Inclusion is Fusion!

Here are some inspirations to get creative for Christmas. Instead of buying new things (that are going to be wasted) we can just upcycle materials and get these beautiful results out of them: The products are made by people who are part of the project StartUpcycling (Starkmacher e.V.).

Mischa is currently doing an internship at "International Young Nature Friends" (IYNF) in Prague. Together with Henrique from IYNF, he did some research on the current situation of refugees in Czech Republic and the attitudes of Czech people towards them:  Since the start of the refugee crisis in 2015, the arrival of refugees in Central and Eastern Europe has been generally received with anger and hostility by the majority of the population. The Czech Republic is no exception. As of September 2015, 69% of Czechs were against accepting refugees from the Middle East & Africa, and only 4% were in favor of accepting any refugees permanently, and these figures are probably even higher today. This attitude is mirrored at the political level. The Czech people joined Hungary, Poland and Slovakia in voting against the EU’s plans to impose refugee quotas to distribute asylum seekers across member state, putting the Prague government on a collision course with Brussels. The UN

Future Lab - Krizevci Croatia Stefan Stosic is inspired by meeting new people from different countries. He participated at the project Future Lab in Croatia in the summer of 2017 and got motivated to make a change on local and global level. The project aims at empowering the young generation in the Danube region to rethink and reflect their role in this society and to create new ideas of shaping their future and life sustainably. Stefan is sharing his experience with us:  It was the first time for me to be in project like Future Lab and it was really exciting to meet new people from Germany, Croatia,  Bulgaria, Ukraine, Italy and Serbia.  It was my the first time to be in Croatia too.  All week we were talking about the future, ecology, today's problems and how to change something, how to make a better future for us. We have visited the farm, kindergarten, Development center and technology park Krizevci. Our cordinators were very cool and professional so we learned

Sometimes it is just hard to think of cool activities to do with youth and friends. Now, we are close to Christams, it is the time of consuming and relaxing. The winter can get quite cold and daunting. If you want to talk about sustainability, Christmas and Advent can be quite challenging. The Sustainable Advent Calendar can give you some positive and creative ideas of how to deal with this! It is completely the opposite of any other chocolate or plastic figures calendar: The Sustainable Advent Calendar actually presents 24 inspirations of how to sustain our wonderful environment. Each day from 1st until 24th of December, there is one new idea of sustainable life style which protects the environment, enriches your life, is fun to do and is very easy to put into pracice. The initiative started in 2016 and will now be running every year in Advent. Being in this time of gratitude and celebrations, it is the best time to actually give something back to our Planet Earth! So, go on