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CONT Project description How did the project come alivez It’s time to know the organizations Be different, be united Let’s show you what happened here 2
TENT Activities statistics Results Intercultural evenings We really have talent! Reflection time it’ s all fun and games
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DESCRI “Water is life. Water is energy. Water is future“
Is an exchange that took place in Sarata Monteoru and Buzau between 30 august and 8 September 2017.Partnership consisted in 45 participants from 8 countries : Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Italy, Macedonia, Slovakia, Turkey and Romania, out of them 10 being with fewer opportunities. The context was linked with the problems generated by water quality due to irresponsible home and industrial consumption of water, using of chemicals in agriculture, chaotic tourism on seaside and regions with rivers and lakes, wasting of water in different situations. Aim of the project was to increase the responsibility of youngsters for environment sustainability and a better life quality by empowering fight against water pollution
The objectives were:
• to provide to 45 youngsters from 8 countries a common space to reflect on cultural diversity, European cooperation and healthy life style; • a better understanding by youngsters about role of water in life and society and about importance of protection and conservation of water; • a larger awareness of role of water’s energy
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IPTION and the need of reduce wasting; • promote among youngsters a new responsible attitude for preservation of water and identify by creative methods new solutions for rise the sustainability of environment. The methodology was based on informal education and consisted in games, presentations, debates, role plays and simulations, workshops, visits, intercultural evenings.
How did the project come alive?
The organisers explained that the main idea was to create a youth exchange centered on each of the four elements: fire, water, air and earth. The first one, “Stories on the fire”, took place three years ago, the second one was the one we took part in, and the third one, “Love is in the air”, is being prepared. The fourth one will involve biogas and bioenergy. Besides, this exchange seemed like a good idea after a few others that took place in Romania, involving other types of liquids, like “Wine is fine” and Think before drink”.
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Another interesting fact is that, when asked to take
pictures of things bothering them in the natural environment, many youngsters chose the garbage thrown into the water, so the idea of a project involving water pollution came only natural.
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ORGAN Bogdan Razvan Vlăduţ Laura Flavia Filip Ioana Andreea Fabi Lucia Tolea Laur
Georgia Chrysi Eve Fotini Irene
Beatrice Clara Irene Marina Rana
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NIZERS Ainis Arta Raivis Peteris Anna Krista
Viivika Kristi Riho Linda Germo Aleksandra Gorazd Jusuf Mile Aleksandra
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Lenka Martin Monika Barbora Edita
Yekta Yavuz Tarik Ozgun Efsun
/ORGANIZERS Be different, be united
Everyone is different but, to work as a team, we have to find a way to communicate with each other. Understand the weaknesses and the strengths of the individuals was succeeded by some ice-breaking activities.
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At first, presenting yourself, drawing a portrait and answering to some personal questions were some examples of team building activities.. Trust is built with team-activities like eggsercise. Morning energizers promoted teamwork, and gave us the chance to perceive each other’s different culture.
Let’s show you what happened A WALK IN MONTEORU:
We saw some of the swimming pools, with salty and sweet water, and a natural water source, the well with the so called: ‘’holy water”, said to be good for many diseases.
LAND ART We created in nature by using natural materials such as soil, rock (bed rock, boulders, stones),
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organic media (logs, branches, leaves), and water with introduced materials such as concrete, metal, asphalt or mineral pigments In our case, the participants were split in 6 groups and were given the task to use their imagination to create pieces of land art based on the title of the project - “Water is life, water is energy, water is future”. The works remain in the nature and only photos are witnesses of group work. “The tree of hope” For me, this piece of art shows the idea that humans have used and abused the nature for centuries. Dead leaves symbolize all the damage done to the environment, whilst the green leaves represent hope(Raivis) “Border of humanity” I believe that making dams, like the one presented in our piece of land art, is not the greatest solution for saving water. I think that a good thing to do would be to avoid the overconsumption of water and energy. (Ozgun)
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“Dominica’s waterfall” We tried to depict different states of nature.On one hand, the ones which are supported by water and, on the other hand, the ones which are not. (Poppy) “Magical well and the eco-fish” Our masterpiece tells a fairytale. Deep inside the dark forests of Romania a magical well is hidden, which hosts the eco-fish. He has the wonderful power to fulfill up to 8 wishes. Altogether represents life. (Anna) “Soshoshit” This piece of land art has a lot of symbols: the shoe represents all the people, the excrement the shitty people and the smashed bottle which pictures the people polluting the environment. The shoe is placed on the ground as if it is stepping on nature. The main idea: we are just looking at the problems and not doing anything to solve the situation. (Peters)
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“Pearl House� Our creation is just like a pearl, who wants to relax and think for the positive while being surrounded by water. (Rana)
POSTER PRESENTATION The importance of water in our lives was depicted by making some posters, and the creation was a combination of ideas that came from people from different countries and environments. Problems with water vary among the nations: Romania has the most polluted water in Europe, Cyprus faces water scarcity. Furthermore, water contributes to the economy of each country to a different extent: in industry, agriculture and tourism. Conversation tables Six moderators were chosen for this activity, and all the participants gathered around them, in groups. Every twenty min-
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utes, the groups were changing, in order to cover all the subjects. Topics such as causes of water pollution, effects undrinkable water has on the population and environment and solutions to all this problems were discussed. At the end, the moderators were able to write a report, presenting the situation in front of everyone.
STUDY VISIT We arrived at the Muddy Volcanoes, where we were told a little about the natural resources beneath ground. After that, we arrived at the Siriu Dam where we were explained about the history of the local area, technical details of Dam, its output, efficiency etc. Both these visits were part of the learning process, putting an importance to the efficient usage of natural resources, especially water. We then had some stops to visit the artificial lake near the Dam. On the way back, we also
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stopped in Nehoiu town for a short visit. Visit to the Dam also coincides with the motive of the project : “Water is life, water is energy, water is future�. (Visit part)
THEATRE
We divided in two parts: the optimists and pessimists. The optimists through that the future will involve a better relationship between countries, and also between the members of families, because their desire for a better world
would have come true. On the other side, the pessimists imagined scenarios such as: a world where water is so expensive, it becomes business, a dark future where people eat each other to survive, and another one, where stealing each other’s last glass of water is very common. We once again realised that we are responsible for our own future and that if something turns wrong, we have no one to blame, but ourselves.
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RESULTS
Gathering 45 youngsters from different cultural environments in such a beautiful place as Sarata
Monteoru, and giving them the opportunity to learn through non- formal education certainly helped developing a more responsible attitude regarding water pollution.
Creating land art made
us realize that we should be more
careful with the natural resources
and use them responsibly. Finding causes, effects and solutions to water pollution drew our attention to the
lack or decrease of drinkable water in some countries, which leads to population sickness, less factory efficiency, and, therefore, to an economical blow.
Of course, living and working
with different people from different countries taught us about
team work and diversity, about
other customs, how to split the tasks and work efficiently. The
quizzes and intercultural nights helped us find out more about
the other nations, in a funny and effective way. We
improved our communication skills, punctuality and public speaking.
In the end, everyone found out they are
more tolerant,
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more talented, more hard-working and patient than they thought they were. We entertained ourselves and also found solutions to some of the problems we are confronting.
WHAT DID WE LIKE
Trip
Intercultural nights
Ice breaking activities Conversation tables Poster presentations Land art Workshops
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Reflection time Others All of them
FIRST INTERCULTURAL EVENING The first intercultural evening meant that the participants got to taste some traditional dishes from various countries: Turkey, Estonia,Latvia, and sweets from Romania. Turkey brought us the ayran, Estonia had the most tasteful sweets, such as kama, Latvia , and we all enjoyed the traditional drinks and chocolate from Romania.
Since the Latvians are known to be good singers and dancers, the evening ended with us trying to learn some funny Latvian dances.
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SECOND INTERCULTURAL EVENING In the second Intercultural evening, we had a food trip that stopped in Macedonia, Italy, Slovakia and Cyprus and tasted amazing traditional dishes and some fine drinks. Before that the Romanians, latvians, slovaks italians and the Cypriots promoted those countries with funny theatrical piece , quizes and songs.
“It’ s all fun and games” Andreea, “ When I was down in the village, there was a little boy who came and hugged all of us, and when I asked “Do you like us?” He replied “No, you’re all ugly” and hugged me again. “ Crysi, “For me funny was that moment when Clara lost her shoe in the mud at the Muddy Volcanoes. Also muddy volcanoes were more like fart-
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ing volcanoes.” Irene(Cyprus), “ When a girl misunderstood the rules of the Secret friend game, so she went to the person who has to receive things from her and told her “Ohh, I’m your secret friend!” Kristi,” When the group “Water as a person” was filming their video, the serious scene, Vlad had to sit on the bed but once he sat down, the bed just broke!” Arta,” Went down to the village with Peter to have some wine in the local pub but ended up in some private party, acting engaged, in the house with some women around age 45, her husband and father. “
QUESTIONS
QUESTION 1:
What do you think is the meaning under the sentence “water is life”? Tarik: “The fruits that we eat, the drinks that we drink are connected with water. The water is life.” Ainis:” It’s the meaning of existence.” Irene (It): “Water is one of the most important things in life and it starts the life.” Peter: “The phrase is self-explaining itself and it has been proven scientifically.”
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QUESTION 2:
How would you compare water to energy? Viiviika: “Water is some kind of energy. There is no energy without water.” Cece: “Try to live for a day without water and then tell me how much energy you have.”
QUESTION 3:
When does the future start? Irene (Cy): “Every next minute for me is a future. Because whatever change you wanna do , it can make a huge impact in the next minute.” Monika: “Now, the future is now.” Vlad: “Our bodies are made of 70% water and the water is our source of energy.” Riho: “Every next minute is the future.”
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Marina: “Now.”
Rana: “As soon as the individual starts changing in his own capacity.” Poppy: “Future starts when it’s the right time.” Flavia: “Yesterday.” Yusuf: “When we choose it to start.” Kristi: “For me the future started in 1998.”
QUESTION 4:
Save water and drink beer.” What are your thoughts about this sentence? Lucy:” It’s funny but stupid.” Razvan: “As long as it’s less than 2 beers, it’s true.” Bea: “I prefer wine.” Alexandra D: “I support this quote.” Mile: “It’s a good quote, but from the beer you would have to pee more often and you use water more often-flush and hands washing.” Martin: “Water is needed to produce beer. I really like it because i can relate to it.” Ioana: “That would help us save the planet, people would be more peaceful and there would be no wars.”
QUESTION 5:
What would you do to stop the water pollution? Arta: “Raising taxes.”
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QUESTION 6:
Pool party or party at the beach? Raivis:”Pool party at the beach.”
QUESTION 7:
How can we save water? Ivi: “Just by trying to be ecofriendly by not spending water without purpose.” Tolea: “We save water only when we have to pay for it. By Increasing the price of water, give to the people certain amount for free water and for more they will have to pay.” Laur: “Be responsible and take care of our belongings and don t let them become trash.” Gorazd: “Stop the water running, while brushing your teeth.” Efsun: “Shorter showers. Closing the tap while brushing your teeth.” Chrysi: “Reuse the water you already have.”
QUESTION 8:
“Water is future” describe it in few words. Fotini: ‘’Education, protection, survival.’’ Ozgun: ‘’Try to live without water.’’ Filip: “Our life depends on water, we need it in every action we make. When water will exctinct, our future will end.”
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Zita: “There is no future without water.” Laura: “We are born because of the water. It means that there will be life in the future too because of it.”
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