40 international young people from the Youth Initiative Program in Järna, Sweden, “sun-baked” a flash-mob at Stockholm Central Station on Monday the 21st of September 2009, to urge our politicians to go to Copenhagen and ask for a fair, ambitious and binding climate treaty!
Global Wake-Up Call by Youth Initiative Program from Pieter Jacobus Daniël Ploeg on Vimeo.
Dear friends,
I would really like to invite you to join one of the open courses at the Youth Initiative Program in Sweden! I have put the current list her, for the most accurate list to go www.yip.se/open_courses. See you in Sweden!
Some of the week-long YIP Courses have space for a few additional participants. Anyone can apply to participate. Places are filled on a first come first serve basis.
19–23 October 2009:
Political Economics with Helene Bank
26–30 October 2009:
Business & Sustainability with Jane Lorand
30 November – 4 December 2009:
Study of Man with Marcel de Leuw
11 – 15 January 2010:
Visioning & Entrepreneurship with Jane Lorand
25 – 29 January 2010:
Budgetting and Bookkeeping with Kristofer Lüthi
1 – 5 February 2010:
Communication Skills with Tormod Bjørnstad
8 – 12 February 2010:
Fundraising with Matthias Weber and Burcu Becermen
15 – 19 April 2010:
Freedom and Community with Chen Atid
22 – 26 April 2010:
Health and Culture with the SOFIA Association
24 – 28 May 2010:
Sacred Geometry with Frank Chester
31 May – 4 June 2010:
Agriculture with Nikolai Fuchs
Dates may be subject to change. All changes will be published at www.yip.se/open_courses
On this lazy Sunday it is about time to inform you all a little bit about where I live. My room is in a student accommodation called Tallevana, part of a campus called Rudolf Steiner Seminariet. When I look out of my window I see a vegetable garden, trees, a red barn, and a lot of sky. The seminar is part of a larger community called Ytterjärna, which includes many initiatives like the Kulturhuset, Skillebyholm, Saltå By, Skilleby Trädgård, Örjanskolan, Vidarkliniken, and much much more!
The Youth Initiative Program is based in a white house called The White House, a perfect place to work for future community leaders.
The last two week we where engaged in a Craftvillage, where we worked with wood, clay, iron, cloth, rope, textile, and mostly hand tools, crafting our way towards a very cosy fireplace!
It is simply amazing to live her. In this place it is possible to work in an office in the morning, pick apples in the afternoon, and have a sauna in the evening. There is a constant vibrant buzz of young people, an endless stream of creative endeavours, and the most peaceful natural environment one could imagine. In the light of the dying summer I feel very much at home in a place that has a chary potential to be an answer to Tällbergs question.
Dear friends and followers,
After a very convenient drive up north, leaving Amsterdam yesterday at 05:30 and arriving in Ytterjärna at 21:00 I found myself in my new house surrounded by quite a number of young people from many countries, all joining the Youth Initiative Program with me. I haven’t met them all yet, the celebration and opening will take place this afternoon, but I will be getting to know them, as I will be living together with them for a year!
On of the things I have decided for this blog is that I will only post short messages. I also don’t like reading long stories on the web. If you want to follow me visit this blog once in a while or find me on one of those other networks.
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