Inclusion is Fusion!

Rodrigo, member of Inclusion is Fusion, is a pedagogue and freelancer in the field of theatre and has been active since 2014 at schools, kindergartens, colleges, theaters and many other institutions. He teaches drama and theater methods as well as interdisciplinary scenic working forms that promote communication and interaction in the cultural and social environment. For him, it is very important to connect his educational work always with sustainability and environmentally friendly approaches. In his work with refugees and others, he combines theatre with natural material and accessories. Together with young newcomers, he composed a performance in nature with bamboo sticks and natural ropes. It was part of the project "Viel,halt!" in August 2017 that was bringing together newcomers and youth with and without disability from the three countries point close to Strasbourg. Inclusion and green education can happen in so many different ways! It is about connecting ...

Svátek čaje is a multicultural festival, which is held yearly since 2009 on the castle grounds in Cieszyn near the Polish-Czech border. This area offers unique atmosphere created by the historically significant buildings surrounding the castle hill. The organizers of the festival (come from both sides of the border and) are the civic associations Laja Foundation and Petrklic help z. s. The event promotes cultural diversity and creates a platform for meetings and exchanges between people from the tea production and trade. The first edition of Svátek čaje in Cieszyn and Český Těšín was held from 12th to 13th June 2009. The event, which was originally intended as a technical meeting of owners of teahouses. Gradually it grew into a public event focused not only on the culture of drinking tea, but also on traveling and learning about music and customs of foreign nations. The event took place in the courtyard of Castle Hill on the Czech-Polish border, in Laja tearoom on Polish sid...

If we talk about sustainability there is no way around to actually live sustainably and follow a critical path of consumption. One essential way of living sustainably is to live "zero waste". Zero Waste has become a life philosophy, movement and life style for many people in the world who choose to use natural products without plastics and packaging. Looking at waste, cosmetics play a big role in producing micro plastics (in creams) and plastic packaging: Everyday we are using tooth paste, body lotion or soap that are probably wrapped with plastic. There is an alternative to that! Milan Maushart from International Young Nature Friends put together some ideas of how to produce your own after sun lotion, shaving cream and soap for travelling: First of all, it is very important to prepare everything properly and be very careful when doing so. Every jar and every pot you use should be fumigated. You can do that by using new ones but I would recommend to use normal po...

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...

Daniel is a passionate musican from Argentina. He decided to change his life, stoped working as an engineer in Argentina and came to Starkmacher (Germany) to develop social projects. He is a real changemaker that you need to get to know! During the third meeting of the project Inclusion is Fusion , he offered a percussion workshop. It's an approach that you can use in your own youth work, especially with intercultural groups when people are having different language skills.   Here is, what he wants to share with us: *Why did I do these percussion workshops? It was really fun for me when I saw some percussion ensembles, and also taking part in some of them made me notice that I wanted to share music with other people. I've studied music, and during my studies I faced really different kind of teachers and ways of teaching.  I'm a theoretical guy, and need every explanation to understand something, but when I started teaching, I realized that there are many ways o...