within the urban colony ReCreando. It is a colony for girls and boys from 4 to 12 years old that takes place at the Honest Public School Batalón de Gijón. My activity took place on Monday, July 9 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. That day, 11 children attended: Paika, Alma, Lara, Marina, Deva, Illán, Alan, Eric, Hugo, César and Marina. What were the main goals and objectives of the activity? The activity dealt with two main topics: orientation and vegetable garden. First we made a circle to introduce the new people and tell the activity prepared for that day. Then, we started with the orientation exercises: we talked about the cardinal points, we drew a rose of the winds and we made a solar clock. About 11:30 am we took a break to recharge our batteries with a small lunch and went to play in the park where we drew a human solar clock with chalk. At approximately 12:30 we started the following exercise: the...

What you organized, when, where and for how many people? We planned to organize a local swapshop and charity-bank kind of activity in our home town, Pécs. We started with a meetup for some likeminded people (an informal group called Pécsi Zöld Fórum) in May where about 20 people showed up and exchanged ideas in open space. 2 ideas came out as favourites, one of them the swapshop activity, which was then discussed in a smaller group, facilitated by me. What were the main goals and objectives of the activity? Providing a platform for like-minded locals to give away or swap surplus goods (from used household items to hand-made things or homestead products) where your time and skills can also be offered in exchange for items. The activity helps waste-reduction by reusing and shows a positive example of how to control consumption. What were the main outcomes and results of the activity? The small group came up with interesting ideas, we actually started swapping in th...

What you organized, when, where and for how many people? I facilitated the Critical Mass Oviedo (June). This activity takes place every month, coinciding with the critical mass worldwide. Also, apart from the bike ride through the city, a documentary about the first Critical Mass was screened. It was held on Friday, June 1, in Oviedo and approximately 20 people attended.  What were the main goals and objectives of the activity? Since its inception, the purpose of the critical mass is to publicize the great advantages a greater presence of bicycles can bring in cities to mobility, society and the individual, to reduce the nuisance caused by motorized traffic: noise, pollution, traffic jams, insecurity. The idea was to raise awareness that those of us who travel by bicycle do not block traffic, we are traffic.  What were the main outcomes and results of the activity? The activity was very positive. After the documentary, there was a debate about what it means to b...

What did you organize, when, where and for how many people?  We organized a summer camp for 20 students in a village called Varsag between 25 and 27 of June 2018.         What were the main goals and objectives of the activity? The goal of the camp was to raise awareness of an eco-friendly living in urban areas. We used one activity from the eco-facilitator training, showing the roles of the different characters in the pollution. We were playing team building activities connected to the nature.  What were the main outcomes and results of the activity?  In the end, together, as a group we made a list of little daily good deeds we can do to change our living. The gathered deeds are up in our office wall, so the volunteers can see every time, they come. We encouraged them to put the list up in their own home wall and even in their classrooms. Are there any other relevant aspects related to the activity, a con...

What you organized, when, where and for how many people? I have facilitated an activity on Deep Ecology, on August 5, in a training meeting in Permaculture. This meeting organized by the Environmental Education Association "Ecoluciona", took place in a space enabled for this, called "Finca Al Limón", in the province of Malaga, Spain and we were a group of 18 people. What were the main goals and objectives of the activity? The objectives were to pay full attention to the natural environment, to connect with nature from within, to feel part of it and therefore reflect on our actions towards the respect and care of the Earth. Also we wanted to connect with our interior, to finalize an action plan, share it with the rest of the participants, committing ourselves to carry it out. What were the main outcomes and results of the activity? The participants became aware of the present and of the natural environment that surrounded them, through mindful...